Thursday, March 3, 2011

Mushroon Paneer Masala



Browsing through  Aipi's curries with gravy, this one caught my attention. I had mushrooms and all the other stuff needed for this yummy gravy, and before I knew I was making this!

Couple of things that i did differntly was did not microwave the onions, ginger, instead just ground them raw and fried them. I did not use yogurt to the gravy as i mine was the right consistency for our family with water alone.

On the whole, it was an awesome side  dish to go with rice or bread.

Get ready:

  • 1 medium onion chopped and ground to a paste
  • 2 cups tomato pulp ( got from 4 medium tomatoes)
  • 10 -15 button mushrooms chopped
  • 1/3 cup peas
  • 1 tbsp xashews soakedwith 1 tbsp water
  • 3/4 diced paneer
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp redchilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  • 1/8th tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp kasoori methi crushed
  • salt to taste
  • 4 tsp oil
  • cilantro to garnish

for the tadka

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • a pinch hing
Go:

  • In a deep pan, i used a small pressure cooker, add 1 tsp oil and saute the paneer till golden and set aside.
  • Let the cashews soak for 20 mins and grind to a paste, set aside.
  • Add 3 tsp oil in the same pan, add the cumin and hing
  • Once the cumin splutters, add the ground onion paste and fry till pink.
  • add the ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds till aromatic.
  • Now add the pureed tomatoes,cashew paste, turmeric, corainder, cumin and other masala powders and  cook till the oil separates.
  • Now add the mushrooms, peas, 1 cup of water, salt to taste and mix well.
  • Let it come to a boil and simmer for 15 mins till the peas and mushrooms are cooked.
  • Add the kasoori methi, paneer, mix well and turn the heat off.
  • Garnish with cilantro and dig in!
Sending this for tried and tasted of US masala , started by Zlamushka and now owned by Kitchen chronicles


Thanks Aipi for this recipe!

9 comments:

  1. Yum, droolworthy and definitely an irresistible MPM..

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  2. Drool worthy curry, great combo dear.

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  3. yup i loveed the recipe from her blog too- urs look well done Priya !

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  4. Looks like it came out really well..I am really glad it worked out for you. Thanks a lot for trying it out dear :)

    US Masala

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  5. Never thought of combining mushroom with paneer ... Brilliant idea !!

    Cheers,
    Satrupa

    http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

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  6. Both my fav - paneer & mushr in one delicious gravy..;)
    Prathima Rao
    Prats corner

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  7. Mushroom paneer masala looks delicious n mouth watering priya.Thanks for your comments .

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  8. Superb, interesting combo' luks delicious.

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