vegetable paneer curry

Paneer vegetable curry is a mixed of vegetables with paneer and added spices. Paneer is rich in protein and adding vegetables to the curry makes very healthy dish.Any vegetable added to paneer obviously adds tastes to the paneer curry.with simple spices and adding vegetables to the curry gives very good taste.You can adjust the spices and add more vegetables as per your availability and choice.Here in this recipe I added only few vegetables as per my choice. Paneer being favorite to my kids I always try different varieties with paneer.

Ingredients:

• paneer 1 lb packet
• carrots 2
• Beans 10
• cauliflower chopped 1cup
• green peas 1tbspn
• capsicum 1/2
• milk 3 to 4 tbspns
• kasurimethi 1 tspn crushed(dried fenugreek)
• redchilli powder 1 tspn
• turmeric powder
• coriander powder 1 tspn
• cumin powder 1/4 tspn
• salt to taste
• oil 5 tbspn

Masala paste to grind

• onion1 small
• ginger 1 inch piece
• garlic 2 to 3 pods
• tomato 1 big
• green chilli 3
• cashews 8
• whole spices( 1 cardamom,2 cloves,cinnamon 2( 1 inch sticks),fennel seeds 1/4tspn,poppy seeds 1/4tspn)

 procedure:

• Heat 1 tbspn of oil in a pan then saute onion,ginger ,garlic green chilli,cashew and whole spices.Then add chopped tomato. Fry few mins until tomato little soft changes color.Then switch of the flame and grind into fine paste.
• In the same pan add little more oil ,fry paneer  a min and keep aside.Then add chopped beans,carrots,peas,capsicum,fry keep aside.
• Add remaining oil to the pan and once hot add turmeric powder ,chilli powder followed by grinded masala paste,little coriander powder ,cumin powder a pinch of garam masala. Fry few mins and add fried vegetables add little water and cook few mins until vegetables little soft,then add paneer cubes.
• cook everything few more mins then add little milk ( add milk in low flame stir continuosly)
• Finally add kasuri methi and cook a min and switch of the stove.Yummy paneer vegetable curry is ready.