Good Food is very often Simple Food....How true to it's nature. Simple food is always so soul satisfying. After a hard day's work, nothing satisfies like a bowl of hot steaming rice and a flavorful curry to go with.Many a times, I faced the question from most of my readers, that how do I manage to work and cook regularly and share at regular interval. This is simple, I do a lot of pre-planning, like menu planning one day in advance and makes sure my refrigerator has all the basic ingredients to whip up a quick satisfying meal. One such dish is Capsicum Paneer which is fairly easy and quick to make.
Paneer is the star ingredient in some of my most favorite Indian dishes — and probably yours too. Paneer is home-made, unsalted, white cheese which is fresh and has a dense, crumbly texture that goes beautifully with any spices.This paneer capsicum is a gravy recipe made with marinated yogurt . The addition of yogurt gives a good flavor to this recipe and overall it is a rich creamy recipe which goes best with rotis, parathas or even a simple jeera riceAlthough the taste is tangy you could also make them more spicy if you wish. When you're looking at making something quickly for lunch or dinner — which is healthy too, here's a recipe which can be a quick solution.
RECIPE TYPE: Main CourseCUISINE: IndianPREP TIME: 30 minsCOOK TIME: 20 minsTOTAL TIME: 40 minsSERVES: 4
Ingredients for Marinating Paneer:
- 200 gms Paneer cut into squares
- ½ cup hung yogurt
- 2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 tsp dry mango powder
- 1/4th tsp chat masala
- 1 tbsp gram flour
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp oil
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp carom seed
- 1 onion chopped into squares
- 1 cup green, yellow and red bell pepper chopped into square
- 2 tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 tbsp grated ginger or chopped finely
- 1 tsp chopped green chili
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- ¼th tsp turmeric powder
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
Let's Learn How to make this recipe:
- Combine all the ingredients for marination and whisk well. Add oil ,gram flour and combine nicely. The mixture should be smooth and lump free.
- Add the paneer pieces into it and coat them nicely with the mixture. Cover with a cling wrap and marinate the paneer for 30 mins in the fridge.
- Heat a non stick tawa or pan. Add a little oil and shallow fry the marinated paneer on all sides till brown . Remove them from the pan and place aside.
- In the same pan heat rest of the oil . Add carrom seeds and once they crackle add the onion, ginger and bell peppers.
- Saute on high heat for 2 mins . Now add chopped tomatoes, cover and cook until tomatoes become tender.
- Mash with the back of the spoon and cook till oil comes out.Add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder along with salt .
- Cook for 30 secs. Add little water if the mixture dries up.You can add the leftover marination from the paneer to the gravy.
- Add the fried paneer and cook for a minute. Switch off the gas and sprinkle garam masala , green chilies ad fresh coriander leaves.
- Serve this with hot roti, rice or naan.
The red, green and yellow bell peppers give a nice juicy, sweet and crunchy texture that compliments the softness of cottage cheese. This one is bound to impress and believe me your family will never know that this was a less than 20 mins job.
