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Paneer Kali Mirch recipe restaurant style

Paneer Kali mirch recipe restaurant style

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Indian Cottage cheese cooked in a creamy black pepper sauce makes a delicious and popular Indian dish called Paneer Kali Mirch recipe, a savory journey of flavors.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

FOR KALI MIRCH POWDER

  • 2 tsp whole black pepper corns

FOR ONION PASTE

  • 2 big onions
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 black cardamoms
  • 3 green cardamoms
  • 3 cloves
  • 1 inch piece of ginger
  • 4-5 garlic cloves
  • Small piece of mace
  • Small piece of cinnamon
  • 15 cashew nuts
  • 2 green chilies
  • 2 cup water
  • 3/4 cup curd
  • 2 tbsp fresh cream/malai

FOR FRYING PANEER

  • 300 paneer/Indian cottage cheese (cut into cubes)
  • Few pinches of coarsely crushed black pepper
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tsp kasuri methi
  • 2 tbsp butter

FOR MAKING PANEER KALI MIRCH

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Onion paste
  • Fried paneer
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tsp coarsely crushed black pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp garam masala

Instructions
 

  • Take 2 tsp black pepper corns and dry roast on low heat for couple of seconds.
  • Crush them coarsely in mortar pestle. Keep aside.
  • Add 2 big onions, 1 bay leaf, 2 black cardamoms, 3 green cardamoms, 3 cloves, 1 inch piece of ginger, 4-5 garlic cloves, small piece of mace, small piece of cinnamon, 15 cashew nuts, 2 green chilies and 2 cup water in a pan.
  • Put a lid and boil for 15 minutes.
  • Remove bay leaf, black cardamoms, cinnamon and green chilies.
  • Sieve to remove the water.
  • Spread the ingredients so that they cool down immediately.
  • Once cool down completely, add into the grinder jar.
  • Also add 3/4 cup curd and 2 tbsp cream or malai.
  • Blend to a smooth puree. Keep aside.
  • Add 2 tbsp butter in a pan.
  • Add paneer and sprinkle pinch of salt, pinch of black pepper powder and 1/2 tsp kasuri methi.
  • Roast from both the sides until paneer turns slightly brown.
  • Take the paneer out of pan.
  • Add 2 tbsp oil in the same pan in which paneer was fried.
  • Pour the onion paste in pan and mix.
  • Cook for 10 minutes. Put a lid because onion paste will splash out of the pan.
  • Add fried paneer.
  • Further add salt to taste, 1 tsp garam masala and 2 tsp black pepper powder, which was initially coarsed.
  • Simmer for 2 minutes.
  • Paneer Kali mirchi is ready. You may also add the green chilies over the top, which were earlier boiled. Serve hot.
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