Paneer uruval is an excellent veg starter.I prepared this dish sometime back and was a super hit.Many of my friends too tried this starter and liked it.Same recipe may be prepared with mushroom,egg,prawns or chicken.I adapted this recipe from my FB friend Seema D Shenoy who is an excellent cook.Thank you Seema for the awesome recipe.I made slight changes with the recipe as per my taste.This recipe is a keeper :)
Ingredients
to be marinated:
Paneer-200 gm(I used 2 packets)
Ginger garlic
paste-1 tsp
Turmeric
powder-1/4 tsp
Salt –
to taste
Ingredients
to be ground:
Fried long
chillies-5-6 nos
Garlic-5
flakes
Ginger-2”
Tamarind-a
small pinch
Ingredients
to be fried:
Long red
chillies-5-6 no s
Cashewnuts-10-15
bits
Curry leaves-20
leaves
Oil-2 tsp
Other ingredients:
Onions-
2-3 ,cut lengthwise(Or chopped)
Tomato -2, pureed
Oil-2- 3 tsp
Tomato sauce-2 tsp
- Marinate
the paneer with the ingredients mentioned under ingredients to be marinated.
- Grind the
ingredients mentioned under to be ground and keep it aside.
- Take a
pan,heat oil and fry the ingredients mentioned under to be fried and keep it
aside.
- In the
same pan heat oil , fry onions until red in color,add the ground masala,tomato
puree and fry until raw smell disappears
and the oil leaves the sides of the pan.
- Add marinated
paneer cubes,tomato sauce,cover and cook until done.
- Garnish with
fried ingredients and stir fry for few minutes.
My notes:
I also garnished with fried onions.