Paneer Tikka Masala

Ingredients

For Marination

• 200gms of Paneer
• 2tbsp Yogurt
• 1/4 tsp Red Chilli powder
• 1 tsp Corriander powder
• 1/2 tsp grated Ginger
• Salt to taste

 For Gravy

• 3-4 Tomato's
• 1-2 Green Chillies finely chopped
• 1tsp Coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• Pinch of Asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp Paprika powder
• 1-2 Bay leaves
• 1/4 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste

Method

For Marination

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and keep it for 1-2 hours for marination in refrigerator.
2. Now heat up a skillet. Take 1 tbsp oil and cover the skillet with oil by spreading it up evenly.
3. Now take marinated paneer cubes coated well and cook it evenly on skillet till golden brown. Turn them to cook from each side.

For Gravy

1. Grind tomato's and green chillies to prepare a fine paste.
2. Now take oil in a pan and add cumin seeds when it splutters add asafoetida and bay leaves to it.
3. Now add tomato green chilli paste and cook it on medium-low flame.
4. Now it starts leaving oil add coriander powder, paprika powder, turmeric powder, salt and sugar. Mixx all well and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
5. When masala is all cooked add yogurt to it to thicken up the gravy.
6. When you achieve your desired consistency, add paneer cubes to it and cook for 1-2 minutes on medium-low flame.
7. Now when paneer cubes are well coated up and cooked add garam masala to it and cook again for a minute. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

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Ingredients

Vegetables of your choice like (1/2 cup each)

• BabyCorn
• Carrots
• Onion
• Cauliflower
• Cabbage
• 1 tbsp ginger (crushed)
• 1 tbsp garlic (crushed)
• 2 Finely chopped green chilies
• 4 tbsp all purpose flour (Maida)
• 4 tbsp cornflour
• Black pepper powder (As required)
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp green chilli sauce
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 1/4 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
• Water
• For garnishing finely chopped spring onion and coriander leaves

Method

1. Wash all vegetables and cut them into squares or pieces.
2. Now mix all vegetables, ginger, green chilies, garlic, cornflour, maida, black pepper, orange color, and little water.
3. Mix thoroughly and fry them like bhajiya's and set aside.
4. Now mix tomato sauce, green chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar.
5. Heat oil in a pan. Add 1/4 tsp crushed ginger and 1/2 tsp crushed garlic. Now add all the sauces mixture to it and mix well.
6. Then, add fried veggies to it and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
7. At last garnish with spring onion and coriander leaves. Serve hot.

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Veg crispy is one of those dish that i love most. Since long time i was trying to make veg crispy that tastes same as that of restaurant. Finally, i reached to a recipe that is very close to the restaurants veg crispy taste. Here I'm sharing this recipe with you. Hope you all will like it.

Ingredients

For crispy veg: Vegetables of your choice like (1/2 cup each)

• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Onion
• Capsicum
• Broccoli
• Mushrooms
• Baby corn
• 1 cup all purpose flour(Maida)
• 1 cup Cornflour
• 1/2 cup Bengal gram flour/ besan (take more if quantity of vegetable is more)
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp Soya sauce
• Oil to fry

For gravy:

• Spring onion
• 4-6 Garlic
• 1/2 cup Soya sauce
• 1/2 cup Tomato sauce
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 4 Green chilies
• 1/2 to 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
• Salt to taste

Method

For crispy veg:

1. Wash all vegetables and cut them into squares or pieces. Set aside to fry.
2. Mix all purpose flour, corn flour and bengal gram flour. Add salt to taste and 2tbsp of soya sauce. Add water and make thick pourable consistent mixture so that each vegetable get nice coating of this batter.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and heat it on medium flame. Heat until oil is hot. Add a drop of batter and see if it floats on the surface.
4. We will fry each type of vegetable separately as cooking time for each is different. Cauliflower, baby corn and broccoli has higher cooking time then cabbage, onion, capsicum and mushroom.
5. Dip each type of in the batter and fry them until their color turns to golden brown. Take them out on absorbent tissue paper.

For gravy:

1. Wash spring onions and chop them finely. Keep the leafy part separate.
2. Finely chop the garlic and green chilies.You can even chop the green chilies lengthwise.
3. In a bowl mix soya sauce, tomato sauce, garlic, sugar and black pepper.
4. Before you proceed with next step check if your fried vegetables are crispy. If not place them in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes on 180 degrees which will bring out crispiness again. Fried vegetables kept outside for long time looses its crispness.
5. Heat a large pan on high flame. Heat it until fumes start to come out. Add 2tbsp of oil. Add green chili and after 1/2 minute add spring onions and stir for a minute.
6. Now add fried vegetables and mix well. Now add the mixed sauce and let it cook for another minute or until the vegetables are nicely coated with the sauce.
7. Garnish with green leafy chops of spring onion. Serve hot. I bet you will enjoy it.

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