Paneer Patiala Recipe

firstly, Grate the paneer or if it is homemade then just crumble it finely in a bowl and add salt, cumin powder, chilly powder, turmeric powder in it. Also, combine chopped nuts into this mixture.

Pre-heat some oil in a medium-sized pan. Combine all the mixture in the nonstick frying pan and saute the paneer lightly.

Add 2 tsp of coriander leaves in the mixture and mix it well. Now in a large vessel, pour in some buttermilk. Add salt in it and mix the buttermilk well.

Soak roasted papad in the buttermilk for few minutes so it can get soft a bit. Don’t oversoak the papad otherwise. It will become soggy.

Take this papad out and cut into the desired shape. Stuff the paneer mixture in the papad, seal it properly and set it aside.

Heat some ghee or oil in a nonstick pan and add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and mustard in it. Once it starts spluttering, add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies in it. Stir it well and add onions in it. Also, add turmeric powder and fry this onions paste to brown.

Once onions get brown, pour in the tomato puree and saute this gravy mixture till it leaves the oil on sides.

Add a little water in case of gravy sticking to the bottom of the pan.

Make sure that gravy should be of medium consistency. Also, add salt and masala and allow it to come to a boil. Garnish it with Coriander leaves.

In a medium-sized bowl, place paneer stuffed with papad and add hot gravy in the bowl. Allow it to sit for a few minutes to make sure gravy mixes with papad well.