Achari Paneer

As the name suggests achari paneer recipe is a tangy dish with a dash of spices. It is basically pickled gravy cooked along with paneer. It is best served with Indian breads like roti and chapattis in lunch or dinner.

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Servings: 4 persons

Category: vegetarian

Ingredients:

• Paneer (Cottage cheese) - 250 grams
• Capsicum - ½ chopped
• Raw Mango Powder (Amchur) – ½ teaspoon
• Cumin seeds (Jeera) – ½ teaspoon
• Garlic- 5 - 6
• Garam masala – ½ teaspoon
• Kalonji – ½ teaspoon
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Onions – 2
• Green chilli  - 1
• Tomatoes - 4
• Red chilli – 1 teaspoon
• Bay leaf (tej patta) - 1
• Oil – 4 tablespoon
• Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
• Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper powder – ¼ teaspoon
• salt to taste
• Any pickle masala without pieces – 1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Make a paste of ginger, garlic, onion, green chilli and tomato. Keep it aside to use it later.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry paneer cubes in it. Fry them till they turn light brown and take them out.
3. Again take oil in a pan and heat it. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, bay leaf, kalonji and dry red chilli. Fry these spices till they start cracking.Now add the mixture we made in first step and cook till the oil separates from corners.
4. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, pickle, amchur powder, capsicum and salt. Cook and stir the mixture till capsicum becomes tender. Add some water if ingredients started burning.
5. Add paneer and sprinkle pepper powder in it. Mix well.
6. Serve hot with chapattis.

Nutritional value:

Kalonji also known as black cumin helps in providing relief from digestive ailments, headaches, asthma and skin infections etc. It also provides a pungent smell to the dish.