Malai paneer is an easy curry mainly cooked with cottage cheese and fresh cream. This is one of the recipes which comes handy when you are in a hurry to pack lunch for your family in the morning. This dish is also so delectable and mild on spices that you can prepare it easily to please your guests and friends. Malai means cream and thats the reason this dish is loaded with cream. I have used home grounded garam masala which adds more flavour and aroma to the dish. You can check the recipe for home-made garam masala by clicking here.
Malai Paneer Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 200 gm Paneer/cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup Fresh cream/Malai
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
Instructions
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Chop paneer into equal small cubes. Beat the cream with 2 tbsp of water and keep it aside.
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Heat oil on a pan and add the cumin seeds and let it crackle.
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Add onions and saute till they turn light brown.
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Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
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Now add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder and mix it well.
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Lower the flame, add the paneer pieces and saute it gently for few minutes. Let the paneer get coated nicely in spices.
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Now add cream and salt and mix it gently. Cook the paneer in cream gravy for 2-3 minutes.
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Remove from the flame and transfer the content into a bowl and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
All time favorite dish.. Looks yummy dear..
love this anytime…
Love it…nvr had it before but its surely look scrumptious
my favorite and i did not have time to post this one
def going to try this looks so creamy n yummy
My husband likes curry. He'd probably like this one a lot. It looks really fresh and tasty.
Love seeing all the stuff made with curry! Even if I can't pronounce half of them!
looks delicious and easy to make too..
This looks amazing! Going to have to try it very soon!
Easy and yummy curry:-)
Wow, hard to resist to this malai paneer..
Yum! Never had curry…
Looks interesting.
very rich n tempting..:)
Malai Paneer Recipe sounds delicious! I can't wait to try it out!!
I love all the spices in this recipe. It looks delicious, Priya!
I absolutely adore Indian cuisine so your recipes are always so fantastic, it's always great to find a dish that I have never tried before – this being one of them!! I've never made a curry with cottage cheese so I am really looking forward to giving this a go 🙂
Creamy and tasty malai paneer……. Love it!!
wow .. this looks yum
We would love Malai Paneer because we love cream and cottage cheese! This looks delicious!
It was really awesome.. Thank u for d recipe
Thank you Ayesha!