Tawa Paneer

I explained
to you in my earlier post, this week, about how to make homemade paneer. If you
have missed it you can always CLICK HERE and see. (It will only open in the
next tab and it will not disturb you)

In the
earlier post about how to make homemade paneer I was just telling about cutting
the paneer into square pieces, is it not? There are some recipes which you can
make out of the square solid paneer cubes and also there are some recipes which
you can make out of the left out cutting waste. So you need not worry about the
paneer which is not square, we will do something with that too.

Now coming
to Tawa Paneer you take the nice square pieces only and you can make it just
like that in a few minutes. It will serve as a wonderful side dish for Paratha,
Naan, Chappathi or even Dosa, especially for the dinner. Now let us get
started.

Preparation time – 20 minutes
Cooking time – 20 minutes
Serves – 4

Tawa Paneer
Ingredients:

Paneer – 200
grams

Onion -2

Tomato -1

Capsicum – 1

Green chilli – 2

Ginger – 1 inch
Coriander – 1/4
cup

Cumin – 1/2
tsp

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt –
to taste

Oil –
as required

To Marinate:

Lime juice – 2 tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt –
to taste

Tawa Paneer
Method:

Marinate the
paneer with lemon juice, salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Toss
lightly and keep aside for at least 30 minutes.

Dice
capsicum and tomato. Slit green chillies. Cut the ginger lengthwise. Slice
onions thinly.

Heat oil in a tawa and add cumin. Then add green chillies, onion
and capsicum one by one and saute. After a few minutes, add tomato and saute.
Then add all powders and mix well and cover the tawa with a lid. After a few minutes open the lid.

Add the marinated paneer and stir gently.

Mix lightly and avoid breaking paneer into pieces.
Close the tawa and cook for about 5 minutes so that the paneer absorbs the
aroma of the masala. Garnish with coriander and serve with naan.