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[lady_karelia]

Just because I haven't done it in a loooooong while...

Paneer Curry

You can easily make the paneer cheese yourself, but if you're not so inclined, you'll find it at any Asian/Indian grocery as "paneer" and at any Mexican as "queso blanco". It's a kind of cheese that won't melt. You buy/make it as a ball-shaped cheese or buy it readily in cubes.

1 onion, finely chopped
1" ginger (or to taste), very finely chopped
3-4 chillies (or to taste), roughly chopped
1/2 small tin tomato paste
1/2 tin tomatoes (plum, chopped, whatever) or 2 medium-sized fresh
Salt, pepper, cumin, turmeric (haldi), pomegranate seed powder
Paneer cheese

Fry onion over medium heat. When it starts to brown, add ginger and chillies and fry for another 3-5 mins. Add tomato paste, stir well. Add spices, leave over medium heat for 5 mins, then add tomatoes and paneer. Fry approx. 10 mins over low heat. Serve with fresh lime juice and cilantro over rice or with pita or nan bread.

Bon Appétit

Comments

[sshg316.livejournal.com]

Yum! That sounds delicious! I think I'm going to have to attempt to make this sometime very soon.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

DB made it for me with shrimps last night, and I really loved it, so I tried it with the paneer tonight. It's definitely yummy, and it's really easy and fairly quick, too. I'd imagine it would go well with chicken or even beef as well if you eat meat. :-)

[sshg316.livejournal.com]

Mmm... with shrimp! Delicious! I wonder if the Indian restaurant we love to eat at will sell us some nan to go. I have all the ingredients, I think, and we could have it for dinner tomorrow. Hmmm...

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they will. I've never come across any Indian that wouldn't sell to go.

Flat bread, which is very similar to nan (and I think the name of the particular kind depends mostly on the type of flour used), is very easy to make, too.

[livingdeadgal.livejournal.com]

Weird. I was only thinking this week about how I haven't had any paneer since you used to make me it, and how I have to have a go at it myself. I was going to dig the recipe out, now I don't have to :)
I woul also like the recipe for something you made once when we came round for a party. Something with sweetcorn in, I think? Little balls of it, maybe? I can just remember really liking it. In fact, Blue Paris might have made it for you that time, now I think about it. I'm pretty sure we dipped them in something tomatoey, but that might just have been me. Any clue what I'm on about? *L*

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Teehee, the good old days of cheese-making...

Yes, I know what you mean, they were hush-puppies. There are a million recipes around, but I like that one best. I have it in one of my notebooks; give me a couple of hours and I'll post it. :-)