Gobi Paneer Hariyali (Cauliflower and Cottage Cheese in Green Gravy)
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower florets – 2 cups
- Cottage cheese – 100 gm (1 1/2 tbsp grated and remaining cubed)
- Onion (sliced) – 1 large
- Tomato (chopped) – 1 small
- Shelled peas (blanched)- 1/2 cup
- Spinach – 1/2 bunch
- Corriander (chopped) – 1.5 tbsp
- Mint leaves – 15 -20
- Cashewnuts – 5-6
- Green chillies – 2-3
- Ginger – 2 to 3 slices
- Garlic – 10 – 12 cloves
- Clove – 1
- Black cardamom seeds – 5-8
- Fennel seeds – a pinch
- Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
- Oil – 3 tsp
- Sugar – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
Procedure:
- Blanch spinach and keep it side.
- Heat 1.5 tsp oil in a kadai.
- Add cauliflower and stir fry.
- Simultaneously, heat 1.5 tsp oil in a pan and clove, cardamom seeds, fennel seeds add sliced onion to it. Stir fry till onion turns translucent.
- Add garlic and ginger and stir fry for 15 seconds.
- By now cauliflower will turn slight brown and change its flavour. Sprinkle little salt and little water, cover and cook.
- Add tomato and peas to cauliflower and stir fry.
- Add paneer and stir fry.
- Grind all the ingredients numbering 5 to 14 to a fine paste.
- Add to the cauliflower and paneer.
- Add turmeric powder, grated paneer, sugar and salt to taste.
- Add water as per your requirement.
- Stir well and simmer for 2-3 mins.
- Serve with roti/ naan etc.
Tip:
- You may blanch cauliflower.
- You may use fried paneer too.
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