Quick and easy paneer Bhurji / Paneer recipe
Quick and easy paneer Bhurji / Paneer recipe / Paneer roll recipe / Paneer Sabzi recipes with detailed instruction and step by step recipes. Paneer is a indian cottage cheese, it is made by curdling the full fat milk. Paneer is one of the common ingredient in Indian house hold. It is cooked in many ways, we can use paneer in lots of recipes. in curries, biryani, pulav, and to make sweets and desserts. Paneer has high protein content hence it super healthy to include in your daily diet. This quick and easy paneer burji is one of the easy side dish recipe that you can make it under 15 minutes all together. This requires only the basic pantry staples to make hence it it perfect side dish recipe for weekdays.- Firstly crumble the paneer and set it aside- Heat a kadai with oil / ghee / butter and cumin, fennel and cinnamon and saute it for a 2 seconds- Now add onion, ginger garlic paste and saute it till the onion turns soft- Now add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and saute it briefly- Add in the chopped tomatoes and capsicum now cover and cook for 4-5 minutes- Then add the crumbled paneer along with salt and garam masala and mix it well and cook for 2-3 minutes and switch of the flame- Squeeze a 1 tbsp lemon juice and mix it, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it hot
Ingredients
- 200 Paneer / cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup Capsicum optional
- 1 tbsp Oil / ghee / butter
- 1/2 tsp Cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp Fennel / sombu
- 1/4 tsp Asafeotida / hing
- 1 medium Onion finely chopped
- 1 medium Tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 Green chili
- 1 tsp Chili powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 1/4 tsp Garam masala
- Salt as per taste
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- handful Coriander leaves
Instructions
- Firstly crumble the paneer and set it aside
- Heat a kadai with oil / ghee / butter and cumin, fennel and cinnamon and saute it for a 2 seconds
- Now add onion, ginger garlic paste and saute it till the onion turns soft
- Now add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric and saute it briefly
- Add in the chopped tomatoes and capsicum now cover and cook for 4-5 minutes
- Then add the crumbled paneer along with salt and garam masala and mix it well and cook for 2-3 minutes and switch of the flame
- Squeeze a 1 tbsp lemon juice and mix it, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it hot .
Notes
You can add green peas instead of capsicum also you can even make without adding any veggies
Lemon juice adds taste and gives tangy flavor however you can skip it if you dont want to add it.
You can serve it roti, chappati or you can also make kathi rolls and serve it