Paneer Makhana Curry

Ingredients:

• 2 cup Makhana
• 250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
• 4 Onion (Pyaj)
• 4 Tomato (Tamatar)
• 1 ” long piece Ginger (Adrak)
• 4 – 5 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
• 1/2 cup Cream (Malai)
• 2 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Red Chily Powder (Lal Mirchi)
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
• 1/2 tsp Dried Pudina Leaves
• 1 cup Cashewnut (Kaju)
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 1 tblsp Poppy seeds (Khuskhus)
• Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
• 4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

How to make shahi paneer makhana curry:

1. Heat clarified butter in a pan.
2. Fry makhana in the ghee.
3. Cut cottage cheese in samll pieces.
4. Mince onion, tomato, garlic, ginger.
5. Cut cashewnut in samll pieces.
6. Soak poppy seeds in 1/4 cup of water.
7. After 1 hour grind the soaked poppy seeds to a fine paste.
8. Chop coriander leaves very finely.
9. Heat clarified butter in a pan.
10. Add onion, tomato, garlic, ginger paste and brown it, stirring continously.
11. Add poppy seeds and fry for 2 minutes and then turn off the gas.
12. To this mixture add makhana, cottage cheese, cream , salt, red chili pepper, turmeric, dried pudina leaves.
13. Keep this mixture aside for half an hour.
14. After half an hour put the pan on the flame and add milk.
15. When it comes to a boil add 3 cups of water.
16. Simmer it till the makahana are completely done and soft.
17. Then add cashewnuts and garam masala.
18. After 1 minute put the flame.
19. Transfer the mixture to a dish and sprinkle some corainder on it.
20. Serve it hot with nan, roti or parantha.