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Paneer Afghani

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Ingredients

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450 g Cottage cheese (paneer)
1 medium onion — thinly sliced
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup cashew nuts (kaju) — ground to a paste
1/2 cup Melon (kharbooja) seeds — ground to a paste
1 cup full cream milk (warm)
2 tbsp cream
1 large tomato - diced
3 cloves (laung)
1 small cardamom (elaichi)
1 medium basil leaf (tejpatta)
5 kishmish (dried grape)
salt, sugar, pepper, red chili powder

Nutritional information

219 kcal
calories
4 g
carbohydrates
5.9 g
protein
5.6 g
fat
28.1 mg
sodium
3 mg
cholesterol

Paneer Afghani

Features:
  • Veg
Cuisine:
    • 30 mins
    • Serves 4
    • Easy

    Ingredients

    How to make Paneer Afghani

    • Cut the cottage cheese into small cubes and lightly deep fry in hydrogenated oil. Do not over-fry the cottage cheese cubes, just sieve them out of oil when they lose that raw look.
    • Pour 1 tbsp of fresh olive oil into a pan. If you don’t have olive oil, then you may also use fresh sunflower oil.
    • Heat the oil till it attains a temperature high enough for frying and add the onions and sauté in low-mid flame till golden brown.
    • Add ginger garlic paste, tomato, 1/2 tsp sugar, salt and ½ tsp pepper and cook till tomato turns pulpy. Add the cashew nut and melon seed paste and stir well. Let the mixture cool and blend in mixer with milk and cream.
    • Pour the blended mixture in a pan and add the cottage cheese cubes and kishmish and boil/simmer for two minutes, check for saltiness (also for sweetness), and turn off the burner.
    • Heat one teaspoon of butter in a small frying pan, add cloves, cardamoms, and basil leaf with crackling sound and pour the spices with butter into the paneer mixture.

    Trivia

    Afghani chicken is a traditional Afghani dish and is served by restaurants under the continental menus. The preparation is simple and you can even make the Afghani dish at home. If you are a vegetarian try using cottage cheese or tofu paneer and experience the amazing flavors!

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