Paneer Bhurji (Scrambled Cottage Cheese)

Tagged with: capsicum(shimla mirch) cottage cheese(paneer)

Ingredients:

Cottage cheese (Paneer)- 50 gms
Cashew nuts- 5-6 , broken in halves
Ginger paste – 1 tbsp
Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Onion – one medium, chopped in small square pieces
Tomato - one small, finely chopped
Capsicum – one small, chopped in small square pieces
Green chilies – 2-3, finely chopped
Coriander leaves, finely chopped
Turmeric (Haldi) – 1/4 tsp
Garam masala – 2-3 pinches
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Red chili powder as per taste
Cornflour – 1tsp
Salt as per taste
Cooking oil

Directions:

Sprinkle ½ tsp cornflour uniformly in a bowl. Now grate paneer block in the bowl. Try to make thick gratings. Add remaining cornflour and mix well. Cornflour prevents sticking of paneer gratings from each other while frying.
Fry grated paneer to get a slight brown color. While frying take care that you don’t mash up the paneer. Keep the fried paneer aside.
Fry cashew nuts till they are slightly brown. Keep them aside.
Fry chopped onions and capsicum till they are soft. Keep them aside.
Fry green chillies for a minute.
Add ginger and garlic paste and fry well.
Add finely chopped tomatoes till they are completely soften up.
Add garam masala powder, coriander powder, zeera powder, haldi, red chili powder and salt. Mix well.
Now add fried onions, capsicum and paneer. Mix everything properly.
Garnish paneer bhurji with fried cashew nuts chopped coriander leaves.
Serve with parathas.