Marinated Paneer Gravy | Kadai Paneer Gravy recipe

Marinated Paneer Gravy Recipe – Paneer is marinated in ground spices and fresh curd or yogurt.

I call this recipe as Marinated Paneer Gravy, since I marinate the paneer in fresh ground spice masala and curd before cooking. You can call it as Kadai Paneer Gravy as well. It’s up to you. 🙂 This gravy would give you a slight spicy and tangy taste.

To prepare the fresh spice masala. I have taken red chili, garlic cloves, black pepper, cumin seeds, a bit of tamarind, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and Fenugreek seeds. If you don’t want very spicy then reduce the mount of red chili. It goes well with rotis, parathas and steamed rice varieties like fried rice.

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Marinated Paneer Gravy | Kadai Paneer Gravy Recipe

Paneer is marinated in ground spices and fresh curd or yogurt. To prepare the spice masala, I have taken red chili, garlic cloves, black pepper, cumin seeds, a bit of tamarind, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and Fenugreek seeds. It goes well with rotis, parathas and steamed rice varieties like fried rice.

Course

Main Course

Cuisine

North Indian

Keyword

kadai paneer, marinated paneer, paneer gravy

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 200 gms Paneer
• 1 medium sized Onion finely chopped
• 1 medium sized Tomato finely chopped
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1 inch Butter
• required level Salt
• few Curry leaves
• few Coriander leaves

To Marinate Paneer

• 2 - 3 nos Red Chili
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1 tsp Coriander Seeds
• 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
• 1 tsp Black Pepper
• 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 2 tbsp Curd or Yogurt
• a bit Tamarind

Course Main Course Cuisine North Indian Keyword kadai paneer, marinated paneer, paneer gravy Prep Time 25 mins Cook Time 20 mins Servings people Ingredients 200 gms Paneer 1 medium sized Onion finely chopped 1 medium sized Tomato finely chopped 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste 1 inch Butter required level Salt few Curry leaves few Coriander leaves To Marinate Paneer 2 - 3 nos Red Chili 1 tsp Cumin Seeds 1 tsp Coriander Seeds 1 tsp Fennel Seeds 1 tsp Black Pepper 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds 1 tbsp Oil 2 tbsp Curd or Yogurt a bit Tamarind

Instructions

1. Get all the ingredients ready. Add oil in a wide pan. Once the oil gets heated, add all the seeds and red chili. Saute well for few mins.
2. Add Garlic cloves and tamarind piece. Saute again for few more mins until everything gets roasted well. Once it is roasted. Let it cool down for a few mins. Grind everything in mixture and make a paste out of it.
3. Now add the paneer cubes to the paste and mix well. Now add the curd and mix everything well. Marinate this mixture for 20 mins.
4. Now take a Kadai or wide pan, add butter into it. Once the butter starts melting, add onions and curry leaves into that. Saute well. Once the onion is cooked, add tomato into that, then saute well for few mins and then add ginger garlic paste in to that. Ginger garlic paste is optional, Since we already added garlic while preparing the masala. But I like them, so added here.
5. Once everything starts blending, add salt into that and mix everything well. Once the tomato gets cooked well. Add marinated paneer into that.
6. Add a 1/2 cup of water also into that if you don’t want a very thick gravy. Mix everything well and close the Kadai. Cook in a medium flame for 5 to 10 mins and check the consistency. When the gravy is ready. Transfer into a container and serve hot. Yummy and Spicy Kadai Paneer gravy is ready to be served.

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Get all the ingredients ready.

Add Oil in a wide pan.

Once the oil gets heated, add all the seeds and red chili. Saute well for few mins.

Add Garlic cloves and tamarind piece. Saute again for few more mins until everything gets roasted well.

Once it is roasted. Let it cool down for a few mins. Grind everything in mixture and make a paste out of it.

Now add the paneer cubes to the paste and mix well.

Now add the curd and mix everything well.

Marinate this mixture for 20 mins.

Now take a Kadai or wide pan, add butter into it.

Once the butter starts melting, add onions and curry leaves into that. Saute well.

Once the onion is cooked, add tomato into that, then saute well for few mins and then add ginger garlic paste in to that. Ginger garlic paste is optional, Since we already added garlic while preparing the masala. But I like them, so added here.

Once everything starts blending, add salt into that and mix everything well.

Once the tomato gets cooked well. Add marinated paneer into that.

Add a 1/2 cup of water also into that if you don’t want a very thick gravy. Mix everything well and close the Kadai.

Cook in a medium flame for 5 to 10 mins and check the consistency. When the gravy is ready. Transfer into a container and serve hot. Yummy and Spicy Kadai Paneer gravy is ready to be served.

Happy Cooking 🙂