Nutty Paneer/ Paneer with Nuts on Diwali

Nutty Paneer/

Paneer with Nuts

Hi Friends,
One more addition to paneer/cottage cheese dishes. I have kaaju wala paneer/cottage cheese in cashew gravy recipe in my blog. Now i have tried this gravy with almonds and peanuts on Diwali. Its a rich gravy based side dish. You can make it more dry or more thick gravy as per your choice. Its a awesome combo of nutty flavor of almonds & peanuts and sweetjuicy flavor of raisins. 

You can make this side for get together and parties also. Keep the ingredients ready like pureed onion tomato, roast dry fruits, powder them and a quick dry dish will be ready next day for party. 
My family liked it a lot. Hope you will also like it.

Ingredients:-
Paneer - 250gm 
Onion Puree-1 tbsp ( i have pureed 1 medium onion+1 big tomato together)
Tomato Pureed- 2 tbsp
Ginger Garlic Paste- 1 tsp
Almonds- 1 tbsp
Peanuts - 1 tbsp
Kishmish/Raisins- 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds- 1 tsp
Garam Masala/Whole spice powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Salt- As per your taste

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

Dry Roast Half peanuts

peel the skin

now take them in a grinder

add half of the almonds too

puree them, You can make a fine puree but i made it bit coarse

fry rest of the peanuts

almonds

and raisins

fry them all

cut paneer in cubes

now heat 2 tbsp oil in a vassal 

crackle jeera/cumin seeds

add ginger garlic paste

let it brown a bit

then onion tomato paste

cook it till oil oozes out from it

then add peanut almond paste

cook it further for 1 minutes

now add all spices

mix, cover and cook for one minute

see how oil leaves the gravy

now add 1 cup water and panner

mix well and simmer for 2 minutes

and at the end here goes our fried nuts and raisin

Gravy is ready to serve

RICH CREAMY NUTTY SIDE DISH IS READY TO RELISH 

Diwali Platter

Notes:-

1. You can adjust the quantity of almonds and peanuts according to your choice. Increase whatever you like and decrease whatever you would like to taste less.
2. You can use milk to grind the almonds and peanuts. You can dry roast peanuts almonds if your want to avoid adding fried nuts.
3. If you dont like munching nuts in the side dish then just skip frying and adding them and make a paste and use it in gravy. 

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

Love

PariCash

Side Dish with Leftover Fritters/ Pakoday ki Sabzi/ Leftover Pakoday ki Side Dish/ Pakoda Sabzi/Paalak Pakoday ke Sabzi

Side Dish with Leftover Fritters/

Pakoday ki Sabzi/

Leftover Pakoday ki Side Dish/

Pakoda Sabzi/
Paalak Pakoday ke Sabzi

Hi Friends,

Who can say NO to Pakoda/Fritters? I haven't seen anyone who don't like them, variety may varies. Some like potato fritter, some onion, spinach, cauliflower etc. But there are times i find leftover pakodas laying in the bowl and thinking to use it up. I remember few years back when first time i made pakoda side dish. It tastes so different. I loved it so much. Now i never worry if some leftover pakoda are there. This dish can be made of any kind of pakoda/fritter like potato, spinach, bread pakora etc. Its so quick and easy also. My kids loved it so much. Hope you will like it too.

Ingredients:-
Pakoda/fritter (any) - 2 cup
Onion- 1 medium 
Tomato-1 medium
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic- 6-7 pods
Cumin seeds-1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 spoon
Water- 3 cups or as needed
Salt- as per you taste

Method:-

Take all your ingredients
Puree onion+tomato+ginger+garlic together

Heat 2-3 tsp oil in a pan or kadai

add cumin seeds and let them crackle

throw in pureed onion+tomato+ginger+garlic

cook for few seconds 

add salt and turmeric powder

let the oil separate

see oil oozes out 

add water

let it come to a boil

now add your pakoda

let it simmer for few seconds

its done within a 1 or 2 minutes

 Its ready to serve

YUMMYYYYY

You can serve it Roti/Naan/Rice 
or anything you like 

Notes:-

1. You can take any pakora/fritter for this recipe. Basically the idea was to use leftover pakoras.
2. You can puree onion tomato garlic ginger separately also. But as pakoras has its own flavors so its not required to do this to get the flavors.
3. You can some chat masala or amchoor powder to the gravy to make it more flavorful but i liked the pakora taste so skipped any other masala.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash