Are you in search for an easy paneer lababdar recipe at home? This restaurant-style paneer lababdar is a rich, creamy, and full of flavor bursting dish.If you want to make it without cream or without onion and garlic? with simple steps, you can also do so, still the recipe will come out a winner. Try this dhaba style paneer lababdar using everyday ingredients and minimal oil for a healthy twist.
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Ingredients
PANEER MARINATION
- 500 gm Cottage cheese / Paneer
- 1 Capsicum / Shimla mirch
- 1 Tbsp Oil / Tel
- ¼ Tsp Turmeric / Haldi
- ½ Tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 Tsp Salt / Namak
GRAVY MASALA
- 2 Tbsp Oil / Tel
- 3 Bayleeaves / Tej patta
- 4 Dry kashmiri chilli
- 4 Green cardamom / Hari elaechi
- 2 Inch Cinnamon / Dalchini
- 7 Pepper corn / Kali mirch
- 3 Cloves / Loung
- 10 Cashews / Kaju
- 2 Inch Ginger / Adrakh
- 10 Garlic / Lasan
- 2 Onion / Pyaz
- 3 Tomatoes / Tamatar
- 1 Tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 Tsp Coriander / Dhaniya powder
- ¼ Tsp Turmeric / Haldi
- 1 Tsp Salt / Namak
- 2 Cup Water / Pani
FINAL MASALA
- 2 Tbsp Oil / Tel
- 1 Tsp Cumin / Jeera
- 1 Tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
- 2 Onion / Pyaz
- 2 Tomatoes / Tamatar
- Salt to taste
- 2 Green chillies or chilli paste
- 1 Tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- ¼ Tsp Turmeric / Haldi
- 1 Tsp Coriander / Dhaniya powder
- 1 Tbsp Fresh coriander leaves
- ¼ Tsp Sugar / Chenne Optional
- 40 gm Cottage cheese / Paneer
- 1 Tbsp Dry Fenugreek leaves / Kasuri methi
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 4 Tbsp Fresh cream
- 1 Pinch Garam Masala ( Options )
Instructions
- Cut Paneer into cubes. add chopped Capsicum, Oil, Turmeric, Kashmiri Chilli powder and Salt to it.
- Mix it gently so that the Paneer does not break.Marinate and keep it aside.
- Heat oil,add Bay leaves, dried Kashmiri Red Chilli, Green Cardamom, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Cloves, Cashew Nuts, Ginger-Garlic and roughly chopped Onion.
- We do not need to saute onions too much, just when they get pinkish add the roughly chopped Tomatoes.
- After this, we will add Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Turmeric, Coriander and Salt.We will saute it for 2 minutes and then add water.
- Cover and let it cook for 5 minutes or little more on high flame till the tomatoes are soft.
- Turn off the stove, cool down the gravy masala and then grind it.
- Again,heat oil.Add Cumin seeds to the hot oil, let it crackle for a few seconds.
- Then add Ginger-Garlic paste, and finely chopped Onions.
- Saute the Onions till they turn golden brown,then add finely chopped Tomatoe,Salt and Red Chilli on top of the Tomatoes.So that the Tomatoes release their water quickly and dry up.
- After that, we will add Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Turmeric and Coriander.
- Saute it on low flame for a few seconds and then add marinated Paneer,Shimla mirch that we had kept aside.
- Keep on tossing it for 5 minutes.
- Now,strain the gravy masala over the paneer also adding Green Coriander paste,
- a mashed piece of Paneer, it will make the gravy thick.
- Also drop in dry Fenugreek Leaves and Butter.
- Garniesh Paneer Lababdar with Cream and serve with Naan or Biryani.