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Paneer Pasanda restaurant style-Yummy Foodie Recipes

Restaurant style Paneer Pasanda are fried stuffed paneer sandwiches or paneer triangles which gives rich and delicious taste to our mouth.The use of dry fruits enhances smooth, creamy and mild spicy gravy. Paneer sandwiches is made of  mashed paneer and nuts mixture which is later shallow fried and cooked in a flavorful onion-tomato gravy. Paneer pasanda garnished with coriander leaves and serves with naan, tandoori roti, chapati, Lachcha paratha, Malabar paratha and jeera rice or veg pulao.



RESTAURANT STYLE PANEER PASANDA

how to make paneer pasanda recipe







More paneer gravy recipes as follow:

PALAK PANEER


PANEER MASALA


Recipe card for restaurant style paneer pasanda recipe:

RESTAURANT STYLE

PANEER PASANDA   

PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES           
 COOK TIME: 30 MINUTES 
TOTAL TIME: 50 MINUTES
CUSINE: INDIAN
AUTHOR: SWATI RASOI
SERVES: 4    

INGREDIANTS


Assembling and stuffing paneer sandwiches
250 grams paneer (cottage cheese)
2 to 2.5 tablespoon crumbled or grated paneer
1 tablespoon raisins - chopped
6 to 8 cashews - finely chopped or 2 tablespoon finely chopped cashews
4-5 almonds- finely chopped
1 teaspoon pista-finely chopped
1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
¼ teaspoon red chili powder
½ teaspoon cumin powder
¼ teaspoon salt or add as required

Frying paneer sandwiches for paneer pasanda
4 tablespoon oil for frying
for corn starch paste
2 tablespoon corn starch
4 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon oil

Making tomato paste
3 medium to large tomatoes or 250 grams
1 inch ginger
1 tablespoon cashews- chopped

Gravy Preparation
1 to 1.5 tablespoon of the fried oil or fresh oil
½ teaspoon caraway seeds (shahjeera)
1 bay leaf ( tej patta)
½ inch ginger + 3 to 4 garlic - crushed to a paste in mortar-pestle or 2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon kashmiri red chili powder or deghi mirch
½ teaspoon coriander powder
¼ teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon crushed kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves)
1 cup water
2 tablespoon fresh cream
2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves for garnish

salt as required

PREPARATION

Assembling and stuffing paneer sandwiches
  1. Cut paneer pieces into equal size triangles.
  2. On the other side,  in a bowl 1 tbsp raisins, finely chopped or 2 tbsp finely chopped cashews, almonds and pista, chopped chopped ginger, chopped about 1 tsp chopped green chilies and 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and 1/2 tbsp chopped mint leaves and keep it aside.
  3. Firstly, add crumbled or grated paneer, all the ingredients and salt to taste. Mix everything well to form a stuffing.
  4. Once the stuffing is ready, slice triangle into two halves gently with the thickness of half inch.
  5. Once the paneer are ready to stuff, take one pair of paneer. Place the stuffing on it. Then, top the other slice and cover the stuffing, do not press much.
  6. Make all paneer sandwiches stuffed with the filling this way.

Frying paneer sandwiches for paneer pasanda
  1. In a bowl, make a paste of 1/2 cup corn starch with 4 tbsp water.
  2. Dip the paneer sandwich slice in the cornflour mixture.
  3. Turnover and coat from all sides. You can also use a spoon or small tongs to coat the slices.
  4. Dip each triangle this way and then place more paneer triangles in the hot oil. Do stir the corn starch paste before you coat the paneer triangles with it as the corn starch settles down.
  5. Carefully, shallow fry all the sandwiches from both the sides until just golden, do not, over cook them.
  6. Once they are done, transfer them onto a kitchen towel and set aside.

Making tomato paste
  1. In a blender, add tomato, green chilli, ginger and remaining cashew-almond paneer mixture. No need to add any extra water while grinding.
  2. Grind to a smooth paste. There should be no cashew chunks or pieces in the paste. Keep this paste aside.

Gravy Preparation
  1. In a same pan, heat up oil in a pan.
  2. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and bay leaves and let the then crackle for a few seconds.
  3. Add ginger garlic paste.Stir and saute till raw aroma of ginger-garlic goes away.
  4. Add tomato puree and cook for a minute.
  5. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir very well.
  6. Add kasuri methi and fresh cream to make gravy rich and creamy and mix well.
  7. Stir till the cream is mixed evenly with the rest of the paneer pasanda gravy.
  8. Add some water so that gravy looks thinner. 
  9. Add coraindar leaves and garam masala. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  10. Coat the paneer pasanda in the gravy.Mix and simmer paneer pasanda gravy on a low flame for a minute.
  11. Serve hot paneer pasanda with naan, tandoori roti, lachcha paratha, malabar paratha and jeera rice or veg pulao.

    How to make restaurant style paneer pasanda with step by step photo


    PREPARATION

    Assembling and stuffing paneer sandwiches

    1.Cut paneer pieces into  triangles.



    2.On the other side,  in a bowl 1 tbsp raisins, finely chopped or 2 tbsp finely chopped cashews, almonds and pista, chopped chopped ginger, chopped about 1 tsp chopped green chilies and 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and 1/2 tbsp chopped mint leaves and keep it aside.

    3.Firstly, add crumbled or grated paneer, all the ingredients and salt to taste. Mix everything well to form a stuffing.
















    4.Once the stuffing is ready, slice triangle into two halves gently with the thickness of half inch.



    5.Once the paneer are ready to stuff, take one pair of paneer. Place the stuffing on it. Then, top the other slice and cover the stuffing, do not press much.











    6.Make all paneer sandwiches stuffed with the filling this way.



    Frying paneer sandwiches for paneer pasanda



    1.In a bowl, make a paste of 1/2 cup corn starch with 4 tbsp water.














    2.Dip the paneer sandwich slice in the cornflour mixture.


    3.Turnover and coat from all sides. You can also use a spoon or small tongs to coat the slices.


    4.Dip each triangle this way and then place more paneer triangles in the hot oil. Do stir the corn starch paste before you coat the paneer triangles with it as the corn starch settles down.


    5.Carefully, shallow fry all the sandwiches from both the sides until just golden, do not, over cook them.You can also deep fry these paneer triangles.








    6.Once they are done, transfer them onto a kitchen towel and set aside




    Making tomato paste

    1.In a blender, add tomato, green chilli, ginger and remaining cashew-almond paneer mixture. No need to add any extra water while grinding.



    2.Grind to a smooth paste. There should be no cashew chunks or pieces in the paste. Keep this paste aside.



    Gravy Preparation

    1.In a same pan, heat up oil in a pan.

    2.Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and let the then crackle for a few seconds.



    3.Add ginger garlic paste.Stir and saute till raw aroma of ginger-garlic goes away.

    4.Add tomato puree and cook for a minute.











    5.Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir very well.













    6.Add kasuri methi and fresh cream to make gravy rich and creamy and mix well.










    7.Stir till the cream is mixed evenly with the rest of the paneer pasanda gravy.


    8.Add some water so that gravy looks thinner.
     9. Add coraindar leaves and garam masala. Cook for 2-3 minutes.


    10.Once the pasanda gravy is ready, gently add fried paneer sandwiches to it.



    11.Coat the paneer pasanda in the gravy.Mix and simmer paneer pasanda gravy on a low flame for a minute.

          12.Serve hot paneer pasanda with naan, tandoori roti, chapati, lachcha paratha, malabar paratha and jeera rice or veg pulao.


    Tips

    • You can also add onion paste or fried onion paste.
    • You can also use tofu instead of paneer.
    • Skip cream if you do not have it.


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