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Malai Paneer Capsicum

Preparation timing 35 minutes

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 200 gm

• Capsicum - 100 gm

• Butter - 1 tbsp

• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

• Bay leaf - 1

• Cloves - 4

• Green cardamom - 3

• Cinnamon - 1 inch

• Kasuri methi - 1 tsp

• Onion -2 (finely chopped)

• Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp 

• Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1 tsp

• Coriander powder - 1 tsp

• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

• Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

• Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

• Tomato - 1 ( finely chopped)

• Curd / yogurt - 1 tbsp

• Cashew paste - with 8 cashew nuts

• Milk - 1/2 cup

• Water - 1/2 cup

• Cream - 2 tbsp

• Salt to taste

Direction:

• Firstly cut the paneer and capsicums in 1 inch cubes.

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and first fry the paneer cubes untill paneer turns golden in color and keep aside.

• In the same butter fry capsicum cubes for 20 to 30 seconds and keep capsicum aside.

• Now you can see some butter is still left in the pan, in the same remaining butter add 1 bay leaf, 4 cloves, 3 cardamoms, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 1 tsp of kasuri methi and 1 tsp of cumin seeds. 

• Saute until the spices turns aromatic.

• Further more add 2 chopped onions. Saute onions turns translucent and golden brown.

• Additionally add 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste. Saute well.

• Further add 1/2 tsp of  turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp of kashmiri red chilly powder, 1 tsp of coriander powder, 1/2 tsp of cumin powder and 1/4 tsp of black pepper powder.

• Mix all the spices well and saute it until the raw aroma of ginger garlic paste goes away.

• Now add 1 finely chopped tomato till it turns soft and mushy.

• After that add 1 tbsp of curd and cashew paste and mix well.

           (  to prepare cashew paste soak 8 to 10 cashew in 2 tbsp hot water for 15 mins and blend it to smooth                     paste.)

• Cook it in medium flame till the oil released from masala paste.

• Then add 1/2 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of water to adjust the consistency.

• Turn the flame to high and let the gravy comes to boil.

• Now add fried paneer and capsicum cubes and also add 1 tbsp of cream. Mix gently.

• Cover and simmer it for 10 mins till paneer absorb the gravy.

• After that open the cover and add 1/4 tsp of garam masala  mix well and some chopped coriander leaves.

• Finally your Malai paneer capsicum is ready to be served.

~Happy cooking~

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Fruits raita

Preparation timing 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• Thick curd ( yogurt) - 500 gm

• Pine apple - 100 g

• Apple - 2 ( chopped)

• Grapes - 100 g

• Green chilly - 2

• Ginger - 1 inch

• Sugar - 2 tsp

• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

• Black salt - 1/4 tsp

• Salt to taste

Direction:

• Firstly take a mixing bowl and add 500 g of curd in to it.

• In which additionally   add 1/2 tsp of cumin powder , 1/4 tsp of black salt, salt to taste mix all the ingredients well with the help of a whisk or a hand blender until the curd becomes  soft and smooth.

• After that take a blending jar and make a puree of  2 green chilly and 1 inch ginger.

• Further add the puree in to the curd and also combine with this properly.

• Refrigerate the curd mixture for 1 hour.

• In the mean while wash the pine apple and peel the skin and chop the pine apple and apples into small chunks.

• You can use grapes directly or if you want you can chop them. And keep them aside.

• When the curd is properly set in refrigerator take it out from the refrigerate again mix it with the help of a spatula.

• Then add all the chopped fruits and mix it well.

• Now the Mouth drooling fruit raita is ready.

• Garnish with a pinch of chaat masala and coriander leaves.

• You can serve this in meals or any time of the day.

~Happy cooking~