Restaurant Style Kadai Paneer

Kadai Paneer

The food that doesn’t thrill the eyes, many a times doesn’t delight the tongue & the tummy too.  Most of us think no matter what I do & what I use, homemade can only be made palatable and not scrumptious like the restaurant style dishes. But how true is this. If you are one among those to say so, do take back your words. Here is the recipe to get a replica of Restaurant Style  Kadai paneer . Kadai Paneer is one among the popular dishes that is ordered by most vegetarians during their dine in at restaurants.  Ingredients                 ¾ cup paneer cubed 2 onions cubed (do not chop small) 2 big tomatoes chopped 1 medium size green capsicum 1 medium size red capsicum 1 ½  tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp redchilie pow (Kashmiri to get good color, can use any) 1 ½ tsp Coriander seeds / Daniya (coarsely crushed or can use as it is) 1 tsp garam masala ½ tsp kasoori methi Handful Coriander leaves chopped Salt to taste 2 tbsps. Oil Marination 1 ½ tbsps. Lemon juice Salt to taste ¼ tsp redchili pow Pinch of turmeric  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Method  1. Marinate paneer atleast for 3 to 4 hrs with the marination ingredients and refrigerate till you use. 2.    Heat a pan with 1 tsp oil and fry the marinated paneer for 2 mins on a medium flame. set aside 3.  Heat 2 tbsps oil in the same pan, add coriander seeds , sauté till it emits a good aroma, add onions and fry till they turn transparent  4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a min 5. Add chopped tomatoes , salt and fry till the tomatoes turn mushy  6.  Add redchili pow and garam masala and sauté for a min. 7.    Add capsicum pieces and fry for a min on high 8.    Add fried paneer cubes and cook for 1 min 9.    Sprinkle water as per your desire. Can skip this step, if you want a dry kadai paneer. 10. Close the lid and cook on medium flame for 2 mins. Add coriander leaves . 11.  Serve hot with pulao or roti or even with plain steamed rice.