Vegetable-Paneer Medley

Recipe No: 87

This is a very easy and delicious way to eat your vegetables. Paneer is an addition to incorporate some protein into the dish, but it’s perfectly okay to avoid that and make with only Vegetables. Enjoy!!!

Ingredients                                       Serves 4

To Grind

• Dry Red Chilly………………5-8 (Depending on your heat tolerance. If you don't have dry Chilly, substitute it with 1-1 1/2 Teaspoons of Red Chilly Powder.)
• Poppy Seeds (Kus Kus)...2 Tablespoons
• Vinegar……………..…………1 Teaspoon
• Cashew Nuts………………..12 No
• Garlic………………………….4 Big
• Ginger…………………………1 inch piece
• Onion Chopped……….……1 Cup
• Tomato……………………….1 Big
• Coriander Powder…...…...1 Tablespoons
• Turmeric Powder…….…..1/4 Teaspoon
• Garam Masala Powder….1 Teaspoon
• Roasted Cumin Powder...1/2 Teaspoon

To Cook

• Oil……………………………….....3 Tablespoons
• Vegetables cut into cubes.....3 Cups (Use Carrots, Potatoes, Beans, Green Peas, Cauliflower etc:)
• Fried Paneer cubed…..…….....1 Cup
• Cream……………………….…......1/2 Cup
• Coriander/Cilantro Leaves....2 Tablespoons

Method of Preparation

1. Soak Dry Red Chilly, Cashew Nuts and Poppy seeds in Vinegar and ¼ Cup Hot Water for 20 minutes.
2. Grind the Soaked Red Chilly mixture together with all the other ingredients  into a smooth paste.
3. Heat Oil in a pan on medium low heat and add the ground paste and saute till all the water is evaporated and oil begins too ooze out. This will take some time and there are chances to splutter. So partially cover the pan and scrape the bottom of the pan now and then to avoid the mixture from sticking. (The tendency to stick is more as there is Cashew).
4. Once Oil starts to ooze out, fry the mixture for two more minutes and add the Vegetables and two cups of water. Close the lid and let the Vegetables cook.
5. Add the fried Paneer to the Vegetables once it is 3/4th done.
6. When the Vegetables are fully cooked add the Cream and Coriander leaves and wait till it starts to boil along the edges.
7. Switch off the heat and Serve hot after sprinkling with chopped Coriander leaves. This goes well with Rice, Appam, Chappathi , Roti, and Bread.

Notes:

• If you are looking for a low fat dish substitute cream with fat free evaporated milk or regular reduced fat milk.
• It is perfectly okay to substitute Cashews with peeled Almonds.
• Opiates (Morphine and Codeine) can be detected in urine for at least 48  hours after one eats foods containing Poppy Seeds and hence there are chances to fail a drug test. So if you are expecting a drug test very soon, it is better to avoid using that. In you don't want to use Poppy seeds , substitute it  with 4 or 5 more Cashews.

Make it, enjoy the deliciousness and
serve it to your family with love…