Chak's Paneer Dalna (Chhanar Dalna)

Chak's Paneer Dalna (Chhanar Dalna)

Sometimes you need to lay off meat but still need your protein. Here's a lovely, lightly spiced vegetarian dish which provides you with sufficient protein to adequately build those (ripped) muscles! 

Ingredients

450 gms Paneer(milk casein). 

350 gms potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes.

3 large Onions, coarsely chopped.

5 tbsp Ghee or Butter

4 green Cardamom

2 Cloves

4 sticks of cinnamon

2 Bay leaves

6 tsp of Ginger paste

5 tsp Jira (Cumin) powder.

3 tsp Dhania (Corriander) powder 

3 tsp Kashmiri Chilly powder.

2 tsp Haldi(Turmeric) powder.

2 green Chilly finely chopped

 400gms of whisked Yoghurt.

1 tsp Sugar.

Preparation

cut the Paneer into 1 inch cube and sprinkle a pinch of Turmeric powder over the cubes and toss. Heat the oil and fry the Paneer till light brown. Take the cubes out after draining the oil and keep aside. Similarly fry the potato cubes to golden brown and keep aside. In the heated oil, add Cardamom,Clove, Cinnamon and the Bay leaves. Stir-fry for ½ minute and add the chopped onions. Stir-fry till the onions are golden brown, add the Ginger paste and stir for a while till the water evaporates. At this stage add all the powders spices (except Chilly powder), mixed in ½ cup of water, and stir till water evaporates and oil separates. Add the Chilly powder and the whisked Yoghurt and stir. Add 2 cups of water, stir and bring to boil. Add the Potato cubes and boil them till they are soft. Add the paneer cubes and cook on low heat to reduce. Care should be taken not to break the cubes while stirring. Sprinkle sugar over the cooked dish ,stir. Serve with fried onion and chopped coriander garnish.

Best had with  Peas pilao.