Kadai Paneer Recipe – A staple dish in every restaurant menu, this Paneer dish is prepared at home on special occasion, festivals or dinner parties. It takes about 30 minutes or less to cook it perfectly and with simple ingredients that are available at home. Best enjoyed with roti, naan, paratha or rice.
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Kadai Paneer is the quintessential paneer specialty that can be always found on a restaurant menu and dinner parties! The name “Kadai Paneer” or “Karahi Paneer” comes from the way of cooking this recipe which is in a ‘kadai’ or wok. This delicious, luscious and rich Paneer dish is made with some soft paneer cubes, bell peppers (capsicum), a host of spices and very flavourful and spicy onion-tomato based gravy.
This paneer recipe can be made dry, semi dry or in a gravy version. I am sharing here is a semi dry kadai paneer recipe that can be served as a main dish at a dinner party or on festivals and some special occasions as well, along with a simple plain roti, paratha or rice.
The fresh ground kadai masala powder is the key ingredient. This kadai paneer recipe gets its unique flavors from this masala powder.
If you want to know how to make this Kadai masala powder at home check this my video tutorial of Kadai Masala Powder.
Aside from the paneer itself, the other quintessential ingredients added to kadai paneer are: onions, capsicum (green bell peppers) and tomatoes.
Other spices are turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, kasoori methi and fresh cream.
The smooth and spicy flavours of this kadai paneer gravy are a delicious carrier for homemade paneer. The soft cubes simply melt in your mouth.
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If you think Paneer from the market is good, just wait until you make it from scratch. This creamy and soft homemade paneer tastes so much better than store bought. If you love paneer than Learn How to make Paneer at home with this fail-proof step-by-step recipe (with video). This is the ultimate guide to homemade paneer.
Having said this, if time isn’t something you have, you can certainly use market-bought paneer. I recommend you cut the paneer and soak it in boiling water for 10 minutes before draining, patting dry and use.
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