Ingredients:
• Capsicum – 2 big ones, cut lengthwise
• Paneer cubes – 100 g
• Onion – 1 big one, finely chopped
• Tomatoes – 2 medium, finely chopped
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1.5 tsp
• Tomato paste – 1 tsp or Tomato puree – 2 tbsp
• Cashews – 2 tsp
• Milk – 2 tbsp
• Cream – 1 tbsp
• Dhania-Jeera powder – 1.5 tsp
• Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Kasuri Methi – 1/2 tsp
• finely chopped Coriander leaves – 2 tsp
• Butter – 1 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
Method:
- Take a heavy-bottom vessel and add butter to it. When butter heats up, add turmeric powder.
- Now, add ginger-garlic paste and onions and fry till onions are slightly brown in colour.
- Then, add finely chopped tomato and fry for a minute.
- Make a fine paste of cashews and milk by grinding it in a mixie.
- Now, add the tomato paste, cashew paste, red chilli powder and dhania-jeera powder and fry for a minute.
- Let this mixture cool for about 10 minutes and then grind it in a mixie to a fine paste (this paste will be nice orange in colour).
- Take a vessel and heat butter.
- To this, add capsicum and fry for about 5 minutes.
- Then, add the fine paste.
- Let it boil for a few minutes.
- In another tawa, heat some butter and shallow-fry paneer cubes.
- Add this to the above mixture and fry for a few minutes.
- Now, add kasuri methi and fry for a few more minutes.
- Add beaten cream to this mixture and garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with rotis, naans and parathas.
Recipe courtesy of Rekha Sastry

