Its Sunday evening and tomorrow is going to be back to office for my husband. We had good weekend meeting friends and family and after eating out most of the time this weekend, I decided to make some thing different from my normal dishes.
My husband is from Madurai(A town in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu) and he loves South Indian Spicy food and off late both of us have been craving some good vegetarian dishes. I decided to try this North Indian Spicy Paneer Simla Mirch. Paneer(Cottage Cheese) when combined with Capsicum brings out an amazing flavor to this dish.
Ingredients:
250 gms of Paneer (cottage cheese), cut into small cubes
1 green bell pepper, chopped into bite size pieces
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2 green chillies chopped finely
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp cumin powder
salt, to taste
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Then add chopped green chillies and chopped onions and fry a little until onions start to brown. Now add ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are tender and start to pulp up.
Add in coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder and turmeric powder. Cook for a minute or two till spices blend in. Add salt and cook for a few minutes till sauce thickens. Add water and let it come to a boil. Add paneer chunks and bell pepper and cover cook for 6-7 minutes till paneer is done.
Serve hot with chappathi, Roti or Rice.
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