Easiest Way to Refreshing To Try At Home Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry

Easiest Way to Refreshing To Try At Home Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry. Here is - how to make fresh paneer at home. Bengali Chanar Kalia Vs Paneer Kofta Curry. Though this dish of Chanar Kalia looks like Bengali version of Paneer kofta, but in reality both are not same.

Mutter (meaning peas) paneer (a semi-solid form of cottage cheese) is probably the most frequently ordered vegetarian dish in Indian restaurants.

The mild flavors of the paneer (cottage cheese) and peas in it, marry beautifully with the delicious tomato-based sauce of this curry!

Mutter paneer is great side dish in a non-vegetarian meal but also the perfect main dish in a vegetarian one.

You can cook Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry

1. Prepare 300 gm of Fresh cottage cheese or chhana.

2. You need 1 tbsp of All purpose flour or maida.

3. Prepare 2 tsp of Cumin powder.

4. You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder.

5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.

6. Prepare 1 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.

7. It’s 1 1/2 inch of Ginger.

8. Prepare 2 of Green chilli.

9. It’s 1/2 cup of Tomato.

10. You need 6-7 pcs of Cashew nuts.

11. You need 1 tbsp of Melon seeds.

12. It’s as needed of Few raisins.

13. Prepare 2 pc of Green cardamom.

14. It’s 2 of Cloves.

15. It’s 1 of Bay leaf.

16. Prepare 1 of Cinnamon stick.

17. It’s 1/2 tsp of Garam masala powder.

18. It’s 1/2 tsp of Ghee or clarified butter.

19. It’s 1 cup of White oil.

20. You need 2 tsp of Sugar.

21. It’s to taste of Salt.

Paneer kala chana kofta curry or cottage cheese black chickpea dumpling in gravy.

You can serve it as a party side dish.

Pairs well with any bread, pulao or steamed rice.

I always avoid to deep fry the kofta.

Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry step by step

1. At first make a paste with ginger, tomato and green chilli. Make another paste with melon seeds and cashew nuts..

2. Make fresh chhana from milk and keep the chhana water aside for curry. Now take fresh chhana and put maida, cumin powder, salt and sugar. Mixed it well. Now smooth the chhana with palm very nicely. Smooth it for 7-8 mins..

3. Now make medium sized balls from chhana and put 2 raisins into it. Heat the oil and fry all balls in the heated oil. Do not overcrowd the pan..

4. When it will golden brown in colour, take it out from oil and soak the extra oil on paper towel or napkin..

5. Now prepare the gravy. Heat some oil and put all whole garam masala into it. After crackling garam masala, put ginger-chilli paste and mixed it well. After 2-3 mins add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, salt and sugar. Mixed it all together..

6. After 3-4 mins add cashew-melon seeds paste and mixed it well. Cook it until oil is oozes out..

7. When oil is getting separated add fresh chhana water or normal water. Cook it for 5-6 mins. Now put the balls into gravy and cook it for 7-8 mins. Do not cover with lid..

8. Add garam masala powder, ghee and cook it for 2 mins. Fresh Chhana Kofta is ready to be served. Served with puri, roti or naan..

So used my appe or paniyaram pan to make kofta.

But you can deep fry or shallow fry if you want.

Paneer (pronounced ) or Indian cottage cheese is a fresh cheese common in the Indian subcontinent.

It is an non-aged, non-melting soft cheese made by curdling milk with a fruit- or vegetable-derived acid, such as lemon juice.

Its acid-set form (cheese curd) before pressing is called chhena.