Paneer Lababdar - Punjabi Style

Ingredients:

Paneer - 200 g
Onion - 1 1/2 (roughly chop)
Tomato - 2 1/2 (roughly chop)
Green Chilly  - 1
Ginger - small piece
Ginger - 1 tbsp (fine chop) or paste
Garlic - 4
Cashewnut - 4
Melon seeds - 1/2 tbsp (optional)
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - small piece
Green elaichi - 1
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Black pepper corns - 3
Bay Leaf - 1
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Kasoori Methi - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Fresh cream - 2 tbsp
Water - 180 ml + Little
Butter - 2 tbsp
Oil,Salt - As reqd


Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add cumin seeds.
• Add in bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon stick and elaichi.
• Add in pepper corns and saute.
• Add in onion and saute till it turns light brown in color.
• Add in chilly,garlic and ginger and saute.
• Add in melon seeds, kashmiri chilly powder and salt and mix well.
• Add in tomatoes and cook it turns mushy (app 4 mins)
• Add 180 ml water and cover and cook for 8 mins.
• Then let it cool and blend it.
• Grate 20 g of paneer and cut the rest to cubes and set aside.
• Now heat a tsp of oil and 2tbsp of butter.
• Add in ginger paste or fine chopped ginger.
• Saute this for a while.
• Add the blended paste and add little water.
• Cover and cook in low flame for 7-8 mins.
• Add in grated paneer and mix well.
• Add in paneer cubes and mix well.
• Cook for 2 mins.
• Add in sugar, garam masala and kasoori methi.
• Mix this well.
• Add in a tbsp of fresh cream and mix up.
• Garnish with fine chopped coriander leaves.
• Drizzle little fresh cream while serving.