Paneer Angara restaurant style smoked Paneer Angara

Ingredients

• 2-3 tbsp Oil
• 3-4 no. Cloves
• 6-7 no. Black peppercorns
• ¼ tsp Asafoetida, Asafoetida
• Prepared Ginger Green Chili Paste
• 3-4 no. large Tomato, roughly diced, Tomato
• 1 ½ tsp Degi red chili powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 heaped tbsp Coriander powder
• 10-12 no. Almonds (optional)
• 1 cup Curd, beaten, curd (yogurt)
• 1 ½ cup Water
• 1 tbsp Tender Coriander stems, finely chopped
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp Sugar
• ¼ cup Water
• Fried paneer
• 1 ½ inch Ginger (peeled & roughly chopped)
• 3 no. Green chillies (less spicy & roughly torn)
• Salt to taste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Black peppercorns
• 10-12 no. Green cardamom
• 1 tbsp dry Fenugreek leaves, kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• 1 tbsp Oil
• ½ tbsp Ghee
• 400 g Paneer, cut diagonally, Paneer
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Degi red chili powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
• Coal
• 2-3 no. Green cardamom
• 1 tsp Ghee
• Coriander sprig, coriander leaves
• ¼ tsp Prepared Masala, Prepared Masala

Steps

1. In a handi, add oil, once it’s hot, add cloves, black peppercorns and let it splutter.
2. Add asafoetida, prepared ginger green chili paste and sauté it for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, degi red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and cook it for a while.
4. Add almonds, curd and cook for 5-6 minutes on high flame.
5. Add water, coriander stems, salt to taste, sugar, cover it with a lid and cook it for 8-10 minutes on medium flame until cooked well.
6. Grind the gravy to a smooth paste with the help of a hand blender, add water and simmer it for a while.
7. Add prepared fried paneer and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
8. Place the coal in a small bowl, add green cardamom, ghee and cover it with a lid. Keep it aside for 4-5 minutes.
9. Transfer it to a serving dish, garnish it with coriander sprig and sprinkle prepared masala.
10. Serve hot with roti.
11. In a mortar pestle, add ginger, green chillies, salt to taste and grind it coarsely.
12. Keep it aside for further use.
13. In a pan, add salt to taste, black peppercorns, green cardamom and dry roast it for a while.
14. Add dry fenugreek leaves and toss well.
15. Transfer it to a mixer grinder jar and grind it to a fine powder.
16. Keep it aside for further use.