Laal Paneer

This is another dish where the name was in question as to whether it should laal paneer or Paneer Gulabi – we stuck with Laal because that was really the closer color!  It’s actually fun to try out new combos and come up with a name for it. I had made it this weekend and I believe from the feed back I got this was a sixer or at the very least a boundary, in cricket terminology J

How or why laal – This time I decided to couple paneer with Beets, not known commonly as a match, at least to my knowledge… Of course, paneer took on the lovely red hues of the beets and what resulted was Laal paneer .

The sauce I used for this was Long Red peppers that are now available at Sam’s. I used some green chilies and a touch of garlic and rosemary and sage to this.  No spices are required really for this dish because the beets have an all too distinctive flavor and aroma and it is hard for any of the other spices to compete with that.

My recipe

Ingredients

6 beets washed, peeled and cubed

1 pack of Nanak Paneer cut into ½ inch cubes

2 tsp of curry powder

Salt

For the Sauce

4-6 long red peppers cut in 1 inch rounds

Chilies – 2-4  (per taste)

1 tsp of my homemade curry powder (or any masala powder)

2 cloves of garlic

A sprig of rosemary and sage

1-2 tsp of oil

1 tsp turmeric

Preparation

Step 1

The Sauce

Heat the oil

Throw in all the ingredients for the sauce at once

Let it cook and soften

Blend into fine liquid-paste and keep

Step 2

The Veggies

First boil the beets for about 10-12 mins on high in the microwave (fresh veggie setting)

After, in a tsp of oil, make it like a subzi using ingredients mentioned

Step 3

The paneer

In a separate pan, gently fry the paneer to a light golden brown using very little oil (you don’t need the oil if you are using a non-stick pan)

Step 4

Add the paneer with the beets and mix it in evenly

Next add the sauce and swirl in

Allow the whole dish to come to bubbly boil for a minute or two

Remove from flame and garnish

Note – I set aside a little sauce to pour over later along with the garnish if you wish a more decorative look (: Enjoy!

Serve with chappatis, naan or pasta :)
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