Paneer Jhalfrezi

Paneer Jhalfrezi

Paneer is my most favourite ingredient for experimenting my cooking skill. It is my favourite because it is not only tasty but also versatile. It goes great with any flavour, any sauce or any masala. In my family anything with paneer is super hit.

Jhal means hot or spicy in Bengali and frezi is the derived word of fried. Hot and spicy stir fried is Jhalfrezi. Paneer Jhalfrezi means stirefried paneer with veggies in masala. It is believed that Bengali cooks are the inventor of this recipe. But now it is very common in restaurants. It is simple, quick and easy. Here is my version of Paneer Jhalfrezi.

Paneer – 200 gms

Red capsicum- 1

Green capsicum- 1

Tomato- 1

Green chilli- 1

Tomato- 2

Ginger garlic paste - 1tbsp

Zeera- 1/2tsp

Kalonji- 1/2tsp

Onion- 2(medium size)

Salt to taste

Sugar- 1/2tsp

Coriander powder - 1tsp

Kitchen king masala- 1tsp

Garam masala - 1/2tsp

Chopped coriander leaves- 1tbsp

Peel and clean onion and slice it and keep aside.

Take tomatoes and make puree and keep aside.

Make Julian from red capsicum, green capsicum and Tomato.

Slice paneer and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add kalonji and zeera to it. Let it crackle and then add sliced onion and fry upto pink in color. Add ginger and garlic paste and fry in high flame for 3mins. Then add Tomato puree and lower the flame and sauté again. Add all dry masalas, salt,and sugar except garam masala. sauté upto masala separates from oil.

Add veggies Julians and 1/4 cup of water to it. Let the veggies cook. Now add paneer to it and toss it with the masala and cover and cook for 5mins.

Now add garam masala and chopped coriander leaves and switch off the gas.

Serve hot with roti, paratha or nan