How to make Paneer Do pyaza, ‘Do pyaza‘ literally means two onions, double the onions, or in two stages. I am here using two jumbo size onions, double the size and in two stages. One while starting used chopped onions and at the last stage, tempering used a cube or big dice shape. The Paneer cubes are fried and then simmered in a thick gravy made with yogurt, onions, capsicum, garlic, and ginger and finished in a warm, spicy, cumin flavored sauce this is How to make Paneer Do pyaza
Do pyaza recipes are usually made with meat like chicken Do pyaza, Mutton Do pyaza. But today I am preparing Paneer do pyaza made with paneer, capsicum, and yogurt.
Main equipment required
- Wok/Kadai
- Blender
- Spatula
Ingredients
- Paneer-200 gm
- Oil- 2 tbsp
- Ghee-2 tbsp
- Capsicum-1
- Yogurt-1/2 cup
- Cashews-10
- Cardamom-2
- Cinamon-1 inch
- Onions-2 bigger sizes ( one –chopped and another –big dice)
- Ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp
- Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds-1/2 tbsp
- Black peppercorn-10
- Salt to test
How to make Paneer Do pyaza
Take a blender; add capsicum, curd, and cashews, make a smooth paste and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan; add the paneer cubes to shallow fry.
Take out the fried paneer cubes from the oil and put them in water to keep them soft.
In the same oil add cinnamon, cardamom, and peppercorns
Add chopped onions and fry until they become translucent.
Now add ginger-garlic paste and sauté it for 2-3 minutes or till the raw smell goes off.
Add curd, capsicum, and cashew mix and mix well; cook for 8 minutes, stir it in between.
Add salt and red chili powder and stir them for 2 minutes.
Now it became dry, so add I cup of water and mix it well
Drop the fried paneer cubes, and cook for 2 minutes.
Now heat 2 tbsp ghee in a tadka pan, and add cumin seeds to temper
Add big dice shaped onions and let them sizzle
Spread over the paneer gravy.
Take them from the oven, and transfer them to a serving plate.
Serve hot.
How to make Paneer Do pyaza
Equipment
- blender
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 200 gm paneer
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 capsicum,
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 10 cashew
- 1 cinamom stick
- 2 Cardamom
- 2 Onion
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp red chili powder
- 10 black papercorns
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Take a blender; add capsicum, curd and cashews, make asmooth paste and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan; add the paneer cubes to shallow fry.
- Take out the fried paneer cubes from the oil and put them inwater to keep them soft.
- In the same oil add cinnamon, cardamom and peppercorns
- Add chopped onions and fry until they become translucent.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté it for 2-3 minutes or tillthe raw smell goes off.
- Add curd, capsicum and cashew mix and mix well; cook for 8minutes, stir it in between.
- Add salt and red chili powder and stir them for 2 minutes.
- Now it became dry, so add I cup of water and mix it well
- Drop the fried paneer cubes, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Now heat 2 tbsp ghee in a tadka pan , add cumin seeds totemper
- Add big dice shaped onions and let them sizzle
- Spread over the paneer gravy.
- Take them from the oven, transfer into serving plate.
- Serve hot.