Paneer er Dalna | Bengali Paneer-er Torkari
Paneer Er Dalna is a Bengali style vegetarian no onion no garlic aromatic curry cooked with Paneer and also big potato chunks.
Servings 4 People
Calories 316kcal
Cost Rs 150
Ingredients
- 200 g Paneer
- 3 Potato Big
- 2 Tomato
- ⅓ Cup Green Peas
- 2-3 Green Chilli
- ⅕ tablespoon Ginger Paste
Tempering
- 2 Red Chilli
- 2 Bay Leaf
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Seed
- 4 Green Cardamom
- 1 Black Cardamom
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 6 Clove
- ½ teaspoon Asafoetida
Spices
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 1 teaspoon Bengali Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- 3 tablespoon Mustard Oil
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes.
- Cut each Potato into four chunks. If using big potatoes, one is to be cut into 8 pieces.
- In Bengali cooking style, we opt for different cuts for different types of curries, Dalna calls for a different cut of potato than chorchori, and so on!
- Roughly chop Tomatoes.
- Chop Green Chillies as well.
- Cut the Paneer into desired shapes; either diamond or cube or rectangular.
- Sprinkle whole wheat flour, ¼ tsp. each of salt and turmeric powder over the paneer chunks.
- Lightly coat the paneer and keep those as it is for 15 minutes before frying.
- This helps in enhancing the flavor.
- Take 1 Tbsp. Oil in a bowl.
- Add ½ Tsp. Turmeric Powder, ¾ Tsp. Red Chilli Powder, Cumin Powder, ½ Tsp. Bengali Garam Masala Powder, Sugar, and also salt and make a thick mixture.
- Heat remaining oil in a pan.
- Sprinkle ¼ Tsp. each of Turmeric Powder, Salt, and Red Chilli Powder.
- Now add potato chunks and fry on medium flame.
- Strain from the oil, once fried.
- Now fry the marinated Paneer.
- Strain from the pan once fried.
- Now temper the oil with dry red chili, Cinnamon stick, Clove, Green and Black Cardamom, and also Cumin Seed.
- Add the ginger paste and cook for a minute.
- Add chopped Tomatoes and cook till soften.
- Now add the spice mix and mix it.
- Add little water while cooking.
- Add green chili at this point.
- Keep cooking on low flame till the mixture leaves oil from the edges.
- Add Green Peas and mix with the spices.
- Now add around 2 cups of water and bring it to boil.
- Add fried potatoes and cook till the potatoes are well-cooked.
- This will take 8-10 minutes on low flame.
- Now add the fried Paneer and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Cook till the gravy reaches the desired consistency.
- Add Bengali Garam Masala Powder.
- Add Ghee as well.
- Switch the flame off once done.
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Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.5g | Protein: 10.4g | Fat: 16.8g | Saturated Fat: 4.7g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 798mg | Fiber: 5.1g | Sugar: 5.9g
