Ingredients for making Paneer Bhurji :
1. Paneer : 250 grams
2. Tomatoes : 3 large size
3. Ginger : about one inch piece
4. Green chilies : 6 to 7
5. Kasuri methi : 4 tablespoons
6. Whole cumin seeds : 1/2 tablespoon
7. Capsicum : 2
8. Turmeric powder : 1/2 tablespoon
9. Kashmiri red chili powder : 1 tablespoon
10. Black pepper powder : 1/4 tablespoon
11. Garam masala : 1/2 tablespoon
12. Mustard oil
13. Finely chopped coriander leaves
14. Salt to taste
15. Asafoetida
Method to make Paneer Bhurji :
To make Paneer Bhurji, first grate the paneer. Now grind tomatoes and green chillies in a mixer. Grate the ginger, and cut the capsicum into small pieces.
Now heat a pan on the gas, and when the pan is hot, add oil to it and heat it well. As soon as the oil is hot, add cumin seeds to it, and then as soon as the cumin seeds crackle, add a pinch of asafoetida. Now add grated ginger and stir for a minute, and then add tomato green chilli paste.
Now add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and kasuri methi. Now fry the tomatoes well on medium flame, now reduce the flame of the gas completely, and then add chopped capsicum.
Add capsicum and stir for a minute and then add grated paneer. Now add salt according to taste and garam masala and cook everything well for about five minutes by increasing the flame and then add finely chopped coriander and turn off the gas.
Here you go, with very few home ingredients, very tasty and spicy paneer bhurji is ready in no time. Serve it with hot roti, puri, paratha, naan or rice.
If someone wants to make paneer bhurji with garlic and onion, then immediately after adding ginger, add garlic paste to it, and when the garlic starts to turn light golden, grind two onions and add them to it. Fry the onions till they turn golden and then add tomatoes and all the spices using the same process as we made paneer bhurji without onion and garlic.
