Stir Fried Paneer with Veggies (Paneer Burji)

Submitted by Anu_N

"This is my friend's mom recipe that she told me over the phone, and it turned out great when I tried it. Paneer is Indian cheese (for homemade paneer, refer recipe #21956). You can substitute with firm tofu or feta cheese, but this really tastes best with paneer. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 side dish serving

ingredients

• 2.46 ml olive oil
• 1.23 ml garlic paste (You may use fresh minced garlic)
• 29.57 ml chopped onion
• 59.14 ml chopped green bell pepper
• 118.29 ml chopped tomato
• 59.14 ml crumbled panir or 59.14 ml crumbled feta cheese (Refer Homemade Paneer / Panir (Indian Curd Cheese) for paneer; if using feta cheese omit the salt in this recipe)
• 0.61 ml chili powder
• 1.23 ml garam masala (optional)
• 0.61-1.23 ml salt (or to taste)

directions

1. Heat oil in a saucepan over a medium-high flame and saute garlic paste in it for 30 seconds, without allowing it to brown.
2. Add the chopped onions and bell peppers and saute for 5-10 minutes or until the onions become translucent.
3. Now turn the flame to high and add the paneer (or feta cheese), tomatoes, chili powder, garam masala, and salt, and saute with constant stirring for about 10 minutes or until all the juices have come out of the tomatoes and absorbed by the veggies and the paneer.
4. Remove from flame and serve hot with rotis or bread!

Reviews

[ummrabiah]

Except for the tomato, I basically doubled everything in this recipe. I didn't add in the garam masala and I had to add in a little water since I didn't have much tomato juice. Thanks for this fast, tasty recipe!

 

[nisha.katira]

try adding capsicum to this stir-fry. it tastes amazing.

 

[bragz]

WOW ! A great change.I felt the secret ingredient was the olive oil as it adds a flavour to the paneer instead of the normal oil.That flavour coupled with all the spices was simply fantastic.The entire family loved it. Thanks !