Paneer in Gushtaba Gravy

Submitted by udita

"Gushtaba is a traditional kashmiri dish wherein meat balls are cooked in a sauce made of yoghurt and spices. Here the meat balls are replaced by paneer (cottage cheese)cubes."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 250 g panir
• 6 cups buttermilk
• 6 -8 cloves
• 4 -6 small cardamom
• 2 big cardamom
• 3 teaspoons fennel seeds, powder
• 3 teaspoons dry ginger powder
• 3 tablespoons brown onion paste
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons garlic paste
• 4 tablespoons ghee
• salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dry mint powder

directions

1. In a pan heat yoghurt(to which 1/2 a cup water is added) along with the cloves, big and small Cardamom and boil.
2. Make a paste of fennel powder and dry ginger Powder and add to the boiling yoghurt.
3. Add brown onion Paste. Add some water to the garlic paste and then strain thru a muslin cloth and discard the residue. Add this to the boiling liquid.
4. Add salt and ghee. Finish off with powdered dry mint.
5. Make koftas of paneer/any meat and add to the gravy and boil.
6. Can also add paneer cubes.