There are no fancy ingredients in this recipe, just grab few available ingredients in your pantry and you are good to go to make easy paneer bhurji recipe.
What is Paneer Bhurji ?
Indian cottage cheese is paneer and bhurji means scrambled so this dish is basically paneer scrambled and cooked along with onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste and spices. Paneer bhurji tastes so delicious and can be used as a filling for sandwiches and wraps too. Paneer bhurji can be made in few ways but this recipe is quick to make. For vegan version you can replace paneer with tofu. This is one of the side dishes I often make to go with chapathi and pack it for kids lunchbox too. I make paneer bhurji with homemade paneer and it tastes so good as the texture of homemade paneer is so soft. This time I tried with storebought paneer, and still it tasted good. One important tip is to make the dish moist and not too dry. Dry paneer bhurji is just the term used to differentiate between gravy and dry. Otherwise this dish should be moist and juicy which tastes the best. Paneer bhurji goes well with with roti, phulka or even with jeera rice, pulao.
Paneer Bhurji Ingredients
Paneer : Paneer is the star ingredient for this recipe. So use fresh soft paneer either homemade or storebought. That is the key to get moist juicy tasty paneer bhurji. Spices : Usual indian spice powders like turmeric, red chilli powder and garam masala powder. Mostly I use homemade spice powders to get fresh flavours. Ginger garlic paste : I used homemade ginger garlic paste. If you do not have, crush ginger and garlic roughly using mortar and pestle and add it. Onion & tomato : Freshly cut onion and tomatoes are used for this recipe. Onion should be cut finely and sauted till golden. Tomatoes can be roughly chopped and added, it should be sauted until mushy and raw smell leaves. Garnish : Add coriander leaves and kasoori methi as garnish which enhances the flavour a lot.
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How to make Paneer Bhurji
1.Take paneer, if store bought rinse it well and set aside. If using frozen thaw and use it.If refrigerated, keep it outside for a while then use it. Pin 2.Crumble it well.Pin 3.Heat oil in pan – add jeera let it crackle.Pin 4.Add ginger garlic paste, onion finely chopped, required salt.Pin 5.Saute until golden. Pin 6.Add tomatoes, roughly chopped.Pin 7.Saute until raw smell leaves and is mushy.Pin 8.Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder. If you prefer you can add coriander powder too.Pin 9.Saute for a minute.Pin 10.Add crumbled paneer.Pin11.Mix well. If you feel its too dry sprinkle few drops of water, do not add more.Pin 12.Cook covered for a minute.Pin 13.Open then add coriander leaves and kasoori methi.Pin 14.Give a quick mix. Switch off.Pin Serve with onion rings and lemon. It goes well with chapathi or roti. Pin
Expert Tips
For best results use soft fresh paneer as its the key to get best juicy paneer bhurji. I have used regular cooking oil, but you can replace it with ghee or butter too. For vegan option replace paneer with tofu. This is medium spicy, add spice powders according to your taste. I did not use green chillies as it might come while eating which will be uncomforatble for the kids. Usually I add coriander powder, sometimes I skip still the taste would be great, there is not much of difference.
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