T&T: Paneer with Tomatoes, Mushrooms & Chickpeas



This month it's Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen on the spotlight for T&T and my, what a collection! She has a lot of dishes I would love to try. This veg medley is something that caught my eye, I love all the ingredients and most importantly I had everything that was needed to make this.
The dish was really simple to make, what was different was the prominent taste of kasoori methi, which I don't use much and we loved it. Find the original recipe here. I made a few minor changes to the recipe. Just added some onions and ginger garlic paste. I cut the paneer into small pieces instead of shredding it and I also made it completely dry. A wonderful dish, Thanks Lisa.


Paneer with Tomatoes, Mushrooms & Chickpeas


Ingredients:
1/2 tbs oil
8 oz mushrooms, sliced
1 tbs oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp fenugreek/ methi seeds
a big pinch asafoetida/ hing
1 small onion
3-4 green chillies or to taste, finely chopped
1 tbs ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp coriander powder
3 tbs dried fenugreek leaves/ kasoori methi
3 medium tomatoes, sliced
salt to taste
1 cup cooked chickpeas
200 gms paneer, chopped into small pieces
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Method:
Heat 1/2 tbs oil in a pan and fry the sliced mushrooms till brown and tender. Keep aside.
Heat 1 tbs oil in the pan, add the cumin seeds. When they begin to change color add the fenugreek seeds and asafoetida. Stir for a few seconds.
Add the onions and green chillies and fry till golden.
Add the ginger- garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.
Add the turmeric, red chilli & coriander powders and the fenugreek leaves and fry for a minute till fragrant. Take care not to burn the masalas.
Add the tomatoes and salt and fry till soft and well blended.
Add the paneer and chickpeas and cook for 2-3mins. Add little water if it is getting too dry.
Stir in the mushrooms, cover and cook on low for 2 mins for all the flavors to blend.
Stir in the coriander leaves and serve hot.

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My entry to Tried and Tasted hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen, an event started byZlamushka.

26 comments:

  1. Love the combo, seeing so many chickpea recipes today. Always like to try new recipes. Nice choice for T&T.

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  2. Looks soo tasty..Interesting medley!

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  3. I love this dry curry.Really tasty treat! Lovely pics!:P

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  4. Nice selection, looks delicious, would go great with rotis :)

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  5. Looks tooo yummy and delicious Poornima, thats a diff. combo... love it! :)
    And a great click! :)

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  6. Thats a delicious curry Poornima..very prefect selection from Lisa's Blog...Awesome Clicks yaa!

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  7. Interesting combo-would never have thought of pairing mushrooms and chickpeas:)

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  8. Hi Poornima,
    Love recipes from Lisa's blog. They are damn neat n tempt one to try. Ur T&T looks great. Nice snaps.
    TC

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  9. Chick peas and mushrooms new I did post a dish a few days back with cilantro but this never crossed my mind... Nice entry...

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  10. Looks yummy and so the cokkies....so delightful

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  11. Loved the combination of panner,mushrooms and tomatoes:)

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  12. Love the colour and looks so delicous.

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  13. What an interesting combination - looks great.

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  14. Looks tooo yummy and delicious Poornima..Lovely pics...

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  15. Healthy protein-packed dish Poornima! nice combination of veggies :)

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  16. Poornima wonderful & new combination dish. Looks lovely & inviting.

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  17. Wow this is something different.. The dish lookd delicious :)

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  18. Poornima, I do mushroom in the same way, but without chickpea. Adding chickepea is different to me. The recipe looks great and the presentation too.

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  19. Hey Poornima *wave*. You noticed my mistake, I made my cashew dish for your event, but I totally forgot once I posted it, probably because I didn't post it right away. Am I too late to adjust my post and add links to your event? Hope not!

    Holler
    x

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  20. This really is an unusual combination of the three. Sounds and looks delicious.
    Thanks for being a part of T&T.

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  21. Never tried this combo. It's really different.

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  22. Such a nice combo..All nutrition in one dish..So much of goodness..:)

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  23. Excellent recipe! Delicious!

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  24. Hi Poornima,

    Thanks a lot for participating in T&T April. I hope you had fun and will take up the challenge again this month :-)
    Rice chickpea combo looks fantastic :-)

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