Paneer kurma recipe | South Indian style paneer kurma recipe with full video and step by step pictures.
Usually, we make North Indian gravies with Paneer. There are a lot of varieties of paneer recipes. I have posted many recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. Kurma is a South Indian-based gravy. The main flavor for kurma comes by combining fennel seeds and coconut.
I have posted a few varieties of kurma recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. Paneer kurma is a versatile one where the North Indian ingredient is cooked in South Indian-based coconut masala. We are adding cashew nuts in this gravy a rich taste to the kurma. You can replace it with 1 tbsp of roasted gram dal too.
This kurma pairs very well with roti, parotta, and poori. Apart from this, we can serve this kurma as a side dish for vegetable biryani and kuska too.
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- In a pan add 1/2 tbsp oil and add 1 roughly chopped onions, garlic and 1 green chili.
- Saute till the onions turn slightly brown.
- Switch off the flame.

- Add 1 chopped tomato, 3 tsp coconut, fennel seeds, red chili powder, coriander powder and little salt.
- Combine well and cool completely.

- Grind this into a fine paste.

- In a pan add ¬Ω tbsp oil and add the ground paste.
- Cook for 2 minutes and add ¬Ω cup of water.

- Mix well and add the paneer cubes.
- Ensure the paneer is at room temperature

- Now add the milk. Always use room temperature milk and not hot milk.
- Check for salt now.

- Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Do not over boil after adding the milk. It may get curdled.
- Switch off and add finely chopped coriander leaves.

- Paneer kurma is ready.
- You can serve this with phulkas, chapathi, parotta and kuska too.

- Adding fennel seeds gives a nice flavour to the kurma, so do not skip this.
- Paneer kurma pairs well with veg biryani and poori too.

Paneer kurma recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Paneer cubes
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 6 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp coconut
- 1 green chili
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 6 cashew nuts
- 1 red chili powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp oil
- ¾ cup milk
- Salt as needed
Instructions
- In a pan add 1/2 tbsp oil and add 1 roughly chopped onions, garlic and 1 green chili.
- Saute till the onions turn slightly brown.
- Switch off the flame.
- Add 1 chopped tomato, 3 tsp coconut, fennel seeds, red chili powder, coriander powder and little salt.
- Combine well and cool completely.
- Grind this into a fine paste.
- In a pan add ½ tbsp oil and add the ground paste.
- Cook for 2 minutes and add ½ cup of water.
- Mix well and add the paneer cubes.
- Ensure the paneer is in room temperature.
- Now add the milk. Always use room temperature milk and not hot milk.
- Check for salt now.
- Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Do not over boil after adding the milk. It may get curdled.
- Switch off and add finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Paneer kurma is ready.
- You can serve this with phulkas, chapathi, parotta and kuska too.