Homemade Paneer with Methi and Capsicum in Tomato Sweetcorn Gravy 

This is quick easy Paneer sabzi without cashew, cream and no onion no garlic version.  The gravy has a base of corn and tomatoes. You can add more veggies like carrots, baby corn or French beans or green beans. Homemade paneer is made by boiling full fat milk and adding curd. Then set it and cut into big cubes.  You can enjoy this curry with pulka, paratha, rice or Pulav.  

Ingredients:
  • 3 big size tomatoes
  • 1 small cup sweet corn 
  • 1 big size Capsicum
  • 1 tablespoon of kasuri methi 
  • 2 tablespoon of oil 
  • Spices - 1 teaspoon each of garam masala or any paneer sabzi masala, kashmiri chilli powder, dhania jeera powder
  • Pinch of haldi and hing 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of jeera
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar (as tomatoes were very sour) 
  • Chopped Coriander leaves


Method:
  • In a pan add 2 cups of water, salt, corn and slit the tomatoes
  • Boil it for 10 mins, close the flame and cool it down completely
  • In a mixture jar add boiled corn, remove tomato skin, chop the tomatoes, add 1/2 each teaspoon of garam masala, dhania jeera powder, pinch of haldi and Kashmiri chilli powder. The other half of spices will be added in the capsicum. Grind this to fine paste. 
  • Now slice the capsicum, heat the oil, add jeera and pinch of hing
  • Now add capsicum, pinch of salt, half teaspoon of all the above spices, 2 tablespoon of water and kasuri methi. Cover the lid and cook the Capsicum of low flame for few minutes
  • Once the Capsicum is cooked, pour the gravy, adjust the salt if needed, add sugar and simmer the gravy on low flame for 10 to 15 mins
  • Lastly add the paneer and chopped coriander, few boiled corn and serve hot with roti, rice 


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