Gobi Paneer Recipe

Cook Time

Prep time: 20 min

Cook time: 30 min

Ready in: 50 min

Yields: Serves 4 to 6 people

Ingredients for making Gobi Paneer

• 1 Big cauliflower
• 3 Big onions
• Half cup Peas (optional), Pre-boiled
• To taste Salt
• A few Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp Chole masala powder 
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 2 Green chilies, Cut lengthwise
• 150 gms Paneer, Cut into small cubes
• ¼ tbsp Haldi powder (Turmeric)
• Few Coriander leaves
• 2 tsps Chili powder
• 4 Tomatoes, Finely cut
• 1 ½ tsps Ginger paste
• 1 ½ tsps Garlic paste
• 1/2 tsps Mustard seeds
• 2-3 tbsps Oil

  Instructions for making Gobi Paneer

  1. Cut the cauliflower into small flowerettes. Now boil the flowerettes in a vessel of water with salt.
  2. Keep the paneer pieces in warm water for sometime till they soften.
  3. Heat some oil in a frying pan. Add the mustard seeds, and let them splutter.
  4. Now add the sliced green chillies and a few curry leaves to the above pan.
  5. Add the finely sliced onions and let them turn pinkish in color.
  6. Now add the finely cut tomatoes and the peas that are preboiled to the above pan. Let it cook for some time.
  7. Now add the salt, haldi, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, chole masala powder to the pan. Mix the vegetables and the masalas well in the pan.
  8. Now add the boiled cauliflower flowerettes to the pan along with the paneer cubes to the gravy and blend everything together till the oil floats on top of the masalas.
  9. To enhance the flavor, you can add a few drops of lemon juice to the dish.
  10. Remove the dish from the stove and garnish with some coriander leaves which are finely chopped.