30 minute Paneer Vegetable Stew
30 minute Paneer Vegetable Stew is a healthy, nutritious and delicious stew made with fresh vegetables and paneer (cottage cheese) with minimal spices with in 30 minutes. A big bowl of hearty and warm stew is so comforting and perfect in cold weather.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 600 grams Mixed vegetables (I used potatoes, carrots, raw papaya, green beans, snow peas) (thinly sliced)
- 150 grams Paneer/ Cottage cheese (cubed)
- 50 grams dried lentil dumplings (bori) (optional)
- 2 green chillies
- 1 1/2 tsp grated ginger
- 1 dried red chilli
- 1 tsp Indian 5 spice/ Panch phoron
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- Salt as per taste
- 2 1/2 cups water
- handfull frest coriander chopped
Instructions
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a thick bottomed pan on medium heat, fry the paneer until golden brown and remove with a slotted spoon and keep it aside.
- In the same oil add the dried lentil dumplings (bori) and fry until golden brown. Remove with slotted spoon and keep it aside.
- Heat the rest of the oil in the same pan then add the panch phoron, when it splatters, toss in the mixed vegetables, grated ginger, salt and mix everything well.
- Continue frying the veggies for 5 minutes.
- Then add 2 1/2 cups of water and slit green chillies and bring it to a boil. Cover and cook till the veggies are almost done.
- Finally add the paneer and fried bori in the stew and continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes.
- Add fresh coriander leaves and take it off the heat.
- Serve it hot with steamed rice with a squeeze of lime.
Notes
You can make the the stew with out the dried lentil dumplings(bori), if you can't get hold of it.
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