Friday, July 11, 2008

Methi Chaman

I heard that these days in India, everyone is going crazy over this curry and are ordering this whenever they go to any restaurant. I got this recipe from my sister and this tasted excellent with chapatis. Do not attempt to eat this with Rice as it didn't go well with Rice.


Heating Methi in oil removes its sour taste and grated paneer will help. I didn't have enough time, so I just crushed paneer and added to the dish. This fills you up pretty quickly and keeps you out of hunger for long.

Ingredients
1 cup Methi, chopped
1/2 cup paneer, grated
1 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 green chillies, chopped
2 tbsp watermelon seeds
1 tbsp coconut
1 tsp coriander powder
red chilli powder, little
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste


Method
  1. Heat oil in a pan, and fry in this order.
  2. First add green chillies, fry for a minute.
  3. Next add onions and fry till brown.
  4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry again for a minute.
  5. Add methi and fry again (can add little water if needed).
  6. Add paneer and fry till it becomes light brown.
  7. Then add salt, red chilli powder, dhania powder and coconut powder. Mix everything well.
  8. Make paste wtih watermelon seeds and add to the above mixture.
  9. Add butter at the end and garnish with fresh cream.

2 comments:

  1. What a wonderful dish! How do you say watermelon seeds in your language? Is yours Telugu? BY chance do you know what it is in Hindi? The Indian store here often has things in Hindi titles... Thanks!

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