SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe

Paneer is favourite for many of us. We can make many different gravies using Paneer, most popular dishes are Paneer Butter Masala, Mutter Paneer etc. You can refer this link for more Paneer Recipes. Now coming to this wonderful dish. SweetCorn is my favourtie ingredient. Very frequently I use sweet corn in many of my dishes. Even when I prepare carrot rice, capsicum rice and many other rice varieties I love to add sweet corn. Such a delicious sweet corn adds a nice flavour to the masala and adding paneer to this tasty masala enriches the whole dish. It is a perfect side dish for any Indian Breads.

SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe
This is one of the No-Onion-No-Garlic Recipe. This is a perfect gravy for fasting days also. Many of us always gets confused when we need to cook the gravy without onions and garlic. As the onions play a vital role in adding up a quantity. But here in this recipe, the sweet corn paste along with tomato puree makes the masala rich in taste and quantity. Now lets see how to make this yummy Sweet Corn Paneer Masala recipe...

SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe

Preparation and Yield:
Preparation time 10 mins
Cooking Time 45 mins
Servings 5

SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe
Ingredients:
Sweet Corn 1 Cup*
Paneer 250gms
Tomato 3
Green Chilli 2
Ginger 1 inch piece
Turmeric Powder 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander Powder 1 teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder 1/2 teaspoon
Oil / Butter 4 tablespoon
Cumin Seeds 1 teaspoon
Salt To taste
* 1 Cup = 250ml For Masala:
Peppercorns 1/2 teaspoon
Cinnamon Sticks 1 inch piece
Cloves 3
Cardamom 2

SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe

Method:

1. Take all the masala ingredients to the mixer and grind it to a coarse powder

Next, chop the tomatoes roughly and add it to the mixer along with green chillies and half of ginger. Reserve the rest half of the ginger for later use. Grind the tomatoes to make puree

Next, take the paneer and cut into small cubes. We can also store bought paneer cubes. Heat a pan, add 2 tablespoon of oil / butter, add the paneer cubes to the pan

In low flame, fry the paneer cubes till they are golden brown on all the sides. Take this fried paneer from pan and keep it in a plate. Again add the rest of oil/butter to the pan. Add cumin Seeds to the pan.

When the cumin seeds starts to sputter, add the ground masala and rest if ginger and fry for couple of minutes. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder and fry for few seconds.

Then add the tomato pulp which we ground already to the pan. Add salt to the pan and keep the flame low and allow the tomato to cook in low flame for about 6-8 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the sweet corn and keep it ready. I have used the frozen sweet corns and so I have boiled the sweet corns in a microwave for 5 minutes.

Allow the sweet corns to cool off. Then add it to the mixer and grind it to a nice paste

When the tomato puree is cooked, add the sweet corn paste to the masala and mix well. Allow the masala to cook again for 3 minutes in low flame.

Finally add paneer cubes to the pan and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and when the masala comes to boil, then switch off the flame

Serve the yummy and delicious SweetCorn Paneer Masala with any Indian Breads and enjoy your dish!

SweetCorn Paneer Masala Recipe