Paneer Bhurji Recipe
Recipe: https://recipestripper.com/recipes/27b54e6b-2855-47aa-916c-f13d9d8a7a72
Original source: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/paneer-bhurji-scrambled-cottage-cheese-with-spices/
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Bhurji means scrambled in Hindi, so Paneer Bhurji is a scrambled paneer dish made with onions, tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, and spices. The paneer is mixed into a lightly tangy and spiced sautéed masala. This is a Punjabi-style paneer bhurji recipe made the way it is prepared in my home.
Yield: 3
Prep time: PT5M
Cook time: PT15M
Total time: PT20M

Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons oil (or ghee, butter or white butter)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ cup onions (- (finely chopped) or 1 medium sized)
- 3 to 4 small garlic cloves + 1 inch ginger (- peeled, made to a paste in mortar-pestle or 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste)
- 1 or 2 green chillies (- finely chopped or slit, or about ½ to 1 teaspoon, chopped)
- 1 cup tomatoes ((tightly packed, finely chopped) or 2 medium sized to large tomatoes)
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric))
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder (or ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper )
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander))
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 200 to 250 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese))
- salt (as required)
- 3 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped, (cilantro))

Instructions
1. [Preparation] Crumble the paneer and set aside. You do not need to make a fine crumble. A coarse crumble with some chunks of paneer is fine.
2. [Preparation] Finely chop the onions, tomatoes and green chillies. Keep aside.
3. [Preparation] Crush the ginger and garlic to a paste in a mortar pestle and keep aside.
4. [Preparation] Also remove the spice powders and keep aside.
5. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Heat oil or ghee or butter in a pan. Let the oil become hot on a medium-low or medium flame.
6. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Add cumin seeds. Let them crackle and change color. Once they get browned, add onions.
7. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Mix well and sauté the onions. When the onions become translucent, add ginger-garlic paste and chopped green chilies.
8. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Sauté for some seconds till the raw aroma of the ginger-garlic goes away.
9. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Then add tomatoes and sauté on medium-low heat till they become soft. You can add a pinch of salt so that the tomatoes get cooked faster.
10. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Now add all the dry spice powders - turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder.
11. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Mix the spice powders very well and sauté for 5 to 6 seconds on low to medium-low heat.
12. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Then, add the crumbled paneer. Mix throughly and cook for 1 minute on low heat.
13. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Don't cook the paneer for a long time as they harden and loose their softness.
14. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Lastly add the chopped coriander leaves and mix.
15. [Making Paneer Bhurji] Serve Paneer Bhurji hot with bread toast. You can also serve it with roti, plain paratha or as a stuffing in burrito or wraps.