Paneer Dal

INGREDIENTS
Paneer - 1 cup
Big onion - 1 medium sized
Tomato - 2 medium sized
Ginger chopped- ½ tsp
Moong dal - ½ cup
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Garam masala powder - ¼ tsp
Water - 1 cup
Coriander leaves - 1 tsp (to garnish)
Salt - as required
Ghee/butter/oil- 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Preparation:
Wash moong dal and pressure cook it with a cup of water for 3 whistles. Once pressure released , open the cooker. Mash it well using a laddle and keep aside.
Chop onions and tomatoes finely. Set aside. Fry the chopped paneer cubes in ½ tsp of oil until golden brown. Keep aside.
Heat ghee in a pan and add cumming seeds & mustard seeds. Fry them until cumin seeds & mustard seeds cracks. Then add curry leaves and saute them for a minute. Add onions now along with green chillies & ginger pieces and saute them well.
Once the onions becomes transparent, add tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt. Mix everything together.Fry the tomatoes until it becomes mushy and soft. Then add cooked mashed moong dal to it.
Mix it well. Add 1 cup of water and boil it in medium flame for 5 minutes or until it becomes thick.
Once the gravy becomes thick, add toasted paneer cubes. Mix well with the gravy and boil it again for two minutes. Switch off the flame once done and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

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