Paneer Posto: Yummy Bengali Recipe

Paneer posto is a very simple yet savoury Bengali recipe with the requirement of a very few ingredients. If you are not in a mood for much elaborate cooking then this is one thing that you can go for and yet gain appreciation. Any Bengali family simply loves to include a dish of posto in their recipe list. Try tasting out the succulent nature of this preparation at your home.

Paneer Posto- Easy Bengali Recipe:

Ingredients

• 250gms paneer
• 5-6tbsp posto paste
• 3-4 green chilies
• salt to taste
• ¼tbsp sugar
• 8-10 cashew nuts
• ½tbsp kasuri methi
• 1 cup cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 50gms butter

Procedure To Make Paneer Posto:

• Soak the poppy seeds and cashew nuts well in water for an hour or two before grinding.
• Put the chillies, posto (poppy seeds), and some water in your blender and make a thick paste. Also blend the cashews well in your mixer separately.
• Cut the paneer(cotton cheese) into small cubes or triangles so that it can properly soak the mixture.
• Heat some butter in a deep frying pan and fry them lightly until they turn slightly yellowish.
• Now add the posto paste into the pan and mix well.
• Add salt to taste in the mixture.
• You can add some milk to it or else the mixture might turn too dry.
• Add the cashew nut paste, cream and sugar to the pan and put it on medium flame. Stir well for a few minutes.
• Cover the frying pan with a lid and let it cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
• Remove the lid, add some more butter and kasuri methi. Let it cook for another 5 minutes and then remove.

Your dish is now ready to serve and it complements main courses like rice and chapati.