Malabar paneer with curry rice

Soft paneer cubes cooked in a fragrant Malabar-style spiced curry with onions, tomatoes, and aromatic spices, served with steamed curry-infused rice.


Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
17 minutes
Servings
4
Category

Meal

Cuisine
South Indian

Ingredients

  • Rice 400g
  • Water 1000ml
  • Coconut oil 10ml
  • Grated coconut 10g
  • Curry leaves 2-3g
  • Coconut oil 15g
  • Coconut milk 200ml
  • Fresh cubed paneer 200g
  • Fresh grated coconut 45g
  • Onion paste 100g
  • Tomato paste 200g
  • Ginger-Garlic paste 10g
  • Curry leaves 2.3g
  • Hing 0.5g
  • Mustard seeds 2g
  • Kashmiri red chilli whole 1pc
  • Turmeric powder- 2g
  • Coriander powder 5g
  • Cumin powder 5g
  • Salt 7g
  • Water 100ml
  • Coconut oil 10ml
  • Curry leaves 10-12pc
  • Mustard seeds 1g

Directions

  1. Place all Level 1 ingredients in combi pan, mix it well. Slide the pan into Level 1.
  2. For level 2: Take a bowl prepare paneer & veggies as per mentioned next to it, mix it well with all other ingredients including powdered and whole spices - everything (Note: don’t add coconut milk).
  3. Take bake tray, pour paneer mix base into it. Slide the bake tray into Level 2.
  4. Close the door and flip the SmartSwitch to COMBI COOKER mode. Select COMBI MEAL function, set temperature to 200°C and set time to 12minutes. Press start to begin cooking (the unit will steam/preheat for 5-7minutes before cooking).
  5. When cooking is complete, remove pan and tray. Drizzle tadka over Malabar paneer & mix it well. Serve hot with rice & enjoy (Note- mix rice with spatula before serving for even texture).