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Lentils, Green Beans & Paneer Stew

Lentils, green beans & paneer stew
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Dal, Paneer, Pure Veg, Stew
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 525kcal

Equipment

  • Fry pan
  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp Ghee Or other oil for pan frying
  • 1 cup Paneer Cut into bite size pieces
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp Black mustard seeds
  • 1 Green fresh chili Finely chopped
  • 2 tsp Ginger Fresh grated
  • 1 Tomato Chopped fresh
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • ½ tsp Himalayan pink salt
  • ½ tsp Black pepper Fresh ground
  • ½ cup Green beans Fresh, chopped into bite size pieces
  • ¼ cup Red lentils Cleaned & rinsed
  • 1¼ cup Vegetable broth Or use vegetable cube & water
  • 2 tsp Lemon juice Fresh squeeze, ½ small lemon
  • 1 tbsp Cilantro Fresh chopped

Instructions

  • Add ghee to a frying pan or kadai pan and fry the chopped paneer. You can skip this step if you want and mix in the fresh chopped paneer into the stew at the very end.
  • Take another tablespoon of ghee and heat in the pressure cooker; heat, then add ginger, cumin seeds, chopped green chili, black mustard seeds, cook and stir for a few minutes until the seeds sputter and a nice fragrance is released.
  • Add the chopped tomato and cook and stir for about 5 - 8 minutes, until the tomato is soft.
  • Add the turmeric & coriander powders, salt and pepper (and vegetable cube if using) and cook and stir for a few minutes to remove rawness from the spices.
  • Add the rinsed red lentils and chopped green beans, (and fresh paneer IF you are not going to pan fry it); stir to mix well. Add the vegetable broth (or water) mix well, cover and turn heat to medium low and cook for 4 - 5 whistles.
  • Remove from heat and allow to sit until pressure is naturally released.
  • Stir in the lemon juice, pan fried paneer and fresh chopped cilantro.
  • Serve with a side of plain dahi (plain yogurt).

Notes

I like as my one main meal and eat the whole thing myself! However, if I serve it as a side and serve it will rice, then it will easily be enough for two.
Doctor up the recipe - add 1/2 tsp of Gomata Garam Masala and 1/2 tsp finely ground Dhaga Mishri. Just a slightly different flavor! Yum!
Alternative No 2. - Every time I make this recipe, I always seem to doctor it a bit. Today was an amazing outcome - the new "secret" ingredients were Jaggery, butter and cream - how could you go wrong adding these three ingredients to anything?
  • After blending the paste and before adding it back to the kadai pan, add a dollop (1 tbsp) of butter to the pan, then add the blended tomato sauce.
  • Add about 1 tsp full of jeggery to the blended tomato paste. Takes the edge off the spiciness.
  • Mix full cream with the coconut milk; about 1:1 ratio, so in the end, I added to the simmer sauce and green beans, (before the paneer was added back in) about 1/3 cup coconut mild and 1/3 cup full cream