BENGAL DISHES:CHANAR DALNA RECIPE

CHANAR DALNA RECIPE

Ingredients: 1 tblsp ghee 250 gms cubed cottage cheese (paneer) 1 medium cubed potatoes oil for frying  1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp ginger paste  2 - 3 green chillies salt to taste  1 1/2 tsp cumin seed paste 1/2 cup milk 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp garam masala powder 1 cup water 

How to make chanar dalna :

1. Heat up oil and fry the potatoes lightly and keep aside. 
2. Heat up the ghee in a vessel, mix in the cumin seeds and let it splutter. 
3. Mix in the cumin paste mixed with a little water, ginger juice and turmeric powder. 
4. Stir fry for 2 minutes. 
5. Mix in the potatoes, green chillies, garam masala powder, sugar and salt and cover and stir fry till the potatoes are tender. 
6. Take off the paneer from the water and mix in to the potatoes. 
7. Mix in milk and the remaining water and allow it to simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for another 2 to 3 minutes. 
8. Serve hot.