Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, makhana curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Phool Makhana Curry, a nutrition rich curry made out of lotus seed. This is a very healthy and delicious curry that goes well with any Indian Breads! Today in GreyPot lets make Lotus Seed Gravy recipe. Some ways to enjoy Makhana - Roasted Makhana, Makhana Curry, Makhana Kheer.
Makhana curry is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Makhana curry is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have makhana curry using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Makhana curry:
- Take 1 1/4 cup makhane
- Prepare 3/4 cup peas
- Get 1/2 inch Ginger
- Take 21/2 tbsp Tomato paste
- Make ready 6 cashews
- Get to taste Salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Jeera
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Take 1/4 TSP Kashmiri chilli powder
- Get 2 tbsp Cow milk cream
- Get 6 TSP oil
- Take 1 tsp ghee
- Take 1/4 tsp hing
- Prepare 2 tsp green coriander chopped
- Make ready 125 gm paneer
- Get 1 green chilli
- Take 4 Almond soaked in water and peeled
- Take 2 pinches green elaichi powder
These seeds are often used in quite a few Indian sweets and savouries like kheer. I came to know about Phool Makhani(Puffed Lotus Seeds/Fox nut in English) recently through my blogger friends. As soon as I came to know about them, I looked for its health benefits and amazed at it. Makhana is also known as Lotus seeds.
Steps to make Makhana curry:
- Take Makhane in a heavy bottom karahi add 2 tsp oil and saute for 4 min on medium flame till light golden brown.
- Next step is boil frozen or fresh peas in pressure cooker with 2 whistles and very less water.
- Keep aside peas to cool.Next is wash cottage cheese and cut in small cubes.Heat a TSP of oil and saute paneer pieces till light golden brown.
- Sauteed paneer.
- Next step is chop 2 tomatoes add in mixie jar,add 1 green chilli,add 6 cashews,washed peeled ginger piece and crush in mixie.You can also blanch tomatoes and puree and saute with little oil as I do and keep.I did earlier then crushed with ginger,cashews and green chilli.
- Next step is to prepare,heat 2 tsp oil with 1 TSP ghee add zeera,when it crackles add hing,saute add tomato cashew paste and saute.
- Sautee masala nicely till oil seperates,in between add salt to taste,red chiili powder,dhania powder and saute for 5 to 7 minutes.Add makhanas in gravy.
- Mix in masala,add boiled peas in it and mix.Add 1 1/2 cups of water and cook for 5 min covered,add paneer pieces cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add fresh cream or frozen 2 tsp in the dish.Add garam masala on top.Add elaichi powder on top.Add chopped coriander to garnish.Add cream on top,I used cow milk cream.Decorate with almond slivers peeled.Serve with plain roti or tandoori roti.
As soon as I came to know about them, I looked for its health benefits and amazed at it. Makhana is also known as Lotus seeds. Cut cottage cheese in samll pieces. To this mixture add makhana, cottage cheese, cream , salt, red. Phool Makhana Curry is a simple and tasty Indian curry made with foxnuts (phool makhana) without using onion and garlic.
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