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Kashmiri Cuisine Through The Ages : A Review; Chaman Kaliya - Paneer/ Indian Milk Cheese In Yellow Gravy (GF) And A Giveaway

As someone who comes from the very warm and humid southern part of India, the northern parts of India closer to the Himalayas and the North Eastern states of India always seemed like a whole different world when I was a child.
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 1 " thick 1 kg cottage cheese (paneer), cut into square pieces / 2.2 lb
  • 1 tbsp mustard olive oil / refined / / 15 ml
  • 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
  • 1 cinnamon stick (dalchini)
  • 2 cloves (laung)
  • to taste salt
  • 2 tsps turmeric (haldi) powder / 6 gm
  • 2 tsps ginger (sonth) powder / 6 gm
  • 3 tsps fennel (saunf) powder / 9 gm
  • 1 tsp cumin (jeera) powder / 3 gm
  • 1 cup milk , skimmed and boiled / 240 ml / 8 fl oz
  • 4 cardamom green (choti elaichi), crushed

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in a deep pot; add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, salt and 8 cups water. Bring to the boil and add turmeric powder, ginger powder, fennel powder, cumin powder and mix well.
  • Add the cottage cheese and cook till the cheese is soft and the gravy thickens.
  • Add the milk and cook for 2 minutes. Sprinkle crushed green cardamom and mix well. Serve hot.

Notes

Since most of the recipes in this book are non-vegetarian and so not of any use to me, I thought it would make a nice gift to someone who would perhaps put this book to much better use than me. So I am giving away the review copy of Sarla Razdan's Kashmiri Cuisine Through The Ages.
To be eligible for this giveaway, all you need to do is leave a comment at this post telling me why you feel you would like to win this book.
This giveaway is open for one week from today till the 12th of June, 2011, when I shall randomly pick one commenter as the winner. I will be happy to ship worldwide.
Please leave a link to your blog or an email id so I can get in touch with you should you win. Good luck!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!