Dum paneer

Ingredients

Paneer/Cottage Cheese - 200gm
Onion - one big size, chopped
Ginger-garlic-green chili finely chopped - 4 teaspoon
Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 2 teaspoon
curd - 1 cup
Tomato - one, finely chopped
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Sugar 
Salt
Dry Red chili - 1 or 2
Bay Leave - 1
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Green Cardamom - 1 or 2
Clove - 1 or 2
cashew paste - 1/2 cupGaram masala powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Kashmiri Red chili - 1/2 teaspoon
Refined oil

Procedure

Cut paneer into square shapes and marinate with curd , chilly powder and salt and keep aside. Fry chopped onions until it becomes brown . Now grind this brown onion and make a coarse to fine paste. If requires  you can add little water while making the paste. Now heat oil in a pan and add dry red chili, bay leave, cinnamon stick, clove & green cardamom one by one. Next add choppedginger-garlic-chili  and followed by chopped onion . Keep on stirring the mixture. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, Kashmiri red chili powder and cumin powder. It's time to add little water. After that add  tomato puree. Cook it for 2 minutes and pour half glass water. Let it boil and subsequently add paneer blocks. Now add garam masala powder and coarse pepper powder.atlast add the marinated paneer and boil. add cashew paste.Switch off the gas and you can also garnish with some fresh coriander leaves. This delicious side dish can be served with roti, naan, paratha or any other Indian Bread.