How to make Paneer bhurji

Paneer bhurji is a popular vegetarian dish made from finely grated paneer, onion, tomato and some spices. This is an easy and simple paneer recipe that you can make within 20 minutes.

The term bhurji means scrambled that we used in some other dishes like Egg bhurji and Bhindi bhurji. Thus we can say that paneer bhurji means finely grated paneer is scrambled with onion, tomato and other spices. And it pair best with some homemade roti or chapati.

Tips to make best paneer bhurji

1. Use a good quality paneer. If possible use homemade paneer.
2. For the best result use finely grated paneer to make the recipe.
3. Don't cook the paneer for longer otherwise it will become chewy and hard.
4. Keep the final dish little bit moist before removing to serve.

Steps to make the bhurji with pictures

1. Grate the paneer 

We generally love to have a paneer bhurji with  smooth and soft texture. If you like to make paneer bhurji restaurant style then grate the nicely without any lumbs. We have seen many well known chef's who advice to use grated paneer to make paneer bhurji. If you use crumble paneer them the masala spices won't get well incorporated with the paneer and you don't get that uniform texture for paneer bhurji.

So grate the paneer nicely with a grater.

2. Make the masala 

Heat 2 teaspoon cooking oil in a pan over medium heat flame. When the oil become hot add the cumin seeds to sizzle. Then add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell goes.

Add chopped onions and fry till they become light brown over medium high flame heat.

If you to make the paneer bhurji spicy then add some chopped green chillies and fry.

Next add turmeric powder, red chilli, coriander powder, garam masala. Mix and cook for 2 to 3 seconds under slow flame.

Now add chopped tomatoes and salt. Cook till the tomatoes become soft and messy over medium heat flame.

If you prefer to make paneer bhurji without tomato then at this step avoid to add tomato into the spice masala to make paneer bhurji without tomato.  

3. Cooking paneer bhurji

When the tomatoes become soft and messy add the grated paneer and mix nicely so that all the spice masala are well mixed with the paneer.

Cook them for around 2 minutes under slow heat flame. Cooking paneer for long time can make them hard and chewy.  So better to cook them under 2 minutes.

Add some fresh chopped coriander leaves into the bhurji and give a final mix. 

Squeeze some lemon juice over the bhurji and remove to serve hot.

In the above step after cooking the tomatoes with spices you can add half cup of water and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes to make a gravy. Then add the grated paneer into the gravy and cook for more 2 minutes to make paneer bhurji with gravy. You can have this with rice as well.

In some certain community faith foods like onion, ginger and garlic are prohibited, you can make a paneer bhurji jain by avoiding to use onion and ginger garlic in this recipe.  For that after frying cumin seeds, add the chopped tomatoes and cook. Then add the spice powder and grated paneer to finish the dish.

Paneer also known as cottage cheese is one of the most popular food item in India. This paneer bhurji(Cottage cheese bhurji) is loved by kids as well. It is hugely popular in northern states like Punjab where most dhaba served it with tandoori roti and Naan.

Paneer bhurji recipe video

If you love the recipe of paneer bhurji then you would love the below paneer recipes as well.

• Paneer butter masala recipe
• Paneer tikka masala recipe
  
• Chilli paneer recipe
  
• Paneer paratha
  

Paneer bhurji recipe

Prep time 10 min, cook time 10 min      serve 2, Author : Mobasir hassan

Ingredients

• 200 gm paneer
• 2 medium size onion finely chopped
• 1 medium size tomato finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• 1/3 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 green chili chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt or as per taste
• 2 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 lemon wedges
• Chopped coriander leaves small handful