ALOO-PANEER-PEAS GRAVY, using Pressure Cooker (Restaurant Style)

ALOO PANEER PEAS GRAVY

INGREDIENTS:-

Potato - 100 gms, cut into cubes
Paneer - 100 gms, cut into cubes
Fresh Peas - 100 gms
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green Chilly - 1
Garlic cloves - 7
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Sambhar powder/All purpose powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Oil - 3 tsp
Ghee - 3 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Whole Cashews - 7
Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp
Salt to taste


METHOD:-

1. In a mixer jar add cahews, and powder it. Now add little water and make a fine paste. Remove and restore it in a bowl. Heat 1 tsp of oil in dosa tawa or non-stick tawa, add the paneer cubes, roast it. Flip the panner cubes carefully, so that all sides gets slightly roasted.
2. In a medium sized mixer jar add  add roughly chopped onions, tomato, green chilly, ginger and garlic, grind it to make a coarse paste. Sprinkle water for grinding.
3. Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add cumin seeds. Allow it to splutter. Now add the Onion-tomato grinded past,  add little water to wash the jar and pour it in.Now saute for while till there is no moisture contents. Add cubed Potatoes and mix well
4. Add sambhar powder, 1 tsp garam masala, asafoetida and required salt. Mix it well and saute till the raw smell goes.  Add 1 cup of water,  cover it with lid, cook it in low flame, for 10 minutes.
5. Uncover the lid, add fresh peas, check for salt and spice. Add the remaining 1tsp garam masala. Cook for 3 whitles high and 5 minutes in sim mode. Allow the pressure to release.
6.  Finally, add the roasted paneer cubes, cashew paste and kasuri methi, gently mix, so that the paneer cubes doesn't break. Cover with lid and cook for 5 minutes in sim.
7.  Aromatic Restaurant style Aloo Paneer Peas Gravy is ready....
8. Tastes well with Chola Poori, Poori, Chappati, Naan etc.