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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a pot, fry the onions, sesame seeds, tomatoes and cashewnuts in 2 tbsps. of oil. | 2. Remove from pot and prepare a paste of the same. You may add halfa glass to a whole glass of water. | 3. Heat 1 tablespoons of oil in a pot. | 4. Toss the chopped ginger and garlic into a mixer to prepare a paste. | 5. Add ginger-garlic paste and stir fry till the raw smell of both has gone and the mixture turns slightly brownish in appearance. | 6. Fold in cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, black peppercorns and green cardamoms. | 7. Once the black peppercorns start spluttering, add onions, red chillies, cashewnuts and tomatoes. | 8. Boil for 5 minutes. | 9. Fold in the masala powders. | 10. Do not add water at this stage. | 11. Mix thoroughly and after mixing check to see if water is required to make the gravy less thick if it is already too thick. | 12. If desired, add a little water. | 13. Now, add a pinch of red food colour, if desired. | 14. When oil separates from the masala, add the cottage cheese cubes. | 15. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rotis and/or white Basmati rice. | 16. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	7		sliced	448.0	104.60799999999999	12.32	1.12
tomato	4		sliced	160.8396	34.7592	7.8633	1.7871
watermelon	5	tablespoons		14.4375	3.6334	0.2936	0.0722
white sesame seed	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cashew	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
red chilies	2			-	-	-	-
green bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
garlic clove	5		pounded	-	-	-	-
ginger	2	inches	pounded	-	-	-	-
black peppercorn	4 -5			-	-	-	-
clove	5	cloves		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	4			-	-	-	-
black cardamom pod	3			-	-	-	-
cinnamon	2	inches		-	-	-	-
coriander powder	1	tablespoon	heaped	-	-	-	-
red chili powder	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
turmeric powder	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
garam masala powder	1	teaspoon	heaped	-	-	-	-
cumin powder	1	tablespoon	heaped	-	-	-	-
yoghurt	4	tablespoons	beaten	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
red food coloring	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
cottage cheese	1		cubed	205.8	7.098	23.351999999999997	9.03
tbsps gemini sunflower oil	2			-	-	-	-
coriander leaf	5	tablespoons		1.15	0.1835	0.1065	0.026000000000000002

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.