#masala paneer

[desicomidas]

Masala Paneer

“Masala Paneer From Scratch” Making paneer from scratch using milk is a wonderful way to create fresh and creamy paneer for your Masala Paneer dish. It not only adds a personal touch to your dishes but also ensures you’re using fresh, high-quality ingredients. Enjoy the process of creating this flavorful Masala Paneer dish from scratch! Ingredients: 1 liter of whole milk 1 tsp salt 1 tsp…

[annasinthewalls]

this is a paneer fan page, all my homies love paneer

[morethansalad]

Saag Tofu (Vegan)

[hjarta]

craving vegetable biryani and mango lassi so bad

[blondiest]

enough discourse. should i order something for dinner or make curry ramen for the third night in a row. and if i do order something......... sushi, indian, or pizza,,,,,,,,

[illusionremember]

okay really i have to know, someone please help me out here.

so the first time I ever tried Indian food was a little over a year ago. My sibling has a close friend who is Indian, so they have more experience in this than I do. One day, they were craving some tasties, and ordered some paneer tikka masala from a little vegetarian-based Indian place ten minutes away. It smelled divine. Having never tried Indian, but curious, I asked if i could try some. They let me have a taste of it, smear-scooped onto some fresh garlic naan.

Y'all. It was so good. It was warm and spicy and complex and lovely. I thanked them for the taste and went back to my own dinner.

They had a ton of leftovers, and a general habit of not eating leftovers. The little half-full tub of enticing spicy heaven sat in the fridge taunting me every time I opened the door. Echoes of the flavor teased at my tongue. So after the paneer tikka masala sat in the fridge for two nights, on the third night, I asked them if i could have the rest and they said go for it.

Now here's the thing. I have, for the past 5 years or so, had some manner of food sensitivity that I have not been able to pinpoint that torments me at least once a week. It is not IBS, and not consistent enough to signal true danger to my health, but is mostly an annoyance. A half-hour to an hour after eating, some nights are spent with tummy cramps and other unpleasantness. Still don't know what's causing it.

But this tikka masala. Whatever is in it, it has the exact opposite effect of whatever component of my typical diet has been tormenting me off and on. Even more so than the flavor, the thing that makes me practically cry every time i have some is just how good my tummy feels. It's warm and satisfied and comfortable, like the intestinal equivalent of being snuggled up on the couch with a cozy blanket and a book on a rainy day.

I've tried looking up common ingredients and recipes for this dish, trying to identify what component it is that's making me feel so good after dinner I could cry. Most of the ingredients I see are fairly familiar and already part of my diet - onion, turmeric, cumin, ginger, tomato, etc. I suppose it could be the yogurt? Or the paneer itself? The restaurant in question described it as cottage cheese or house cheese. I'm not generally a fan of yogurt, but I do eat cottage cheese. I also suspect it could be some spice in the garam masala, which I understand varies depending on the chef. But being of average white bread American stock, I'm not familiar enough with what constitutes good garam masala to know what would go into this spice blend and in what ratios, or if there is some particular variety of yogurt or cheese required for this dish. There's a lot of Indian food and grocery stores in my area, but it's still hard to source a specific ingredient when I can't identify it accurately.

I just want to figure out what this magical digestive-support ingredient is so I can try to incorporate it into my diet more. I just want every meal to sit as well in my body as this one does. If anyone knows anything about Indian food and cooking, and the health benefits of traditional Indian food, I'd appreciate your thoughts!

[hydr0logicoutlook]

the problem is once you turn 24 if you drink alcohol and then dance you’ll get nauseous.

[pastafossa]

pasta, me starting to read the new chapter, see the word “naan” reading further AND SEEING JANE ACTUALLY USES HER HANDS TO EAT if it’s not obvious im ethnically *south* Indian so even tho most of the times indian food ends up being stuff from northern india, im still happy for any representation if that makes any sense- that being said, what’s your favorite dish? Also did you know that South Indian foods are primarily vegetarian and there’s lots of tasty as fuck shit you won’t find on a northern indian menu????

Aaaaah I'm so happy you enjoyed that! Eating with your hands and the naan bread was how I was taught to eat it the first time a friend introduced me to Indian food, so I was hoping that was accurate! 😅 And I totally get being excited to see a piece of that in a fic! In a place like NYC, one of the lovely things about it is you can get anything there since the city's so diverse. It's a massive melting pot and I try to show that in the food everyone's eating in the fic and i'm now living it since i've moved to a big city and can try EVERYTHING.

I did NOT it was primarily vegetarian but this makes SO much sense cause I've definitely spotted the difference between the menus! And as a vegetarian I'm always happy to not get a 'uuuh we have... a leaf we found outside? Vegetarians eat leaves right? You're an herbivore, we'll get you some leaves, TEDDY GO OUT AND SHAKE THE TREE AND GET SOME LEAVES.' And now I'm finally in a big city again that actually has both Northern and Southern Indian restaurants, including a south style like 2 mins away (old town had none, and closest town only had 2 northern Indian places, so I mostly only got southern when I was traveling). Favorite might be paneer chettinad, I could eat that all day, oh my god. 😩 OR MASALA DOSAS, holy SHIT those are good. Tried those at a street festival while traveling and I swear I ascended, turned my ass back around and ordered a second round, I need more. Still hunting for some here but I'm optimistic! I'm also happy to hear any recommendations if you have favorites. I'm slowly working through all the local southern places and their menus and there is so gd much to choose from now that I can access it. 😂

[naomiknight-17]

Today was a disaster in so many ways, but it ended with eating very good (spicy!!) Indian food with some very dear dear friends so really, it evened out in the end

[jicklet]

Never doubt your words can have an impact. An hour ago I was lying in bed reading about two characters having a heart-to-heart over some curry and garlic naan, and now I am fully dressed and have curry and garlic naan.

[morethansalad]

Vegan Kashmiri Paneer with Tofu

[messylilhuman]

Girl enters the kitchen once in weeks and clicks a million pictures, girl is me

[may-the-gayforce-be-with-you]

I am slut for 99 masala dosa

[mylunchisatvdinner]

[liketaylorswift]

I am once again saying that India has the best array of cuisines

[good-night-space-kid]

I like to make what I call Midwest fusion food where I just use deer meat for everything because I can get a whole deer for the low low price of one deer tag and processing the meat myself