This Tawa Paneer Masala is one of the easy and quick Paneer recipes. It is spicy, tangy, without onion and garlic, full of flavors, and tempting!
This Paneer dish is a semi-dry Sabji made with Paneer, tomatoes, chopped veggies, and spices. Tawa Paneer Masala is best served with Roti or Naan. In fact, it is delicious on its own without any accompaniments and it can be served as an appetizer as well.
About Tawa Paneer Masala
As the name suggests, the entire dish is made on just one tawa. Tawa is a prevalent concave-shaped round pan in India, and there are lots of recipes made entirely on tawa. Some street foods, like Tawa bhaji or Tawa Pulao, made on tawa, are especially trendy.
But no worries, if you do not own tawa, that is not a problem at all. Alternatively, you can make this dish using a frying pan or skillet as well.
The recipe is pretty easy and highly customizable. It can be made with a choice of vegetables and spices as per the preferences.
Why You Will Love This Dish
- Easy and Quick Recipe
- Tempting and Delicious
- Filling and Satisfying
- Loaded with Paneer and Vegetables
- Wholesome and Comforting
How to Make Tawa Paneer Masala:
- Basically, this dish contains some chopped veggies, paneer cubes, and spices. It is just a one-pan dish, and the recipe comes together very quickly. There is no need to make any puree or gravy. Instead, I have used chopped tomatoes and cooked them until they are soft, mushy, and almost like thick gravy.
- Again, this recipe calls for tawa, but if you do not have it, use a frying pan or skillet. After mixing all chopped veggies and spices, it is essential to mash everything with a potato masher or anything similar to that. This way, the mixture will be thick and will coat on paneer cubes.
- In the end, this sabji will be almost dry to semi-dry. But if you wish to add more liquid to this, add 2-3 tablespoon of milk or cream at the end.
- I have used pav bhaji masala in this recipe, and that is what I would highly recommend. But use garam masala instead if you prefer that way or if you do not have pav bhaji masala on hand.
This recipe is without onion and garlic and is thus also considered a Jain recipe. But in Jainism, some people do not eat fresh ginger. In that case, you can omit ginger paste. Or use ¼ teaspoon dried ginger powder instead of ginger paste.
Tawa Paneer Masala is light but still very satisfying and filling. This no onion, no garlic paneer recipe can be served for lunch, dinner, or even as an appetizer. If you are looking for ideas, what to make for a potluck party, this will create a fantastic dish.
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Tawa Paneer Masala (No Onion No Garlic)
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon asafoetida / Hing
- 2 teaspoon ginger paste
- 2 Celery stalks finely chopped
- 1 Small green pepper finely chopped
- ½ Red bell pepper finely chopped
- 3 Tomatoes finely chopped
- 350 gms Paneer cut in cubes
- Salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder or to taste
- 2 teaspoon Pav bhaji masala or garam masala
- 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves
- 2 teaspoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- Lime juice to taste
Instructions
- Heat tawa, skillet or frying pan and melt butter. Add cumin seeds and after it change color, add asafoetida and ginger paste.
- Sauté for few seconds and add chopped celery. Let celery cook for a minute and then add chopped green and red peppers. Continue cooking on medium to high heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes, mix well, and then add salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and pav bhaji masala. Mix well and continue cooking until tomatoes are soft and mushy, it will take about 5-6 minutes.
- Now mash this mixture with potato masher until everything is well combined and tomatoes are almost mashed and mixture will be like thick gravy.
- Add paneer cubes into it and mix well. Add salt to taste, dried fenugreek leaves and coriander leaves, mix well. Cook it for 3-4 minutes until paneer and tomato mixture combines well. Squeeze some lime juice, mix and serve hot.
Arjuna priya says
This recipe was really awesome. I tried it and woah now I am making it for the second time.
Jigna says
Hi Arjuna, thank you so much for your feedback and I am glad you like it.
Sree says
is celery must? any substitute?
Jigna says
Hi, you do not need to add celery. You can skip it wihtout any substitution.