Paneer Jalfrezi is a quick and easy stir fry dish made with paneer, onion, tomato, capsicum, spices and herbs. Paneer Jalfrezi is relished as a curry or sabzi for roti, chapati and rice meal. Learn to make Paneer Jalfrezi the right way and enjoy with rotis!
I made paneer jalfrezi when my friend came home along with carrot kheer. I also made veg pizza and my friend asked whether the base was also homemade as it was very soft and yes I have started to make homemade pizza since few years now.
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About Paneer Jalfrezi
‘Jhal’ in Bengali means hot and spicy and ‘Frezi’ means stir fry so Paneer Jalfrezi means basically it is a spicy stir fried dish made with paneer. There are many variations to this dish with mushroom, chicken, baby corn etc.
The key to a perfect jalfrezi is the crunch of the vegetables so do not overcook. I love the flavor of the combination of vegetables used along with paneer, it tastes so good. You can serve paneer jalfrezi with rotis or can be used as a stuffing for rolls, wraps or sandwiches too.
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Paneer Jalfrezi Ingredients
- Paneer – Choose soft fresh paneer so that it does not crumble easily while sautéing.
- Vegetables – I have used onion, capsicum and tomato puree. You can even use cubed tomatoes.
- Ginger garlic paste – Ginger garlic paste adds flavor to the curry.
- Tomato sauce – Tomato sauce adds a tangy taste so do not miss it.
- Spice powders – Red chili powder and garam masala powders are used here.
- Cumin seeds – Cumin seeds is added while tempering.
How to make Paneer Jalfrezi Step by Step
- Heat oil, add jeera and allow it to splutter. Add onions and ginger garlic paste sauté until slightly golden.
- Now add the tomato puree and sauté until raw smell leaves, this may take at least 5mins. Add chili powder, garam masala powder and tomato sauce. Add required salt.
- Then add carrot sauté for 2 minutes then add 3 tablespoon water and keep covered to let it cook. When the carrot turns slightly soft yet crunchy to bite, add capsicum giving a quick stir.
- Add the paneer cubes and toss it well until the paneer cubes are well coated with the gravy. Allow it to cook for 2 minutes then switch off.
Expert Tips
- You can add any veggies of your choice, you add add corn, beans ,cabbage – It is purely your choice to go with the veggies.
- Make sure to cook vegetables with crunch so not make it too soft.
- Chop all the veggies thin and lengthwise to get cooked soon and crunchy
- You can use readymade tomato puree also. I used freshly prepared homemade puree.
Serving & Storage
Paneer Jalfrezi serves as a side dish for roti, pulao, rice etc. It keeps well in fridge for 2 days, you can reheat and serve it.
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Paneer Jalfrezi Recipe
Ingredients
- 200 grams paneer
- 1 small carrot (chopped lengthwise)
- 1 medium sized onion (chopped lengthwise)
- 1/2 medium sized capsicum (chopped lengthwise)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- salt as needed
Instructions
- Heat oil, add jeera and allow it to splutter. Add onions and ginger garlic paste saute until slightly golden.
- Now add the tomato puree and saute until raw smell leaves, this may take at least 5mins. Add chili powder, garam masala powder and tomato sauce. Add required salt.
- Then add carrot saute for 2 minutes then add 3 tablespoon of water and keep covered to let it cook. When the carrot turns slightly soft yet crunchy to bite, add capsicum giving a quick stir.
- Add the paneer cubes and toss it well until the paneer cubes are well coated with the gravy. Allow it to cook for 2 minutes then switch off.
Notes
- You can add any veggies of your choice, you add add corn, beans ,cabbage – It is purely your choice to go with the veggies.
- Make sure to cook vegetables with crunch so not make it too soft.
- Chop all the veggies thin and lengthwise to get cooked soon and crunchy
- You can use readymade tomato puree also. I used freshly prepared homemade puree
Satrupa
Woooow delicious paneer. Lovely clicks too 🙂
Torviewtoronto
delicious looking paneer dish
Prathibha
Simple n yummy one…looks nice!!
Priti
Love this …looks so yum
Hari Chandana
Very delicious recipe.. looks yummy !!
Sadhana Valentina
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……mouthwatering here. Superb one!!! Pics are inviting dear!!!
Lavanya Selvaraj
Looks yummmm…. Excellent clicks!
jeyashrisuresh
simple and delicious paneer curry and nice clicks
RAKS KITCHEN
It can be done in a jiffy,thats the specialty of jalfrezi dishes,yummy,I love it with both rice and roti 🙂
Kalpana Sareesh
wow delicious one.. nice clicks..am going to make this for dinner to night was hunting for a perfect dish!! Thanks!!
Chandrani Banerjee
paneer jalfrezi looks so inviting and tempting also……..
sowmya's creative saga
your clicks are so tempting and panner is my favourite..am feeling hungry all over again..good one…
An Open Book
this is such a popular dish here in uk n i have always been intrigued by it…never tried it thogh…shall give it a go whn i get some paneer
Suparna
yummy dish!good with rotis and rice too!
Priya
Omg, feel like grabbing that whole bowl and having rite now,highly addictive!
Prathima Rao
Inviting & delicious jalfrezi!!!
Prathima Rao
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Rekha shoban
nice colour dish n delicious!
Sachin Malhotra
delicious ! l like your blog.
Krithi's Kitchen
So delectable.. Pics are so astounding..
Happy Cook / Finla
They look super super delicious.
DEESHA
I have never made paneer jalfarezi .. this looks simple & easy to make
Suja
Mouthwatering..delicious and tempting,will surely give this a try.
Sarah Naveen
Beautiful clicks…curry looks yummy!! perfect with roti n rice
Vatsala.
Delicious Paneer and great clicks.
Mugdha
awesome and tempting paneer…:)
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
Love the presentation and recipe 🙂
Sobha Shyam
superb recipe and clicks..looks very delicious..
Shanavi
SImple and an easy breezy fancy dish dear..I love paneer n so this is a winner for me
divya
Slurp !! Awesome recipe.
Nithya
Oh my darling paneer is making my tongue water right now 🙂 uuuuus yummmmm 🙂
Plateful
I love jalfrezi and this looks simply delish! Beautiful clicks, as usual!
Sensible Vegetarian
I love jalfrezi and yours look fantastic. Fabulous click.
Gulmohar
Awesome ! loved all the pictures
PAV's
It looks delisious and healty too…
and Nice snaps.
Now Serving
totally droolicious Sharmi – please pass that bowl 🙂
Ananda Rajashekar
looks so simple and delicate!
savitha ramesh
Simple ,yet delicious paneer recipe.sure a heart winner
Kairali sisters
Awesome jalfrezi, i make it with veggies shall try with paneer soon, the pictures are all too good!
Shri
As always, lovely pics!!Looks delish!
Sharmilee! :)
Thank you everyone!! this is one simple and flavourful paneer sidedish that I love to whip up during my lazy days 🙂
Indranie Dasgupta
Thank you so much for sharing pictures along with recipe … very very helpful….
Colleen @ A Curry of a Life
Hi Sharmis – I just found your blog after searching for Vegetable and Paneer Jalfrezi. What a wonderful site. You're pictures are beautiful.
Devangi Kanchan
HI…CAN i SKIP THE CARROT IN THIS RECIPE????
SHARMILEE J
Yes its ur preference, you can skip it and add in any other veggie of ur choice
Priyanka Hiremath
Hi Sharmilee.. i prepared the dish today and came out very well.. its very simple and yummy dish 🙂
Priyanka Hiremath
Hi Sharmilee.. I prepared the dish today and it came out very well.. its very simple yet yummy dish. 🙂
yashmini rath
just awesome
sab
Hi sharmi. . All your paneer recipes are just awesome. i made paneer from your steps and paneer pulao with that. my kid just loved it 🙂 can you post palak paneer recipe if you have. thanks
Rani Divyar
Nice I will try this recipe