Easiest Paneer Bhurji Recipe

This Paneer Bhurji recipe is easy to cook that even bachelors can also make it instantly. It is made with fewer ingredients. The recipe I am sharing here is a quick and simple paneer bhurji recipe that gets ready fast and is a perfectly satisfying hot breakfast meal.

Easiest Paneer Bhurji Recipe l Simple l Less Ingredients

Paneer is an Indian cheese used in most Indian homes and restaurants to make a variety of savory dishes. Paneer Bhurji is a is a popular North Indian recipe made by mingling tofu or crumbled paneer (scrambled cottage cheese) onions, tomatoes, and spices.

This dish is sweet, savory, and tangy in taste because of the rich flavors of a mixture of spices and vegges. You can always be creative and use other ingredients of your choice according to your taste to add more flavors.

Bhurji means crumbled or scrambled. Besides paneer, bhurji is also made with eggs. Egg bhurji is also a very popular dish served in various food joints and dhabas. Normally, bhurjis are served with naan, rotis, bread, or pav, along with onion-tomatoes salad and spicy dips. For those who feel resisted to eat panner, can use a firmer variant of tofu for vegan paneer bhurji recipe.

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Is Paneer Bhurji Healthy?

Apart from its flavors, paneer bhurji can also have possible health benefits. Eating paneer in the right way will make you healthy and not fat. You can eat paneer raw or cooked.

Paneer is a good source of calcium and protein, essential for the development of teeth and bones in a human body. It may help in weight loss, improve digestion, and controls blood sugar levels.

Paneer is packed with healthy fats and low carbs, that is wonderful in weight loss and diabetics. It is also rich in Folate that is a type of the B-vitamins required to produce red blood cells and white blood cells. This helps in the conversion of carbohydrates into energy, and build DNA and RNA. Sufficient intake of folate is very crucial during pregnancy, and for infants and teens.

Paneer Bhurji Ingredients

1. 100 grams of cottage cheese (paneer)
2. 2 tablespoons oil
3. 1 small sized onion
4. 1/2 chopped capsicum
5. 2 small sized chopped tomatoes (not ripe and not too sour)
6. 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
7. 1 green chili optional
8. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
9. 1 teaspoon red chili powder
10. 1 tablespoon coriander powder
11. 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
12. 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
13. 1 teaspoon kitchen king masala
14. 1-2 tablespoon milk powder
15. 1 cup of water
16. salt as required
17. 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Paneer Bhurji Recipe

1. Mash all the paneer (cottage cheese) in a bowl and keep it aside. Heat oil in a nonstick pan.
2. Add chopped onions and saute them till translucent.
3. Now add ginger-garlic paste and cook for two minutes until the rawness of ginger-garlic disappears.
4. Add tomatoes and green chili (optional) and mix well.
5. Add salt and cook tomatoes on medium flame until soft, stir continuously.
6. Now add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, and stir well.
7. Add capsicum, mix well, and cook for two more minutes.
8. Then, add water and bring the mixture to a boil.
9. Add garam masala powder, roasted cumin powder, and kitchen king masala and mix well.
10. Then, add the crumbled paneer and cook for two minutes.
11. Add milk powder and stir well. Lastly, add the chopped cilantro leaves and mix everything well.
12. Paneer Bhurji is ready to serve.
13. Serve it with naan, bread, roti or bread with thinly sliced onions and spicy tomato chutney or dip.

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