{"id":1176,"date":"2018-05-18T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:27:36","slug":"chickpea-paneer-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/chickpea-paneer-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Chickpea & Paneer Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paneer is one of my favourite foods! I don’t cook it often as it is quite high in syns so making it in Ramadan is perfect for me as I don’t tend to use syns like I normally would. There just isn’t enough time to eat any snacks!<\/p>\n

25g of paneer is 4.5 syns, I used 150g in this recipe for 3 of us but there was enough to feed 4 people. I guess we just don’t eat as much as we normally would in Ramadan! If your serving is for more or less people then adjust the syns accordingly. We had this served with a pea pilau & salad.<\/p>\n

\"Chickpea

Chickpea & Paneer Curry<\/p><\/div>\n

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Serves: 4<\/b><\/p>\n

Syns: 7 syns<\/b><\/p>\n

Time Taken: 25 minutes<\/b><\/p>\n

Difficulty: Easy<\/b><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • 150g paneer, cubed<\/li>\n
  • 1 tin chickpeas<\/li>\n
  • 1 onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 tsp chilli flakes<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 tsp cumin seeds<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 tbsp ginger\/garlic paste<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 tbsp bassar (or any curry powder of your choice)<\/li>\n
  • 2 Maggie seasoning cubes (or salt to taste)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Method<\/h4>\n

    Spray a pan with low cal spray and fry the paneer till its lightly golden and set aside.<\/p>\n

    Fry the onions with the chilli flakes and cumin seeds till golden. Add water if the onions are starting to stick to the pan. Add the ginger\/garlic paste, tomatoes, seasoning cubes and bassar. Cook for around 5-8 minutes (adding a bit of water if needed) till the tomatoes have soften. I then blitz this with a hand blender so that there aren’t any lumps in the sauce. You don’t have to this, it is completely optional but we prefer it this way.<\/p>\n

    Add the tinned chickpeas without draining the water, cook for a few minutes till the sauce reduces and then add the fried paneer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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