Paneer Cabbage Curry – Instant Pot Kashmiri Paneer Cabbage

Shilpa

Today’s Paneer Cabbage Curry – Instant Pot Kashmiri Paneer Cabbage is inspired from Kashmiri cuisine. Kashmiri pandits make yellow paneer and I coupled it with cabbage.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, Kashmiri, North Indian

Servings 6

Equipment

Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

1 cabbage head, small (1 pound 10 oz) (6 cups chopped)
12 oz paneer (340 gms) (store bought, haldiram or homemade)
4 tbsp oil of choice
1/2 tsp asafoetida (heeng)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
4 whole cloves (laung)
1 dried bay leaf (tej patta)
1 whole black cardamom pods (kali elaichi)
1 tsp ground turmeric (haldi)
1 tsp ground ginger (sonth)
3.5 tsp ground fennel (saunf powder)
1 tsp ground cumin (jeera powder)
1.5 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 Serrano peppers (small) (hari mirch, whole)

Instructions

Prep

Chop the paneer into 2-inch cubes.
Rinse and peel and discard and torn pieces of cabbage. Cut the ribbons into 4 to 5 inch cubes. Slit the serrano peppers but keep them intact.

Cook

Select sauté on the Instant Pot and adjust to normal. Add oil to the pot. When the oil is hot, add asafoetida, cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, and black cardamom. Stir and let it sauté for a minute.
Next add in chopped cabbage and Let the cabbage sauté for 3 to 4 minutes. Moreover, keep stirring.
Further, add ground turmeric, ground ginger, ground fennel, ground cumin, salt and stir well. Next add in water.
Add paneer. Stir gently, and press cancel. Seal the pot and select manual/high pressure for 3 minutes.
When cooking is complete, use quick pressure release to depressurize. Open the lid and select sauté, add milk and garam masala. Add the slit Serrano peppers. Stir well.
Let it sauté for 2 minutes until it comes to a boil. This dish is meant to be slightly soupy.
Transfer in a serving bowl. Discard the bay leaf. Serve over steamed rice.

Notes

The whole spices (cardamom pods, cloves, and bay leaf, can be discarded, they don't need to be consumed).

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