Atul Kochhar severed up a tasty Swahili Paneer Curry with East African Curry Powder on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients are: 2 tablespoons sunflower oil, 1 large onion, finely chopped, 2 garlic cloves, chopped, 2.5cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, ½ each green, red and yellow peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into bite-sized pieces, 2 tablespoons East African Curry Powder (below), 3 tomatoes, chopped, 200g paneer, cut into bite-sized pieces , 4 tablespoons passata, 125ml coconut milk, 125ml water and Sea salt.
For the East African curry powder (makes about 60g): 2 tablespoons red chilli powder, 1 tablespoon cardamom seeds, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoon ground turmeric and 1 teaspoon ground ginger.
To finish: 5 tablespoons coconut milk, optional, 1 long, thin green chilli, finely chopped or halved, chopped coriander leaves and ½ lemon.
See recipes by Atul in his book titled: Curry Everyday: Over 100 Simple Vegetarian Recipes from Jaipur to Japan available from Amazon now.
What did Atul do with the paneer, was it marinated, if so, with what? Also, the tomatoes looked as though they had been skinned, I need some more information for this dish please. Many thanks