Ledar chaman or yellow paneer/frying cheese:

Serving size: 3-4 people

Ingredients :

• 1 lbs paneer/ chaman,
• 1 tsp turmeric powder/ haldi/ lider,
• 1tsp shonth/ginger powder,
• ½ tsp of badiyan/fennel pwder,
• Pinch of heeng/asafetida,
• Salt to taste,
• 1 tbsp. of milk,
• 2 green crushed eliachi/cardamom,
• 2 cloves/laung,
• 1big eliachi / cardamom,
• sticks of cinnamon/dalchini,
• Oil for deep frying.

Method:

• Make cubical pieces of chaman / paneer.
• Take oil in a pan and fry paneer by 2 or 3 pieces at a time.
• Fry till paneer is golden brown.
• Fry all the pieces same way.
• Take 11/2 cups of water in a separate pan.(not in a pan with oil in it).
• Add all the spices given above and one crushed green elaichi to water except milk.
• Add paneer to water mixture and boil for 20 minutes.
• Add crushed green eliachi and milk and boil for 2 minutes.
• Add 1 tbsp of warm oil to chaman or paneer.

Paneer is ready and serve with white boiled rice.

Chaman/paneer is a very important dish to cook in a vegetarian cuisine, especially on birthdays .Paneer is replacement of meat dish for vegetarian people.