Paneer Pasta / Curried Paneer Pasta / Indian Style Cheese Pasta

Paneer Pasta / Indian style Cheesy Pasta / Curried Paneer Pasta recipe with step by step photos. Paneer Pasta is my kids' recent favorite Pasta. My kids love both Paneer & Pasta a lot and when both combined in a single dish is a super duper feast for them.(comment given by elder kidoo after having Paneer Pasta - super duper yummy pasta Mommy] Not only my kids most of the kids love Pasta & Paneer. So definitely this is one easy & handy recipe for Moms to feed their picky eaters. Also an interesting and easy to make recipe with great taste. 

I do not want to make it spicy so added less masala. But if you want it spicy and a masala flavored pasta you can add more chilli powder & other spice powders. Here I used Tri colored Fusili Pasta, you can use any pasta which your kids love.

Paneer Pasta is a rich and cheesy pasta with mild flavors. Do give it a try and let me know how it turned out to you. Now off to the recipe...

Preparation Time :  10 minutes

Cooking Time :  15-20 minutes

Serves   2

Ingredients

1. Cooked Pasta   1 and 1/4 cups
2. Paneer    1/2 cup(grated & few chopped cubes)
3. Onion  1 medium(finely chopped)
4. Tomato    1 small
5. Carrot   1 small(finely chopped)
6. Ginger   1/2 tsp(finely chopped)
7. Garlic   1/2 tsp(finely chopped)
8. Tomato sauce/Ketchup   1 tsp
9. Chilli Powder   1/2 - 1 tsp
10. Garam Masala Powder   1/4-1/2 tsp(optional)
11. Salt    to taste
12. Cilantro    1 tbsp(finely chopped)
13. Oil   2 tsp
14. Butter   1 tsp

Method

• Heat oil and butter in a pan, when its heated add finely chopped ginger and garlic and fry well.
• Then add onions and saute until it turns golden brown.

• And then add chopped tomato and ketchup and saute until the tomatoes turn mushy.
• Now add some chopped carrot, stir for a minute then add chilli powder and enough salt.

• Give a nice stir and then add grated and cubed paneer, stir fry well.
• Then add 1-2 tbsp water and bring it to boil.

• After that add cooked pasta and stir fry until the pasta gets combined well with the curried paneer.
• Simmer for few minutes then lastly sprinkle garam masala and stir well.
• Garnish with cilantro.
• That's it..Yummy Cheesy Paneer Pasta ready. Serve hot!

Notes:
You can skip chilli powder and can add chilli flakes too.
Adding garam masala is optional and if you want you can add any desired masala powder too
I used tri colored pasta, you can use any desired pasta variety.