Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day

Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day

Every year, I make it a point to cook something heart shaped for my family.  Food is a celebration of love and brings joy to all our eating experiences.  It is used to express love- dating couples, husbands and wives, families eating together is all about visible love.  This year, since I had some paneer in the house I decided to cut out some heart shapes and make my Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day as everyone loves it.

The Recipe For Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day

February 14 is the day when people exchange cards, chocolate or flowers with their special “valentine.” St. Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.  This is the day when people show their affection for other persons by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.  The day is named after a saint believed to be a priest from Rome in the third century AD.  Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret.  When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown into jail and sentenced to death where he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter and when taken to be executed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed “from your Valentine.   As part of the Lupercalia celebrations, boys drew names of girls from a box. They were paired during the festival and sometimes got married.  Later on, the church turned this festival into a Christian celebration and decided to use it to remember St Valentine too.  Over the years, St Valentine’s name started to be used by people to express their feelings to those they loved.  For more information visit http:// www.bbc.co.uk

Food and love go hand in hand to create memorable occasions thanks to a complex hormonal reaction that affects our emotional attachments to loved ones — and our need for food.  In fact there is no greater food than love.

Food is symbolic of love, when words are inadequate and here’s a delicious way to celebrate Valentine’s day with the people you love. It’s an Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day to create a memorable moment that goes into your archive of special occasions.

Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day

The Recipe For Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day:

The Ingredients For Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day:

1 tbsp ghee or olive oil

1 stick cinnamon

2 cloves

1 tsp jeera seeds ( cumin)

1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

1 large capsicum, diced

1 1/2 cups tomato puree

3 tbsp almond meal

250 gms paneer, cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter

salt to taste

1-2 tsp brown sugar

1 tsp garam masala

1/4 cup milk

coriander leaves or kasuri methi ( dried fenugreek leaves), to garnish

Method For Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day:

Heat pan and  add ghee or olive oil, spices, jeera seeds ( cumin seeds), ginger-garlic paste.  Add tomato puree, almond meal, salt, garam masala and sugar. Cook on simmer till it becomes thick and oil oozes out.  Add milk. Mix well. Add the paneer.  Let it cook for 2 minutes on low flame.  Add the capsicum and remove from heat.  Let it rest for 5 minutes.  Do not overcook the milk as it can curdle.  Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Naan.

PS:  If you like my Easy Tomato Paneer For Valentine’s Day please like it and share it with your friends.

NB: I use coriander leaves when I have them. Otherwise kasuri methi ( dried fenugreek leaves available at any Indian Grocery Store)  to garnish at the end.

Image & Recipe:  Ruth Isaac

Another Valentine’s Day Recipe For You To Try

Valentine’s Day Cream Cake

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