Asma Khan's Shimla Mirch Paneer Tarkari Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 5 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds
• 2 dried chillies
• 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1.2kg peppers of different colours (to suit your preference), washed, cored, seeds removed, and cut into 1½in (4cm) squares
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1½ tsp salt
• 500g paneer, roughly crumbled an interesting swap is chopped hard-boiled eggs or canned sweetcorn
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp chopped corriander, to garnish
• For the Roasted Spice Mix:
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 25cm cinnamon stick, broken into small pieces
• 4 whole cloves
• 8 peppercorns
• 2 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed