Paneer Butter Masala | Paneer Recipes | Gravy Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people
 
Soft paneer in a velvety smooth butter and cream based masala, ever famous paneer butter masala
Ingredients
  • 8-10 cashews
  • 2-3 roughly chopped tomatoes
  • 1 sliced medium onion
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • ½" chopped ginger
  • 4-5 black pepper-corn
  • 1 clove/laung
  • ½ Tbsp cooking-oil
  • 200 Gm paneer cubes
  • 1 Tbsp butter + 1 Tsp cooking-oil
  • ¼ Tsp red chilli powder
  • ¼ Tsp garam masala
  • ½ Tsp coriander/dhania-powder
  • ¼ Tsp turmeric
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Tbsp fresh cream + extra for garnish
  • 1 Tsp kasuri methi
Method
  1. Soak cashews in warm water for 15-20 minutes
  2. Drain water from soaked cashews
  3. Put them into a mixer jar and grind into a paste
  4. Puree chopped tomatoes into a paste and keep aside
  5. To make onion masala, heat cooking-oil in a pan and add jeera
  6. Add whole black pepper-corns and saute for a minute
  7. Next, add sliced onions, saute and stir
  8. Add chopped green chilli, ginger and garlic and fry
  9. Once onions become soft, turn off the flame and let it cool
  10. Put the onion mixture in a mixer jar and grind into a paste with little water
  11. To start making the gravy, heat butter + oil in a pan
  12. Add the onion paste and fry
  13. After a minute or two, add the tomato-puree and mix well
  14. All the masalas can go in next : red chilli powder, dhania-powder and garam masala
  15. Mix well
  16. Pour in the cashew-paste and saute
  17. Add the cream and let the gravy and mix well
  18. Sprinkle salt as per taste
  19. Crush kasuri methi and add it to gravy
  20. While the gravy is simmering, roast the paneer cubes in little ghee/butter till they turn slightly golden
  21. Drop the paneer cubes into the gravy and mix well
  22. Finally, garnish with a little extra cream and serve immediately with rotis or phulkas
Notes
Do not fry paneer cubes for long time as they will become hard and chewy

you can also sprinkle a little garam masala towards the end for some extra spice

Adjust the thickness of the gravy by adding little water if it becomes too thick
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/paneer-butter-masala/