Paneer Butter Masala | Paneer Recipes | Gravy Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people
- 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
- Soak cashews in warm water for 15-20 minutes
- Drain water from soaked cashews
- Put them into a mixer jar and grind into a paste
- Puree chopped tomatoes into a paste and keep aside
- To make onion masala, heat cooking-oil in a pan and add jeera
- Add whole black pepper-corns and saute for a minute
- Next, add sliced onions, saute and stir
- Add chopped green chilli, ginger and garlic and fry
- Once onions become soft, turn off the flame and let it cool
- Put the onion mixture in a mixer jar and grind into a paste with little water
- To start making the gravy, heat butter + oil in a pan
- Add the onion paste and fry
- After a minute or two, add the tomato-puree and mix well
- All the masalas can go in next : red chilli powder, dhania-powder and garam masala
- Mix well
- Pour in the cashew-paste and saute
- Add the cream and let the gravy and mix well
- Sprinkle salt as per taste
- Crush kasuri methi and add it to gravy
- While the gravy is simmering, roast the paneer cubes in little ghee/butter till they turn slightly golden
- Drop the paneer cubes into the gravy and mix well
- Finally, garnish with a little extra cream and serve immediately with rotis or phulkas
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/
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