- Ingredients :- tablespoon Oil- 1-2 tbsp tablespoons Butter- 3 tbsp Paneer cubes - 250 grams Cumin seeds - 1-2 tbsp Green chilly -as per your taste Ginger - Chopped ginger Garlic - Chopped garlic Onion- 1to2 Onion roughly chopped Tomatoes- 3to4 tomatoes roughly chopped Bay leaves- 1 Cinnamon Stick- 1 inch Cloves- 3 piece Peppercorns- 3 piece Salt - as per your taste Kashmiri Red Chilies - for coloring (optional) Garam masala- ½ tbsp Turmeric- 1½ tbsp coriander powder - 2-3 tbsp Dried Kasuri Methi- 1½ tbsp Cashew Nuts- 10-12 Fresh Cream- 3 tbsp Honey - ½ tbsp Method :- 1.In a large pan or kadhai, heat a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of oil. 2.Green chilly, ginger, garlic and sauté for a minute. 3.Add onions and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Next add cashews. 4.Once the onions turn translucent, add tomatoes and a teaspoon of salt. 5.Cook the tomatoes for 2-3 minutes and then add Bay leaves, Cinnamon Stick, Cloves, Peppercorns and Salt along with ½ cup water. 6.Cover the pan and cook this for 15 minutes till the tomatoes soften. 7.Set the mixture aside to cool. Once cool, blend this mixture to a smooth paste. 8.In the same pan or kadhai, heat the remaining butter and add the blended tomato onion paste prepared in step #7. add garam masala powder, Kashmiri Red chili powder, turmeric, salt along with ½ cup water. Bring this to a boil. 9.Once the curry comes to a boil, simmer and cook for 20 minutes, till you can see drops of oil floating to the top and along the sides. 10.In another pan, dry roast the kasuri methi. 11.Add paneer cubes, Dry kastori methi and Honey in the gravy and simmer for 2 more minutes. Top with more cream or butter and serve hot.
This authentic Indian dish is simmered in a creamy gravy/curry that's melts like butter. This paneer butter masala dish has extra richness of various nuts which boosts up nutritional value. Paneer butter masala is served with naan, roti and many types of rice varieties. You can enjoy this curry in lunch or dinner. So why wait. Let's go ahead and learn how to make paneer butter masala in restaurant style at home.
Paneer Butter Masala
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By Shruti Srivastava
Jan, 4th
986
Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
0 - 2
Ingredients
- Oil,Butter,Paneer cubes ,Cumin seeds,Green chilly,
- Ginger,Garlic ,Onion,Tomatoes,Bay leaves,Cinnamon
