Paneer makhani/Paneer butter masala
Paneer makhani is delicious, slightly sweet and creamy dish of paneer in tomato-cashew gravy with lots of butter 😋.
CUISINE: Indian
COURSE:Main course
Servings: 5
Preparation time: 10 min
Cook time: 35-40 min
Total time: 45-50min
Note:- Home made paneer add richness to the dish. So try to use it.
Ingredients-
4-5 roughly chopped tomatoes
1 onion ,roughly chopped.
2-3 green chillies.
10-15 cashews(use can use almonds too in place of cashews.
1 cup of water.
1 bay leaf.
2-3 cloves and black pepper
1 stick of cinnamon
8-10garlic cloves
2inch ginger
Butter
Red chilly powder
Kashmiri red chilly powder
Instructions-
- Take a pan ,add 1cup of water in to it.
- Add roughly chopped tomatoes and onion to it.
- Also add green chillies, cashews,bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, garlic cloves,piece of ginger,red chilly powder,salt to it
- Cover it with a lid and cook for 18-20minutes.
- After 20minutes,remove the pan from heat and take out bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves.
- Allow the mixture to cool down and then grind it to a fine and smooth paste.
- Now take same pan,add 2-3tbsp butter to it on medium heat.
- Once butter melts,add finely chopped ginger and then green chilly to it
- Add paneer cubes and fry them . Sprinkle some salt over them.
- Now keep paneer at the sides of pan and add kashimiri red chilly powder in the middle of the pan .This will give curry a nice orange texture.
- Now at the same time add the ground paste back to the pan along with some salt(if needed)and sugar.Add garam masala if needed.
- Cook for 2-3minutes
- Now add some cream and again cook for 2-3minutes more.
- Sprinkle some crushed kasuri methi and garnish it with some cream.
