Paneer Butter Masala Recipe

 

Paneer Butter Masala for all paneer lovers. We can enjoy it with Butter naan, kulche, pulao or puri in weekends or any day. Paneer Butter Masala is a popular curry from Indian Punjabi Cuisine. This popular recipe is very delicious, buttery and creamy with onion tomato & masala pastes. 

 

Prep Time - 10-20 minutes

Cook time - 30-40 minutes

Serve - 4

Ingredients :

• Paneer - 1 cup cubs
• Onion - 2 sliced
• Tomato - 4 chopped
• Cashew nuts (kaju) - 9 to 10
• Dry Red Chilly - 3
• Ghee or Butter - 2 1/2 tbsp
• Cardamom (elachi) - 6
• Garam masala - 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
• Dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri mathi) - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 1tbsp
• oil - 2 tbsp
• Fresh cream/ Candance milk/ khoya + sugar - 1 and 1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method :

• Heat oil in a pan or kadai.
• Add cashew nut, onion, dry red chilly and saute in medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
• After that add tomato and salt mix well and cook medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Now switch off the flame and cool slightly then puree into the mixer grinder and make smooth past.
• Now heat ghee or butter in a kadai or pan.
• Add crush cardamom, salt, kashmiri red chilli powder, garam masala, fenugreek leaves, coriander leaves and sauta for 10 to 20 second.
• Now add puree mixture and cook for 10 to 15 minutes in low flame.
• Add fresh cream or Candance milk and in the mix well and cook on low flame for 1 minutes.
• Add paneer cube to the gravy and mix well for 2 minutes.
• Our paneer butter masala is ready to serves.