Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, butter paneer masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This Paneer Butter Masala recipe is a rich and creamy dish of paneer (cottage cheese) in a tomato, butter and cashew sauce (known as Makhani gravy). The dish has a lovely tang coming from the tomatoes and is slightly sweet with a creamy and velvety feel to it. So what is paneer butter masala?
Butter paneer masala is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Butter paneer masala is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter paneer masala using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Butter paneer masala:
- Get 250 g paneer
- Get 2 large onions chopped
- Prepare 3 tomatoes chopped
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get 12 cashew nuts
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cardamon powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon clove powder
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Get 1 tablespoon butter
- Prepare 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon jeera powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- Take 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
- Make ready 1 teaspoon kasturi methi
- Prepare 3 tablespoons whipped cream
- Get Water as required
- Prepare 1 tablespoon oil
How to make Paneer Butter Masala - In this popular recipe chunks of fresh cottage cheese are cooked in a rich creamy onion tomato masala and a good dose of butter, only to be finished off with another dollop of fresh cream. Along with crisp rotis it is a perfect meal for any occasion. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe. Paneer Butter Masala is a classic Indian dish with a creamy tomato based sauce and luscious cubes of paneer dunked in it.
Instructions to make Butter paneer masala:
- Add oil to a pan and add 1/2 teaspoon of cardamon powder then add the onion and salt mix for 2 mins till the onions are brown. Then add the chopped tomatoes. Wait for a few mins then add the cashew nuts salt to taste chilli powder and jeera powder simmer for a few minutes then turn off the gas. Add this to a blender with one mug of water and blend smoothly then keep aside.
- Then add butter to a wok/ large saucepan. Let the butter melt then add clove powder cinnamon powder and rest of the cardamon powder with the bay leaf. Then add the garlic and ginger and mix this well. Add a bit of chilli powder if you want the orange colour. Then add the prepared blended sauce.
- Then let this simmer till the butter comes to the top and add chopped paneer. Then with your hands crush the kasturi methi and add the whipped cream over the top. Let this simmer for a few minutes then sprinkle coriander and enjoy with fresh naan breads or rice 😊
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