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Paneer butter masala

Kitchen Mai
A deliciously creamy, buttery and velvety smooth paneer curry for those days when you wish to indulge! Pairs amazingly well with most flatbread and rice recipes
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian, North Indian
Servings 4
Calories 372 kcal

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g paneer cut in 1 inch cubes
  • 1 large tomato roughly chopped
  • 1 medium onion roughly chopped
  • 2-3 cloves garlic roughly chopped
  • 1 inch ginger roughly chopped
  • 2 fresh chilis optional
  • 1 tbsp ginger julienned
  • 1 tbsp chilis julienned
  • 4-5 cashews
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 2-3 pods green cardamom
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 3-4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp oil
  • ¼ cup cream
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp Kashmiri chili powder for the colour
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp kasuri methi dried fenugreek leaves
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Heat your cooking pot with a tbsp butter and the julienned ginger and chilis along with the paneer cubes. Saute´ for couple minutes or until the paneer is lightly coloured. Remove on a paper towel and set aside
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  • In the same pot, cook the tomatoes, onion, ginger, garlic, chilis and cashews, with a cup of water, until the tomatoes and onions are completely soft. Remove from heat, let it cool and then grind it to a smooth paste, strain and keep aside
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  • Re-heat the pot with the remaining butter and oil and add the cinnamon, cardamoms, bay leaf and chili powder. Fry for couple minutes and then add the ground and strained tomato mixture and the fried paneer
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  • Mix well, add ¼ cup warm water and simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring intermittently
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  • Then add the cream, kasuri methi and garam masala. Mix in well, cook for 5 more minutes and remove from heat
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  • Garnish your delicious paneer butter masala with some more cream and kasuri methi and serve warm and fresh with rotis/naans/rice etc. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • Frying the paneer pieces in step 1 is optional. If not frying you can directly add them in step 3
  • You can pre-make and freeze the sauce base in step 2, to make the paneer butter masala on a later date
  • If using paneer from the fridge, keep it soaked in lukewarm water for about 30 minutes prior to cooking. This makes them softer
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon
  • g - grams
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