Paneer Butter Masala/mild spiced cottage cheese curry is a restaurant derived paneer/cottage cheese dish. Every restaurant has its own version of Paneer Butter Masala.
Though the ingredients are the same- onions,tomato, poppy seed,melon seeds still you will not find 2 restaurants serving the same paneer butter masala dish.
It is a rich in taste and mildly spiced. Its subtle taste makes it different from other dishes.
Though it’s a butter masala,it’s not necessary to cook the whole process in butter….but it must have that flavor and aro.a of butter in each bite๐๐๐
So,let’s make today Paneer Butter Masala…in my style๐๐๐
Type- Curry
Preparation time- 10-15 minutes
Cooking time- 25-30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 lb paneer/cottage cheese
- 2 medium sized tomatoes diced
- 1 small onion sliced
- 2-3 whole red chillies
- 2 tbs garam masala
- 2 tsp chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp kasauri methi (dried fenugreek seeds)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 th cup fresh cream or you can use heavy cream
- 2 tbs butter
- Handful of chopped cilantro for garnishing
- 2 tsp paprika (kashmiri red chilli) powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tbs cashew nuts
- 1 tsp poppy seed
Procedure:
- In a pan add 3 tbs oil
- Add 2-3 whole red chillies and fry
- Add sliced onions and fry
- Fry till translucent
- Add 2 tsp chopped garlic and mix
- After the onion is translucent add the diced tomatoes
- Cook and add 2 tsp paprika ( kashmiri red chilli powder)
- Cook until oil separates
- Now turn your heat off and then blend into fine paste
- In between grind the cashew nuts and the poppy seeds,add 2 tbs water and make a paste
- In that same pan,add 1 tbs butter and 1 tbs oil
- Then add 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Fry and add the tomato blend
- In that blender add 1 cup water and keep aside
- Mix the tomato and onion paste and add the cashew nut paste
- Add the 1 cup water for the gravy and cover and cook for 10 minutes on a medium flame
- After 10 minutes add the kasauri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) and add 1/4, the cup cream
- Again cover and cook for 10 minutes on a medium low flame
- And its done
- Now dish out and garnish with another 1 tbs butter and chopped cilantro
We’ve added a step by step video of the recipe ๐๐๐
Serve it best with some steamed rice,Polao,naan,roti and parathas
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Lovely recepi and easy to make….thanks for sharing Indian fav dishes that can be made at home….great during quarantine period
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Thank you,bulukaka for your comments it really means a lot.
You are so far from home and family,hope the recipes from kitchen help you get the taste of home๐
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