Restaurant Style Paneer Butter Masala/Mild spiced cottage cheese curry|| very tasty and goes with rice,roti,parthas

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 bite😋😋😋

So,let’s make today Paneer Butter Masala…in my style👇👇👇

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