Butter Paneer Masala
Butter Paneer Masala

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, butter paneer masala. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Butter Paneer Masala is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Butter Paneer Masala is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter paneer masala using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Paneer Masala:
  1. Prepare 250 gms paneer/cottage cheese, cubed and fried
  2. Make ready 2 tbsp cashew nuts (soaked in water & grounded to smooth paste)
  3. Make ready 5 tomatoes, pureed
  4. Make ready 1 green chilli, slit
  5. Get 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  6. Prepare 1 inch ginger – julienned
  7. Make ready 1 bay leaf
  8. Take 1 tsp garam masala
  9. Make ready 1 tsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
  10. Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  11. Take 1 tbsp oil + 2 tbsp butter
  12. Get 1.5 cups water
  13. Get to taste salt,
  14. Make ready 1 handful coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)

Along with crisp rotis it is a perfect meal for any occasion. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe. Just in case you are wondering, paneer butter masala is also known as paneer makhani. They are made in a tomato based gravy and use oodles of butter and cream which gives the gravy a smooth, creamy texture.

Instructions to make Butter Paneer Masala:
  1. Add oil and butter in a pan.
  2. Add bay leaf and fry till the oil becomes fragrant.
  3. Add ginger and garlic and fry till the raw aroma disappears.
  4. Add tomato puree and stir.
  5. When the puree begins to cook, after about 5mins, add red chilli powder.
  6. Stir and continue to saute on a low flame, till the oil starts leaving the sides of the pan. This takes approx 20mins.
  7. Add the cashew nut paste and cook for another 5mins, continuously stirring it.
  8. Add water and let it simmer, it will become thick.
  9. Add the slit green chilli and salt and stir well.
  10. Add the paneer cubes and cook in the gravy till they become soft and cooked.
  11. Add crushed kasuri methi leaves and garam masala.
  12. Stir well and garnish wish coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or paratha.

If you are a paneer lover, here are some questions you will have. It is also known as butter paneer. Butter paneer masala is a mildly spicy paneer gravy. It is made with paneer (cottage cheese) that is cooked in buttery gravy made with onion, tomatoes, cashews & cream. The gravy of butter paneer is rich, thick & creamy with silky soft texture & a buttery flavor.

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