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Hi, I am Subha. This is one of my favourite recipes which has earned me a lot of appreciation from relatives & friends. Hope you all enjoy it.
Email:subharavikumar@hotmail.com
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Paneer Butter Masala
Ingredients
Paneer - 1/4 kg
Curd - 1-1/2 cup
Turmeric- 1/4 tsp
Salt
Chilly Powder- 1 spoon
Kashmiri Mirch Powder - 1 spoon
Coriander Powder - 1-1/2 tsp
Jeera Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala- 1/2 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1-1/2 tsp
Oil- 1 spoon
Soak all the above in curd for 1 hour.
For Gravy
Onions - 3
Tomato-3
Khus khus-1 spoon
Cashew - 10
Sugar -1 tsp
Cloves- 2
Cardamom- 1
Cinnamon - 1
Bay Leaves- 1
Kasuri methi(can be substituted for fresh mint leaves)
1/2 tsp Chilly Powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tsp Jeera Powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/4 tsp Turmeric
Coriander Leaves
Method
- Grind the onions.
- Boil water in a vessel & add the tomatoes to it.
- It will enable you to peel the skin from the tomatoes easily.
- Grind it in the blender.
- Fry the Khus Khus in a tawa without adding any oil to it.
- Also fry the cashews.
- Just fry them till they become hot so that you can easily grind them
into a powder.
- After an hour of soaking the paneer mixture, put 2 vessels in the stove.
- Add the paneer mixture in 1.
- On the other add ghee & sugar & when the sugar turns brown in colour
- Add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves & cardamom to it.
- When they start spluttering, add the onion paste to it & fry for few
minutes.
- Then add the tomato paste & fry till they are done.
- Add chill powder, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, jeera powder as
needed for the gravy.
- Allow it to boil for sometime.
- Add kasoori methi or fresh mint leaves to it.
- Finally add the khus khus, cashew powder & boil for few minutes.
- Take the paneer mix from the stove & pour it in the gravy & mix gently.
- You can add 1/2 cup of water according to the consistency you want.
- Take it off the stove & garnish with coriander leaves.
- Believe me its a very tasty recipe.
- It may look like a long process but its very easy to make.
- Enjoy it with phulkas,chappaathi, naan or fried rice.
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