Paneer Recipe,”Paneer Butter Masala” Indian Paneer Recipes in English

Paneer Butter Masala

Serves 4-5

Ingredients

• 250 gms paneer (cottage cheese) – cut into big cubes
• 2 onions – chopped
• 1″ piece ginger – chopped
• 6-7 flakes garlic
• 1/2 cup milk – 100 ml
• 4 big (250 gms) tomatoes
• 5 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp kaju (cashewnuts) – broken into bits
• 2 tsp kasoori methi (dry fenugreek leaves)
• 3/4 tsp roasted zeera (cumin seeds) pd.
• 1 tsp red chilli pd
• 1-1/2 tsp salt – to taste
• 1/2 tsp garam masala (mixed spices)
• 1/4 – 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 green chilli – slit length wise
• 1 big capsicum – cut into thin shreds
• 2 onions – cut into thin rings
• 2 tbsp salted butter
• few drops orange colour

Method

1. Grind onions, ginger & garlic together.
2. Grind tomatoes to a puree.
3. Cook onion paste in oil, till golden (on the lighter side). Do not make it brown. Add red chilli pd. Cook for 1/2 minute.
4. Add milk gradually. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add kaju crushed on a chakla. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add tomatoes. Cook for 10-15 minutes on slow fire till oil separates. Add zeera, garam masala, salt and sugar.
7. Add enough water, about 1-1/2 cups. Cook for another 10-12 minutes till the oil separates and the gravy dries up to a thick masala gravy.
8. Add kasoori methi. Keep aside. 9. Heat butter in a clean karahi, add green chillies, capsicum and onions.
9. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
10. Add these vegetables to the prepared gravy.
11. Add paneer also.
12. Add colour. Keep on fire for 2-3 minutes.
13. Serve hot with nans or tandoori parathas.