Tuesday 10 May 2016

Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients
Paneer – 300 gm
Onion – 2, peel off the skin
Tomato – 2
Ginger – ½ inch piece
Garlic – 3 no
Green chillies – 2
Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
Garam Masala – 1 teaspoon
Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
Kasuri Methi – ½ teaspoon
Cashew nuts – 6 nos
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Butter – 2 teaspoons
Fresh cream – 3 tablespoons

Method 
Soak cashew nuts in warm water for 30 minutes and grind to paste. Add onions and tomatoes to boiled water to make it soft. Cover and keep for 30 minutes. Peel off the tomato skin. Grind onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and green chillies in a blender.
Heat butter in a pan and add garam masala powder and saute for a second. Add in the ground onion mixture, turmeric powder and kashmiri chilli powder. Mix well. Add ground cashew paste mix with some water. Reduce the fire and add sugar and salt. Add in the fresh cream and stir well. Now add the paneer cubes to the mixture. Crush kasuri methi (use hands to crush it) and add to the boiling mixture. Boil until paneer cubes are soft. Garnish with coriander leaves and cream. Serve hot with roti or naan.
Notes : You can also shallow fry the paneer pieces.