Hi Friends,
Finally made some time to catch a glimpse of my blog! Found lot of drafts sitting there and thought of publishing few of them.Will start with Paneer Butter Masala 🙂 . I was not a big fan of paneer but lately started liking it ! Thanks to my son and hubby 🙂 . It doesn’t need a lengthy preparation and sometimes I do it in pressure cooker too. Check out my recipe for sure!
Preparation Time: Â 30 minutes
No of Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Paneer: 500 gms
Onions Big: 1
Tomatoes: 4
Coriander Leaves: few
Cashews: 15-20
Turmeric: pinch
Bay Leaf: 1-2
Green Chilies: 1-2
Red Chili Powder: 1/2 tsp.
Coriander Powder: 1 tsp.
Garam Masala: 1 tsp.
Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp.
Kasuri Methi: 1 tbsp.
Butter: 2 tbsp
Oil: 1 tbsp.
Salt: As per taste
Water: 1 cups
Method:
- Thaw paneer if it’s frozen and cut it into cubes.
- Soak 15-20 cashews in warm water while you do the preparations.
- Wash and cut onions.
- Make fresh paste of ginger-garlic pieces.
- Wash and cut tomatoes roughly and blend them in mixer.
- Make a fine paste of cashews and keep it ready.
- Heat a pan with 2 tbsp of butter and 1 tsp of oil.
- Once it’s heated up,fry bay leaves and add onions to it. Fry them till they change color.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies and turmeric to it and fry them for a minute.
- Now add the tomato purée and fry it till raw smell goes off (3-4 minutes).
- Add cashew paste and mix it them. Let it cook for another 3-4 minutes.
- Now add coriander powder, red chili powder , garam masala ,salt and required water to the mixture.Let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Finally add paneer cubes and mix it well.
- After a minute, add kasuri methi and turn off the heat.
- Garnish it with ginger pieces, coriander leaves .
- Serve it hot with rotis/puri/Biryani/Veg pulov.