Paneer Butter Masala Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; fry paneer in 2 batches until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer fried paneer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, retaining vegetable oil in skillet.
• Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add ginger paste and garlic paste. Continue to cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more. Stir cashews, ground red chiles, cumin, coriander, and garam masala into onion mixture. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir tomato sauce, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and salt into spice mixture; simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Add fried paneer and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes more.

Steps:

• Heat a pan and add the vegetable oil. Add the cinnamon stick, green chili, ginger, garlic, and onions then cook it until onions are little translucent on medium flame.
• Then add in your tomatoes and cook it for 3-5 minutes, or until tomatoes are tender, then turn the flame off and put a lid on it for 5 minutes.
• Put the tomatoes and onion mixture in a blender and blitz the mixture with 1 tablespoon water into a smooth paste.
• Strain the tomato purée and set it aside, then add in your soaked cashews in same blender with 5 tablespoons of water and blend it into a creamy cashew paste.
• Heat the same pan with a knob of butter, melt It, and add in your Kashmiri chili powder (stir it) and cook it for 10 seconds. Add in your tomato onion purée in it and mix properly and bring it to a boil.
• Add your coriander powder in it, mix it, and cover the pot and cook it for 3 minutes on medium flame.
• Then add in your cashews paste with ¼ cup of water mix it properly and cook it for 3 minutes.
• Stir in your cream and garam masala. Then add in your paneer cubes mix it and cook the curry for 5 minutes on low flame.
• Add in your fenugreek leaves and mix it. Season with salt to taste.
• Lastly garnish the dish with little cream on top with coriander leaves and serve it with flatbreads or rice.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Grind the chopped onions, garlic & ginger into a coarse paste. Keep it aside.
• Heat 1/2 tbsp butter in a heavy bottom pan.
• Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and cardamom.
• Fry 4 seconds.
• Now add the paste (onion, ginger, garlic coarse paste with less or no water).
• Fry it till golden brown.
• Add all the dry powders, sugar, tomato puree; fry for 2 minutes.
• Now add 2 cups water,reduce heat to low let the gravy simmer for 8 minutes.
• Now mix in cream, rest of the butter, kasuri methi & paneer.
• Also the salt as per taste.
• Cook till paneer is soft.
• Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander.
• One can substitute milk for cream if diet conscious.