Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer butter masala is a mild curry served with naan, chapathi or rice. The combination of butter and cream makes curry very smooth and worth drooling.

Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Total Time30

Course: Curry

Cuisine: Indian, north indian

Keyword: easy paneer butter masala, mild curry, paneer butter masala, paneer butter masala recipe, paneer curry recipe

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 417kcal

Author: ila

Ingredients

300 gm Paneer 2 cup paneer cubes
2 medium size onions
3 medium size tomatoes
4-5 garlic cloves
1 cup cashew nuts small bowl
1 cup cream small bowl
1 tablespoon Kasuri methi Optional
1 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
1-2 small red or green chilies I prefer green chilies
1 tablespoon melted butter
Salt as needed
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
2 cloves
1 black gadamom
2 star Anise
2 Dry red chilies

Instructions

Cut paneer into cubes
Cut omatoies in half and Boil the tomatoes for 10 minutes with 1 cup of water.
Grind the tomato in mixture and keep it aside.
Cut onions in rings
Deep fry onions and garlic until golden brown, take them out in kitchen towel/tissue paper to soak access oil.
grind 3/4 fried onions in mixture grinder with cream and cashew nuts paste, I keep 1/4 part of fried onions separately and add while making the gravy. if you like to make paste like gravy you can grind all fried onions.
Heat butter in pan and add spices and tomatoes puree
Add onion cream paste ,paneer, garam masala powder and rest of the ingredients when tomatoes starts leaving butter.
Simmer it on low flame for 5 minutes.Paneer butter masala is ready.

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