Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer Butter Masala

Recipe for Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients:-

1 onion

2 tomatoes (boiled and pureed)

300 grm paneer (cubed)

1 tblspn ginger garlic paste

3 tblspn cashew paste

3 tblspn butter or ghee

2 tblspn fresh cream

1 cup milk

1/2 cup water

1 tspn red chilli powder

1/2 tspn turmeric powder

1/2 tspn garm masala

3-4 cloves

1 small cinnamon stick

1/2 tspn jeera

2 tspn dry kasuri methi (fenugreek leaves)

1/2 tspn lemon juice

salt to taste




Method:-

1- Skin the onion..chop in big pieces and blanch them in hot water for 4-5 min.

2- Grind them to make paste.

3-Boil the tomato, peel the skin and pureed them.

4-Take 1 tblspn ghee and fry paneer cubes lightly (or as u like)

5-Take 1 cup of warm water add some salt and turmeric powder to it and immerse the paneer cubes at least for 10 min.

6-Now in a pan take 2 tblspn of ghee, add cloves,jeera and cinammon stick.

7- Now add the onion paste .saute till light brown

8-Now add ginger garlic paste fry it til golden brown.

9-Now add tomato puree and all the masala. fry it till ghee leaves from sides.

10-Now add water and milk let it boil for sometime.

11- Now add paneer cubes and crushed kasuri methi.

12-Let it simmer on medium heat till you get the desired curry consistency .

13- Add lemon juice,remove from fire and add fresh cream.

14- Searve hot with your choice of bread(roti, naan.paratha) or rice.