PANEER BUTTER MASALA
Course
side dish
Cuisine
north indian
Servings
Prep Time
2
cup
10
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
2
cup
10
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Ingredients
10
paneer
Cubes
2
onion
2
tomato
2
tsp
butter
1/2
tsp
red chilli
Powder
1/2
tsp
turmeric
Powder
1/2
cup
milk
1
tsp
Paneer Butter Masala
Eastern Powder
1/2
tsp
Jeera / Cumin
2
pods
garlic
1/2
tsp
methi
Kasoori
to taste
salt
Instructions
Take a kadai and add butter to melt.Add crushed garlic pods.
Add sliced onions.
Chop tomato and add it in a blender.
Puree it.
Take paneer cubes and shallow fry them in a pan by adding a little oil.
Take them out.
Alongwith cashew nuts grind sauteed onions.Make a paste.
In a pan add oil and jeera.
Add onion-cashew paste.Add red chilly powder and turmeric powder.
Mix well till raw smell goes away.
In a bowl mix milk and eastern paneer butter masala powder.
Add milk and masala mixture to the above prepared gravy.
Wait till the mixture thickens.
Add tomato puree and cook for a while.
Let the mixture get amalgamated.
Add now crushed kasoori methi .
Followed by paneer cubes.
Cook for 5 more minutes till paneer absorbs gravy and becomes soft.
Paneer Butter Masala is ready to be served.
Recipe Notes
Notes
You can add fresh cream in place of milk.
You can add store bought tomato puree.
You can also add cubed deseeded capsicum alongwith paneer cubes.