Heat a pan. Add oil to it. Heat it. Now add cumin, peppercorns, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, chopped onion, garlic, ginger, cashews, and melon seeds.

Now add chopped tomatoes to it. Add turmeric, coriander powder, salt, red chili powder. Mix and cover the lid, let it cook. Now add water to it. Cover n cook till tomatoes is fully cooked.

Cool it and grind it to a fine paste. After grinding strain the masala with a sieve/ strainer. Take oil and butter in a pan. Add slit green chili and grated or chopped ginger to it.

Add paneer to it. Fry from all sides till it gets a nice color. Once the paneer is little brown in color, add strained masala gravy to it. Mix and cook for a few minutes. Add Kasuri methi to it stir properly. Cook for 2-5 minutes. Add chopped coriander leaves to it. Sahi paneer is ready. Can be served with paratha or rice.