Shahi paneer

Name: Shahi paneer
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 grams paneer (cut in equal squares); 3 medium sized tomatoes (roughly chopped); 1 large onion (roughly chopped); 1 cup cashews; 14-15 garlic cloves; 1 inch ginger; 1 cup fresh cream; 1 tsp Chilli powder; 1-2 tsp shahi paneer masala; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp crushed kasoori methi; 1 tsp garam masala; to taste Salt; 1 bay leaf; 2-3 cardamom pods; 1-2 cloves; 1/2 inch cinnamon stick; 1/2 spoon cumin seeds; as needed Butter or ghee; 2 spoon Coriander leaves for garnishing

Sona Senapati @mykitchentaless

Bangalore

Shahi paneer is very popular in northern India and originated from the Mughlai cuisine. This north Indian dish is liked by most of the people as it is a rich dish filled with spices, paneer and cream that makes it thick creamy and spicy to taste. The word Shahi means “Royalty”. #cookingwithayushi

Sona Senapati @mykitchentaless

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Ingredients

45 minutes

5 people

300 gramspaneer (cut in equal squares)
3medium sized tomatoes (roughly chopped)
1large onion (roughly chopped)
1 cupcashews
14-15garlic cloves
1 inchginger
1 cupfresh cream
1 tspChilli powder
1-2 tspshahi paneer masala
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcrushed kasoori methi
1 tspgaram masala
to taste Salt
1bay leaf
2-3cardamom pods
1-2cloves
1/2 inchcinnamon stick
1/2 spooncumin seeds
as neededButter or ghee
2 spoonCoriander leaves for garnishing

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Heat a kadhai, add 1 tsp ghee. Add ginger and garlic and saute for 1 minutes
2

Add Cashwes to the kadhai and saute well.
3

Add chopped onion and tomatoes to the kadhai and saute till tomatoes get soften or for at least 5 to 6 minutes.
4

Cool down the mixture and the blend it finely in a mixer.
5

Heat the same kadhai again and add 1 tsp ghee.
6

Add the whole spices and saute for some seconds.
7

Then add the blended tomato paste to the kadhai and saute well
8

Add all the spices along with the shahi paneer masala and give it a good mix.
9

After the aroma came out from the masala add salt as needed and 1 cup of fresh cream and mix well.
10

Finally add 300gms of paneer and cook it for 3 to 4 minutes.
11

Add some water as per your need and again cook it for 3 to 4 minutes.
12

Lastly add some crushed kasoori methi, some garam masala and some chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with naan/roti/paratha.

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Sona Senapati @mykitchentaless

on April 05, 2021 11:34

Bangalore

I'm a young girl,an epicure and a food blogger. Cooking is my passion since I was a teen. For me, Cooking is fun. It gives me a chance to show my creativity.