Butter Paneer

Name: Butter Paneer
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gms Paneer cut into cubes; 1 tbsp butter; 3-4 cloves; 1-2 bay leaves; 1-2 tsp red chilli powder; to taste Salt; 1 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 2 tsp tandoori masala powder; 2 tsp crushed Kasuri methi; 1/2 cup cream or malai; 1 tsp cornflour optional; Blanch and grind together:; 4 big size tomatoes with slightly slit on top; 1/2 medium size onion sliced; 4-5 cloves garlic

Maninder Kaur Bawa. @waheguru1

Mohali Punjab.

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Butter Paneer is a slightly sweetened dish from North India. Mostly cashew paste is used to thicken the gravy and enhance the flavour but I have not used it in this recipe.
It is easy to make it looks and tastes like Restaurant style gravy.

Maninder Kaur Bawa. @waheguru1

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Ingredients

250 gmsPaneer cut into cubes
1 tbspbutter
3-4cloves
1-2bay leaves
1-2 tspred chilli powder
to tasteSalt
1 tspsugar
1/2 tspgaram masala
2 tsptandoori masala powder
2 tspcrushed Kasuri methi
1/2 cupcream or malai
1 tspcornflour optional
Blanch and grind together:
4big size tomatoes with slightly slit on top
1/2medium size onion sliced
4-5 clovesgarlic

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Steps

1

In a pressure cooker add all the ingredients for blanching with 1/2 cup water.Cook till one whistle,lower the flame, further cook for 7-8 minutes and off the flame.
2

After sometime open the cooker,strain the blanched items. Keep the strained water aside.When cool remove skin of the tomatoes and grind everything together into puree.
3

Heat a pan add Butter, cloves,bay leaves cook slightly, butter should not burn. Add the puree and the strained water. Mix in salt, and other spices accept kasuri methi and cream.
4

Cook till the water reduces a little.Now add paneer cubes, kasuri methi cook for a minute.
5

Lastly add cream, cook for few seconds more. Off the flame and let it sit for some time before serving. It will taste better garnish with butter or Cream.Serve with Tandoori roti and vinegar onion salad.
6

If needed: to thicken the gravy,add cornflour mixed with water to the gravy. (Or cashew paste).

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Maninder Kaur Bawa. @waheguru1

on June 18, 2019 17:13

Mohali Punjab.

I'm passionate about cooking, mainly Indian cuisine.I was a home chef in Mumbai @flavours home cooked food and desserts. and with Gorb(zee living foodz).