The main ingredient of paneer butter masala is paneer along with tomato puree, onion and other indian spices. This makes a good combination with Naan, roti, Chapati, kulcha and many more indian breads. The complete recipe is described in this post.
Preparation time: 40 min
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
Paneer - 250 gms
Chopped onion-1/2 cup
Coriander/dhaniya powder -1tspoon
Garam masala -2 tspoon
Red chilli powder -1tspoon or as per spiciness required
Tomatoes - 4
Ginger garlic paste -3 tspoons
Cream -1tablespoon (optional)
Butter-3 tablespoon
Oil - 2 tspoons
Salt as per taste
Chopped coriander leaves
Kasuri methi -1 tspoon
Method:
- Cut the Paneer into cubes to shallow fry
- Take a pan, Heat a spoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. In a low flame- shallow fry the Paneer to golden color and transfer to a plate.
- To the same pan add again a tablespoon of butter. add the chopped onions
- Add ginger garlic paste/chopped , mix well.
- Add cut tomatoes and stir fry all these until they are cooked completely.
- Switch off the stove and let it cool down.
- Grind the cooled mixture to get puree.
- To the pan add oil, once it is hot add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, kasuri methi and the grinded masala mixture.
- Add coriander powder, salt , garam masala, red chilli powder and mix well. Add water 1.5cup. Close the lid and cook for few minutes.
- Once its boiling, add cream and shallow fried paneer cubes and cook in low flame/sim for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and butter
- Ready to serve
