Paneer Butter Masala

This is definitely the most popular paneer dish in any restaurant.Soft paneer cubes cooked in a creamy onion ,tomato gravy.It is pretty easy to get the 'restaurant taste & look' at home, with this simple recipe.



Ingredients:

300 gms paneer

2 onions

1 -6oz can tomato sauce or 3 tomatoes pureed

1 tsp fresh ,chopped ginger

2 tsp-fresh chopped garlic

6-cashewnuts

1 tsp red chili powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

3/4 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 capsicum/green pepper cut in cubes

1 large onion ,quartered

orange food color (as needed)

Oil

Butter-4 tbsp

Salt

Preparation:

• Cut paneer into cubes.
• Heat oil & cook the onion ,ginger and garlic with chili powder and a little salt till translucent.
• Puree the cooked onions in a blender/processor along with the cashewnuts.
• Pour the puree into a sauce pan & heat.
• Add the tomato sauce/pureed tomatoes and cook for a few mins.
• Add the cumin powder,garam masala,salt,sugar and milk & cook till the gravy becomes thick & the masala smell is gone.Add the orange food color and mix well.
• In another pan, heat butter & cook the cut capsicum & onions till 3/4 done.
• Add the vegetables & paneer pieces to the orange gravy and cook for a few minutes.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro/coriander.
• Serve with hot parathas or ghee rice.

Tips:
Make this dish with the plain paneer(home made or store bought) not the fried paneer.

Ease of preparation:Medium

No. of servings:6

Comments (2)

	1. 02-02-2008 02:52
	thumbs up.... Hanee....my cousin and I experimented with the paneer butter masala and chix szechuan recipes...they turned out fantastic....we had fun cooking and the recipes were so easy to follow! Love this site.... Registered Report

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	2. 02-03-2008 10:46
	Glad u enjoyed Shomita, THANK U!!Im so glad that u & ur cousin enjoyed the dishes.Paneer & Indo Chinese dishes are favorites at my home too. Guest Report

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