Paneer Butter Masala Recipe โ เคชเคจเฅเคฐ เคฌเคเคฐ เคฎเคธเคพเคฒเคพ: Yummy! Mouth-watering! This famous North Indian dish is a favorite of everyone. It combines soft cottage cheese (paneer) with butter and aromatic Indian spices. The richness of the spices and creamy gravy makes it a delicious dish that goes perfectly with any Indian roti, paratha, or simple rice.
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Paneer Butter Masala
Course: Dinner, Lunch, MainCuisine: Indian4
servings15
minutes30
minutes110
kcal45
minutesThis North Indian famous Paneer Butter Masala is made up by cooking cottage cheese with butter and Indian spices. Can have as main dish meal with naan orย roti.
Ingredients
Cottage Cheese (เคชเคจเฅเคฐ) – 500 grams
Onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค) – 1 medium
Tomato (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ) – 6 medium size
Ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) Paste – 2 tbsp.
Garlic (เคฒเคนเคธเฅเคจ) Paste – 2 tbsp.
Fresh cream – 2 tbsp.
Cinnamon (เคฆเคพเคฒเคเฅเคจเฅ) – 2 one-inch
Dry Coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) Seeds – 2 tbsp.
Coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) Powder – 1 tbsp.
Kasoori Methi – 1/2 tsp.
Butter (เคฎเคเฅเคเคจ) – 5 tbsp.
Oil (เคคเฅเคฒ) – 1 tsp.
Salt as per taste.
Directions
- Dice cut cottage cheese (เคชเคจเฅเคฐ). Slice Onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค). Chop Tomato (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ). Keep aside all.
- Heat 3 tbsp. butter with 1 tsb. oil in a pan. Add bay leaves (เคคเฅเค เคชเคคเฅเคคเคพ), cloves (เคฒเฅเคเค), cinnamon (เคฆเคพเคฒเคเฅเคจเฅ), broken red chilli (เคฒเคพเคฒ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค) and 1 tbsp .of crushed dry coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) seeds. Sautรฉ for 1 minute.
- Add onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค) and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) paste and garlic (เคฒเคนเคธเฅเคจ) paste, cook for another 30 seconds.
- Add coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) powder, red chilli (เคฒเคพเคฒ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค) powder and tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ). Cook on high heat till oil leaves the masala. Cool in room temperature and puree the mixture.
- Heat remaining 2 tbsp. butter in pan and cook the pureed mixture for 2 minutes. Now, add diced cottage cheese and salt as per taste, add half cup of water. Cover the pan and cook for another 5 minutes in low flame.
- Sprinkle crushed kasoori methi and mix with light hands. Remove from stove and add cream and mix well.
- Garnished with fresh cream and chopped coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leave. Serve hot.
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Thanks Shobha…
Superb Paneer Butter Masala recipe and it is very easy recipe . I tried Paneer Butter Masala recipe, it was awesome in taste. I mostly try your all recipes. Just want to say I love your website.
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