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Here’s one for paneer lovers -- Butter Paneer.
Ingredients
- 200 gms paneer (cottage cheese)
- 3 small onions, chopped
- ¼ cup of cashew nut paste
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 2 tsp red chilly powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1tsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- ½ tsp cummin seeds
- 1 cup fresh cream
- 2 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Method
- Cut paneer into small cubes. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry onions till translucent. Remove on tissue paper.
- When it cools down grind into a paste. Keep it aside.
- Heat butter in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it turn golden.
- Now add the ground onion paste, fry until golden brown.
- Add cashew paste. Simmer and keep adding water with a table spoon till light brown. Add tomato sauce.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry well. Add garam masala, chilly powder, turmeric powder.
- Add some more water and let it cook for a few minutes.
- Add fresh cream and stir well. When the oil starts leaving sides, add paneer pieces.
- Let it cook for around 10 minutes. Sprinkle crushed kasoori methi over the gravy.
- Serve hot with parathas or rotis.
Photograph: Devika/ Creative Commons
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