Recipe: How to make Butter Paneer at home

Reshma Aslam is sharing recipes from her kitchen diary.

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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