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Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer Butter Masala Recipe | How to Make Paneer Butter Masala

Delicious paneer butter masala recipe. Incredibly delicious and easy Restaurant Style Paneer Butter Masala recipe. Perfect, healthy paneer recipe  
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, indian cuisine
Keyword: paneer recipes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

  • 1 onion large
  • 300 g Tomatoes chopped
  • 2.5 tablespoon butter
  • 2 green chilli
  • cinnamon stick
  • 1 inch ginger 1pc
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
  • salt to taste
  • 1.5 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli powder
  • 2 tablespoon tomato puree
  • 1.5 cup full fat milk
  • coriander for garnish
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 400 g paneer / cottage cheese

Instructions

  • Heat up butter in a pan and allow it to melt.
  • Add ginger, cinnamon stick, green chilli and gently stir fry on slow heat for a minutes.
  • Add sliced onion and saute them in butter till they become translucent
  • Now add tomatoes and cook everything together till soft and pulpy.
  • Allow the mixture to cool a little bit and blend it to a creamy paste.
  • Now in the same pan heat up .5 tablespoon butter and add the pureed makhani gravy paste in the pan.
  • Add black pepper powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and mix well
  • Allow it to simmer for 2-3 minutes and add 2 tablespoon of tomato puree in this.
  • FInally add small quantity of milk at a time and use up all the milk
  • Let this gravy bubble for few minutes and add paneer cubes in this.
  • Cook paneer in this butter masala gravy for 3 minutes serve it hot garnished with coriander leaves.