Shahi Paneer Recipe- How to Make Shahi Paneer
The creamy Shahi Paneer with the goodness of rich cream. The delicious Shahi Paneer is a hugely loved Paneer Recipe from Indian cuisine.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 323kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 200 grams paneer/ Indian cottage cheese
- 2 medium size onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon melon seeds deseeded magaj
- 2 tablespoon cashew
- 1 tablespoon shahi jeera black cumin seeds
- 2 bay leaf tej patta
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick dal chini
- 2 Black cardamom badi Elaichi
- 1 green cardamom choti Elaichi
- ¼ tablespoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoon coriander powder
- 2 tablespoon salt
- ½ tablespoon chilli powder
- ¼ tablespoon black pepper powder
- 2 tablespoon yogurt curd
- 2 tablespoon Cream/ malai
- 6-7 strands saffron
- 1 pinch of kasuri methi
- ¼ teaspoon garam masala powder optional
Instructions
- In a pan add 250ml of water and add chopped onions, magaj and cashew. Bring it to boil and allow it to simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Strain it and Let it cool. Reserve the liquid to add it to gravy later.
- After cooling, grind the cooked onions, cashew and melon seeds into smooth paste.
- To make shahi paneer gravy, In a pan melt the butter and the ghee.
- Add bay leaf, green cardamom, cinnamon, black cardamom and shahi jeera.
- Allow them to crackle and become fragrant. If you like to add ginger garlic paste you can add at this stage
- Add in the ground onion and cashew paste.
- Now on medium to slow heat cook this masala till it starts to leave the sides of pan.
- Add-in turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and fry the masala for 2-3 minutes.
- Add yogurt in the pan at this stage.
- Cook the masala a little more till yogurt is well incorporated in the gravy. At this stage keep stirring it continuously otherwise yogurt may split while cooking.
- Now add the liquid in which onions and cashew were boiled.
- Add little more water to adjust the consistency of the gravy as per your preference.
- Add salt as per your taste.
- Bring the gravy to a boil. Add cream and malai and stir it till well incorporated.
- Now add saffron strands and mix. Finish with very small quantity of kasuri methi and add paneer cubes.
- Cook for 4-5minutes and your shahi paneer is ready.
- Serve the shahi paneer either with jeera rice or butter Naan.
Nutrition
Calories: 323kcal