Paneer Butter Masala
Paneer butter masala is a North Indian delicacy, which is a rich creamy based curry made with paneer, onions, tomatoes, cashews, spices & butter . Soft and succulent paneer pieces simmered in a deliciously rich and creamy gravy.
One of the best recipes that comes to our mind when we go for a restaurant is Paneer butter masala and garlic naan. This recipe is so simple and easy that brings the same taste as the restaurant and right in our kitchen. And it’s delicious with homemade paneer also known as Indian cottage cheese.
So, forget the restaurant and lets make it at home . Paneer butter masala is so easy to make, and you don’t need to be an expert to make it. This is a one pot recipe and can be done in under 30min and goes well with Naan, Tandoori roti and jeera rice.
Whether you call it as Paneer makhani or any other name, this dish wins every one’s heart . Because of the butter and mild sweetness in the gravy, kids absolutely love this dish. Not only kids , adults also love this dish too.
I like experimenting this dish and use sautéed mushrooms instead of paneer and it became mushroom masala. you can even use cauliflower florets / chicken in the place of paneer to make butter chicken or cauliflower butter masala. The gravy remains the same, but you can use different veggies or chicken according to your preference. So give this recipe a try and you will definitely love it. It is lip smacking good.
Please refer to our Homemade Paneer recipe here, which is made from scratch using milk and lemon juice
Also, this paneer curry best tastes with our Homemade Naan recipe found here on our website.
Finally, I’m happy to announce that I’m starting a new blog specially targeting kids which my elder son featuring in most the videos and I will be sharing more details soon.
Ingredients
- 1 pc Medium size onion chunks
- 3-4 pcs Tomatoes/ canned tomato puree chunks
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 10 pcs whole cashews
- salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder/ paprika
- 2 tbsp curry powder/ coriander powder
- 1 tbsp Kashuri methi
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Paneer chunks
- cilantro
- 1 stick butter
- 1 tbsp tomato ketchep (optional)
Instructions
- Take a pan and add some butter. Add onion and tomato chunks ,ginger garlic paste, cashews, salt, turmeric,, red chilli powder, kashimiri chilli powder, curry powder and saute them until soft. add some water if needed.
- let it cool down . grind it into a fine paste.
- cut the panner into pieces
- Take a pan and add some butter . once the butter melts, add the onion tomato mixture and saute for 3min. Add the kashuri methi, and heavy cream. add some water to adjust the consisteny of the gravy.
- Add a spoon of tomato ketchep to give some sweetness to the gravy (optional)
- let the gravy simmer for few minutes and add the fresh panner to the gravy. i didnt fry the paneer as i used fresh home made paneer .You can fry the paneer pieces before you add them to the gravy.
- Add some butter and sprinkle the garam masala on the top and finish it with some cilantro.
- Paneer butter masala is ready
