Thursday 21 June 2012

Paneer butter masala/ Paneer Makhni

             Paneer is one of the delicious dish we can mould into different ways.Here is one of the Beautiful dish anyone will love... 


Preparation time :30 min

Serving - 5

Ingredients:

Paneer/Cottage Cheese : 250gms
Kaju paste - 1 cup
Onion - 2 finely chopped
Tomatoes chopped - 4 chopped
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp
Powders(Dhania,Zeera) - 1tbsp each
Garam Masala Powder - 1  tbsp
Kasuri methi/dried fenugreek seeds - a pinch
Fresh Cream - 1 cup
Butter - 5 tbsp
Cloves - 2
Bay leaf- 1
Cinnamon Stick - 1" inch
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 3 tbsp

How I Made It :

1) Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai.Add cloves,cinnamon,Bay leaf. Saute them for a minute.

2) Add chopped onions stir fry them for 20 seconds ,add Ginger-Garlic paste.Cook for another 20 seconds.


3) Add Dhania, Zeera powder,Garam Masala powder,Red chilli powder,Tomatoes.Cook till oil leaves the flame.Puree the mixture.


4) Heat butter in kadai.Add paneer cubes.fry them till they get turned into golden brown.


5) Add puree, a cup of water,Sugar let it cook for 3 minutes under low flame with covered lid.


6) Finally add cream and Kaju paste mix well and turn off the flame.Sprinkle Kasuri Methi on the dish.



Tips:


          For Kaju paste Soak the cashew nuts in luke warm water for 3 min.



                                                Serve with Roti/Butter Naan.


Its Yummy,no doubt.Also a delicious recipie to wow your non-Indian friends