How to Prepare Paneer Masala

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Paneer Masala is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Paneer Masala is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

This Paneer Butter Masala recipe is a rich and creamy dish of paneer (cottage cheese) in a tomato, butter and cashew sauce (known as Makhani gravy). The dish has a lovely tang coming from the tomatoes and is slightly sweet with a creamy and velvety feel to it. Paneer Butter Masala or Butter Paneer is a traditional Punjabi recipe in which soft pieces of Paneer are cooked in rich creamy butter & tomato gravy.

Steps to Prepare Paneer Masala

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have paneer masala using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Masala:

1. Make ready Teaspoon ghee
2. Make ready 1 large chopped white onion
3. Make ready 1 heaped teaspoon crushed garlic
4. Get 2 packs paneer (cut into cubes)
5. Prepare Tin chopped tomatoes
6. Make ready Tin half fat coconut milk
7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
8. Take 3 mace flowers
9. Make ready 1/4 cup water
10. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
11. Get 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
13. Get 1 teaspoon turmeric
14. Prepare 1 teaspoon ginger powder
15. Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin powder
16. Prepare 1 teaspoon coriander powder

Punjabi paneer butter masala is one of the most popular paneer recipes in Indian cuisine. The near perfect combination of spiciness and creaminess of its gravy makes it simply irresistible and versatile to be served with any Indian bread. Whether you serve it with tandoori roti, naan and paneer. How to Make Paneer Tikka Masala.

Instructions

Steps to make Paneer Masala:

1. To get the planner nice and soft I like to soak it before cooking in warm water for about an hour before cooking. I put my crushed garlic in the pan with heated ghee. My garlic is green yes! I tend to peel and crush a huge jar of garlic and add white vinegar to it and it preserves it in the fridge and I use this for cooking! Do a new one each month. Anyway after garlic is browning, add the chopped onion and fry for about 2-3 mins.
2. Add all the spices and salt apart from the mustard seeds (add these at the end!) brown off the onions and garlic a little more and the smell of all the spices should be wonderful. Add a 1/4 cup of water after 2-3 minutes and keep simmering on a low heat.
3. Remove the paneer from the water and place on kitchen paper. Then take from kitchen paper and add to the pan. Cook the paneer and stir around with the spices for 6-8 minutes. Once you are satisfied that the paneer has browned add one tin of chopped tomatoes. Cook covered for 5 minutes. Now remove lid and add the coconut milk and salt. Stir and cover and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
4. In a separate pan after 20 minutes add tiny bit of ghee and the teaspoon of mustard seeds. Cook on high heat covered until they pop - this will be around 20 seconds. Pour on top to the paneer and stir into the sauce. You can garnish with coriander and we served with brown rice. Yum!

There are two parts to this recipe - the paneer tikka and the masala, which is the curry part of it. For making paneer tikka, we marinate the paneer pieces with yogurt and some spices and then pan roast them before putting them in the curry. Restaurant Style Paneer Tikka Masala Recipe: extremely delicious, saucy and luscious in every bite. Restaurant Style Paneer Tikka Masala is Glutenfree Paneer Tikka Masala or as everyone around me calls it The Restaurant Style Paneer. Paneer tikka masala is a vegetarian version of the world famous chicken tikka masala.

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