Easiest Way to Make Perfect Paneer Masala

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, paneer masala. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Paneer Butter Masala is one of India's most popular paneer gravy recipe. This recipe with Indian cottage cheese cubes in a creamy tomato sauce is one that I have been making for a long time. What is the first recipe that comes to your mind when you think of paneer? I am sure that it is Paneer Butter Masala.

Paneer Masala is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Paneer Masala is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook paneer masala using 27 ingredients and 31 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Masala:

1. Prepare 400 gms Paneer
2. Take 5 Onions
3. Get 4 Tomatoes
4. Make ready 3 Green Chillies
5. Make ready 1 inch Ginger
6. Take 1/2 Cup Dahi/ curd
7. Take 1 TeaSpoon Ginger Paste
8. Prepare 1 TableSpoon Mustard Oil
9. Prepare 1 TableSpoon Desi Ghee
10. Take 1 TableSpoon Oil
11. Prepare 1 Pinch Hing/asafoetdia
12. Take 20-30 gm Butter
13. Prepare Khade Masale
14. Prepare 1 Big Elaichi( black Cardamom)
15. Prepare 2-3 Small Elaichi( green cardamom)
16. Take 1 inch Small Dal Chinni( cinnamon stick)
17. Prepare 4-5 ( black pepper)Sabut Kaali Mirch
18. Make ready 1 TeaSpoon Jeera/ cumin seeds
19. Take 2 Tej Patta/ bay leaf
20. Take Spices
21. Prepare to taste Salt
22. Get 1 TeaSpoon Haldi Powder( turmeric powder)
23. Get 2 TeaSpoon Kashmiri Lal Mirch Powder
24. Get 3 TeaSpoon Dhaniya ( coriander)Powder
25. Prepare 1/2 TeaSpoon Laal Mirch ( red chilli)Powdered
26. Get 1/2 TeaSpoon Garam Masala
27. Make ready 1 TeaSpoon Roasted Kasuri Methi

Creamy Restaurant style Paneer Butter Masala is easy to make at home. This creamy curry is made with onion, tomatoes, cashews And you cook it with butter and cream, you get Paneer Butter Masala. Our easy paneer masala is a great vegetarian alternative to classic chicken tikka masala. Paneer tikka masala is an Indian dish of marinated paneer cheese served in a spiced gravy.

Steps to make Paneer Masala:

1. Chop Onions, Green Chillies, Ginger very-very finely.
3. Grind Tomatoes finely into purée in a mixer grinder.
4. Chop Panner in Medium-small size cubes or whatever shape you want & keep them at room temperature for 30 minutes.
5. Stir Dahi properly so that it doesn’t get burned while cooking.
6. Now take big bowl, add chopped paneer cubes in it with 1/2 Teaspoon Salt, 1/2 Teaspoon Haldi Powder, 1/2 Teaspoon Dhaniya Powder, 1 Teaspoon Kashmiri Laal Mirch Powder, 1 Teaspoon Ginger Paste & 1 Table Spoon Oil in it & mix them properly.
9. Now let the marinated paneer Masala rest for 5-10 minutes so that all spices are sticked properly & paneer absorbs their flavours.
10. After 5-10 minutes, take a pan, add 4-5 Table Spoon Oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame.
11. Then place marinated paneer cubes in it & roast them till they turn into slight brown in colour.
12. Roast them from all sides for 5-6 minutes.
13. After 5-6 minutes, when they turn into slight golden brown in colour, take them out in a bow or a plate & roast other pieces.
14. Now on the other hand, take a kadhai, add 1 Big Spoon Mustard Oil in it & keep the gas on high flame to burn the oil first.
15. When smoke starts coming out of oil, turn off the flame & let the oil cool down a bit.
16. After some time, again turn on the gas & keep it on medium flame & add 1 Table Spoon Desi Ghee in it.
17. Now add all Khade Masale & 1 Pinch Hing in it & let them sizzle.
19. When they start sizzling, add finely chopped onions, Ginger & Green Chillies in it & roast them till they turn into golden brown in colour.
20. After 3-4 minutes, when they turn into golden brown in colour, add 1/2 Cup Dahi with 1/2 Teaspoon Haldi Powder, 1/2 Teaspoon Laal Mirch Powder, 1 Teaspoon Kashmiri Laal Mirch Powder, 3 Teaspoon Dhaniya Powder in it & roast them for 2-3 minutes.
25. After 2-3 minutes, add finely grinded tomato purée in it with 1 Teaspoon Salt so that they start releasing oil quickly.
27. After 5-6 minutes, when oil is completely released, add 20-30gms Butter, roasted Paneer cubes, 1/2 Teaspoon Garam Masala & 1 Teaspoon Roasted Kasuri Methi & oil in which paneer cubes were roasted for flavour & mix them properly.
30. Now cook them for 5-6 minutes on low flame.
31. Your Paneer Masala is ready to be served.

Our easy paneer masala is a great vegetarian alternative to classic chicken tikka masala. Paneer tikka masala is an Indian dish of marinated paneer cheese served in a spiced gravy. It is a vegetarian alternative to chicken tikka masala. Paneer butter masala is a Punjabi vegetarian dish that combines paneer cheese with a spicy and creamy sauce. You don't have to visit a restaurant to enjoy the dish.

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