“Paneer Butter Masala”

“Paneer Butter Masala” Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch/Dinner
Prep Time: 40 mins    | Cook time: 20 mins     | Serves: 2-3

 Milk is one of most useful and in-demand ingredient of every kitchen… If you have sufficient milk in your kitchen then use it to make either paneer, dahi etc etc..with paneer you can either prepare sweet dish or use it to make any spicy gravy recipe or make paneer pakora’s etc etc…you can easily get paneer from market but homemade one is best due to its freshness, taste and better quality. Using fresh paneer for gravy like that for paneer butter masala is too delicious. Here I give you recipe to make homemade paneer as well as paneer butter masala with lots of butter and spicy masala ingredients...so let's have a look.



 Ingredients:

2 Red chilies

4 Green cardamoms

1-2 Black cardamoms

1 Cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon oil

3 teaspoon butter
1 star anise
1 tejpatta
1 cup milk and cream
Salt as per your taste

Gravy Ingredients:

2 large onion

4 tomatoes

1 tomato catch-up

1 green chili

1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste

½ teaspoon food color

1 teaspoon kasoori methi

½ teaspoon red chili powder

½ teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon garam masala powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

                               

Kitchen utensils required:

• 2 non-stick pan (I prefer: Vinod Zest Non- Stick Friendly Pan)

• 2 Spatula (I prefer: PINDIA Wooden Curved Spoons)
• 15 bowls (I prefer: Borosil Mixing Bowl)
• 1 Mixer-grinder( I prefer: Prestige Hero 550- Watt Mixer Grinder)
• 1 Chopper (I prefer: Genius Nicer Dicer Plus Multi Chopper Vegetable Cutter Fruit slicer)

• 1 Water jug

                                              




                                               Step by step procedure:

To make paneer at home:

 Step-1 Take deep fry pan. Heat deep fry pan and add milk. Let it boil on high flame, when milk is boiled then switch the flame to low. Now add lemon juice into milk very slowly and stir it continuously until whey water fully separates. Here you will get curdle milk.

Step-2 Take muslin cloth or dupatta and pour curdle milk into it and wash it with cold water to get soft paneer for making paneer pasanda. Now hang it for 30 minutes so that excess water is removed.

Step-3 Now take out paneer in a bowl and keep it in a freeze for at least 1 hour so that it is completely set to cut into pieces.

 To make gravy

Step-1 Heat nonstick deep fry pan, add oil, butter, cumin seeds, red chili, green cardamom, black cardamom, cinnamon stick, star anise, tejpatta. Now make fine paste of onion, ginger, garlic and green chili. Now fry it until they get cooked nicely. Now make fine paste of tomatoes and tomato catch-up, then add it in a pan. Add turmeric powder, red color, kasoori methi, garam masala, red chili powder and coriander powder then mix everything very well, now cover it with lid and cook it for 4-5 minutes at low flame.

Step-2 When masala is cooked well then at low flame add milk (slowly with continuous stir) and let it boil once. When it is cooked then add salt, water and let it cook for 2 minutes on medium flame.

Step-3 Add paneer and let it cook for 2 minutes on high flame.

When done, garnish it with coriander leave and grated paneer.

Enjoy it with paratha or naan or with pulav.

                               

Tips:

• Add very less amount of water for making thick gravy.
• Cook masala very well.
• Always add milk and cream on low flame and slowly with continuous stir otherwise milk will curdle.  

     

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