Paneer Masala Curry | Restaurant Style Paneer Masala Recipe

Paneer Masala Curry

Paneer Masala Curry is a totally yummy panner dish using cashew tomatoes paste as the base ingredients along with other simple ingredients and dry spices powder.

 

Onion Paste Preparation

• Onion  Roughly chopped one large size.

 

Cashew Paste Preparation

• Tomatoes-Roughly Chopped – 2 large size

• Cashews-soaked 10 to 15 in 1 cup hot water

 

Ginger-garlic paste preparation

• Ginger Roughly Chopped  1 inch ginger 

• Garlic Cloves Roughly chopped – crushed to a paste 5/6 medium size.

Or you can take 2 teaspoon ginger-garlic readymade paste

 

OTHER INGREDIENTS

• Paneer (fresh cottage cheese)  cut in cubes – 250 grams.

• 4  tablespoons cooking oil.

• Garam masala powder -1/2 tsp.

• Red chili powder-1/2 tsp.

• Coriander powder (dhania powder) – half tsp

• Turmeric powder  -1/4 tsp.

• green chilies 2

• Chopped coriander leaves fresh -1tbsp

• salt to taste

• water as required.

• Cream low fat

 

Preparation for paneer masala curry

• starts with soaking cashew in hot water for about 30 minutes.

• after 30 minutes add these soaked cashews in a grinder along with chopped tomatoes and prepare the fine paste. and keep aside.

• also prepare the fine paste of 1-inch ginger,1 onion, garlic cloves 5/6 small to medium do not add water.

 

Making paneer masala curry

• Add 4 tbsp cooking oil in a thick coated frying pan.

• Next, add onion paste and on a low flame.

• Keep sauteing onion paste till it turns light golden.

• also, keep on stirring the onion paste often while sauteing.

• then add fresh ginger-garlic paste or readymade ginger-garlic paste.

• Keep on sautéing and stirring the paste till the raw aroma goes away.

• Next, add tomato cashew paste. Keep the flame on low, the mixture can splutter.

• mix everything very well.

• on a low flame keep sauteing the masala.

• once you notice oil releasing from the sides. the masala.

• One by one add 1/4 tsp- turmeric powder,1/2 tsp garam-masala powder,1/2 tsp red chili powder, 1/2 tsp coriander powder.

• salt to taste.and cook on a low flame

• next after 2 minutes add 3 to 4 cup of water and keep cooking in low flame.

• also, add chopped green chili and chopped coriander leaves and give a nice mix

• Keep cooking on low flame till gravy turns little thick.

• Next, add paneer cubes. Mix well and cook for about 2 minutes on low flame

• add fresh cream give a nice mix and switch off the flame.

• garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves and grated paneer.