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Paneer butter masala can be made for lunch or dinner on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
Use soft paneer and fresh cream for paneer butter masala.
Paneer Butter Masala Recipe: Paneer Butter Masala is a perfect dish to celebrate any special occasion. If we are talking about a festival like Rakshabandhan, then some special recipe has to be prepared for lunch or dinner. This time in Rakshabandhan, you can make paneer butter masala curry to change the taste of the food. If guests are going to come at home, then Paneer Butter Masala will be a perfect dish to enhance the taste of lunch or dinner. Apart from being very tasty, Paneer Butter Masala is not too difficult to prepare and people of all ages eat it with great enthusiasm.
To make paneer butter masala tasty, always take fresh and soft paneer. The real taste of Paneer Butter Masala comes in its gravy, in such a way many types of ingredients are used to make gravy. Let’s know the method of making paneer butter masala.
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Ingredients for Paneer Butter Masala
Paneer cubes – 2 cups
Onion – 1-2
Tomato – 3-4
Garlic – 3-4 cloves
Bay leaf – 1
Green chili – 2
Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
Cashew – 2 tbsp
Milk – 1/2 cup
Cream/malai – 2 tbsp
Kasuri methi – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
Butter – 2 tbsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
salt – as per taste
How to make paneer butter masala curry
To make Paneer Butter Masala, first take paneer and cut it into one-inch square pieces. Now chop onion, ginger and garlic as well and prepare a paste by grinding them in a mixer. Now take cashews and soak them in water and keep them aside for 15 minutes. When the cashews become a little soft, put them in the mixer and grind them by adding 1 tablespoon of water and take out the paste and keep it in a bowl.
Similarly grind tomatoes and prepare its puree. After this, heat a pan on medium flame and put oil and butter in it. When the butter melts, add onion paste and bay leaves and fry till the color of the onion turns light brown. After this add long chopped chillies and after some time add cashew paste to the gravy and mix. Now cook the gravy for 2-3 minutes, after that add tomato puree.
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Now with the help of a spoon, let the paneer marinate well with the gravy and let it cook. Finally add kasoori methi and mix and cover the vegetable and let it cook for 5 minutes or until the gravy becomes thick. After this, turn off the gas and pour fresh cream over the vegetable. Flavorful paneer butter masala curry is ready. It can be served in lunch or dinner.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 29, 2023, 18:53 IST
