Paneer Butter Masala

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Paneer Butter Masala is most ordered recipes of all time. Yes, we have a lot of paneer recipes but whenever we Indians go to a new restaurant we certainly order paneer butter masala because it is most simple and we know it would be a good choice always. It has sweet taste and creamy gravy of cream and tomato.It tastesgood with any indian bread like naan, kulcha, roti or even rice.
So, lets try to make same paneer butter masala at our home.

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Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients:-

(For 4-5 people)

1. Paneer cubes-200gm
2. Tomato - 4-5 medium sized
3. Cream or malai - 2-3 Tablespoon
4. Onion(प्याज़)-2 large sized

5. Capsicum(शिमला)*-1 medium sized

7. Cashew nuts(काजू)- 7-8 pc

6. Masalas:-
         1. garam masala -1tsp or sabji masala - 3 tsp
         2. Black pepper(काला गोल मिर्च)- 4tsp
         3. Salt(नमक) -as per taste
         4. Cumin seeds(जीरा)-1 tsp
         5. Turmeric(हल्दी)- 2 tsp
         6. Kashmiri Red chilli podwer(लाल मिर्च) - 2 tsp
         7. Ginger Garlic paste*(optional)-1 tablespoon
8. Butter(highly recommended) or Refined Oil(तेल)

Method:-

1. Heat some butter or oil in a pan and then add cumin seeds to it.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and sliced onions to it.
3. Add sliced tomatos to it.
4. Add cashew nuts to this.
5. Add haldi powder to it.
6. Add little salt so that they cook well.
7. After 3 minutes of sauteing on high flame turn off the flame.
8. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
9. After 5 minutes put above mixture in a mixer and grind it .Your gravy is ready
10. Now , take a pan and add little oil or butter to it and put all the gravy to it.
11. Add salt, garam masala, red chilli powder and black pepper powder.
12. Cook it for 4-5 minutes on medium flame till oil comes up(sometimes it may not so cook for just 5 minutes).
13. Add malai or cream to it and mix nicely.
14. Meanwhile shallow fry capsicum and paneer .
15. Now add half a glass water to gravy and add fried capsicum to it.
16. Turn off gas and add paneer to it.
17. Now put it in a bowl and you can put little butter or malai and little coriander above it to make it look amazing.
18. Serve it hot with Naan, Kulcha, Roti or rice .
19. It would be lip smacking delicious.