Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy)
Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy)

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Paneer Recipes are one of the mosty loved in India. Here's how to make a perfect paneer recipe called Cheese Tomato or Paneer Makhani. Quick & Easy Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese in Tomato Gravy)

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook paneer makhani (cottage cheese in a creamy tomato gravy) using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy):
  1. Prepare 500 gm Paneer (Cottage Cheese)
  2. Prepare 6 Large Tomatoes
  3. Prepare 1 Onion
  4. Make ready 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  5. Get 20 Cashewnuts
  6. Prepare 2 tbs Magaz Seeds (Dried Melon Seeds)
  7. Make ready 4 tsp Sugar (to be adjusted)
  8. Prepare 4 tsp Cream (Optional)
  9. Get 2 tsp Spicy Red Chilli Powder
  10. Prepare 2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  11. Take 2 tsp Coriander Powder
  12. Take 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  13. Make ready 1 tsp Punjabi Garam Masala
  14. Take 2 tsp Kasuri Methi (Dried fenugreek leaves)
  15. Prepare To Taste Salt
  16. Prepare For The Tempering :
  17. Prepare 2 tbs Oil
  18. Take 2 tbs Butter (Homemade / Store bought)
  19. Make ready 2 Star Anise
  20. Make ready 4 Small Cardamoms
  21. Get 4 sticks Cinnamon (1" each)

PANEER MAKHANI / PANEER MAKHANWALA a North Indian dish made with Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) cooked in rich creamy tomato gravy called Makhani( something cooked and sauteed in butter or thick cream). This dish has got million variations and is similar to Paneer butter masala or. Melt butter in a frying pan and add the cottage cheese. (On the other hand, if you want a thicker gravy with some paneer in the gravy, first heat up the pan and dissolve some cottage cheese in it. Paneer makhani is also known as paneer butter masala and is made with cottage cheese simmered in a creamy onion tomato masala.

Instructions to make Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy):
  1. To begin making the Paneer Makhani gravy, soak the cashews and magaz seeds in hot water for about an hour. Drain and grind to a smooth paste.
  2. Heat sufficient water in a pan for blanching the tomatoes. At the smooth end of the tomatoes make a small cross sign with a knife. This helps easy peeling after blanching.
  3. When the water is hot swtich off the heat, add the tomatoes to it and immerse for approximately 4-5 minutes.
  4. Next, extract the tomatoes from the hot water onto a plate. The peels at the end where the cross sign was made will start coming off. Peel the tomatoes and grind to a puree.
  5. In the meantime, peel the onion and grind it to a smooth paste in a mixer grinder.
  6. Heat a kadhai and add oil to it. Add the butter and as soon as it melts, add the whole spices. When they splutter add the onion paste and cook.
  7. Saute till it changes colour. Next, add the ginger garlic paste and saute further for a few more minutes to do away with it's raw smell.
  8. Add the tomato puree and mix. Saute and bring it to a boil.
  9. Next, add the red chilli powders, coriander powder, cumin powder and the Punjabi garam masala and salt. Reduce the heat and cover and cook, stirring occasionally till the mixture thickens.
  10. When the tomatoes are cooked and the mixture has thickened, add the cashew magaz paste and mix well.
  11. Cover and cook the gravy for a while. Next, add sugar and some water to bring the gravy to a medium consistency.
  12. Add the paneer pieces and mix well. On a medium hot griddle spread the kasuri methi for about a minute. Crush it with fingers and then add to the gravy.
  13. Turn off the heat and add the cream and give it a good mix.
  14. Serve this delicious Paneer Makhani with some khasta parathas and some jeera rice!

This popular paneer recipe has the slightest hint of sugar that goes in to balance all the flavours from the spices. The final sprinkling of kasoori methi or dried fenugreek. His main paneer delicacy was this simple paneer tomato curry or chilly paneer as he named this curry. Madhur Jaffrey, the queen of curries, follows on from her bestselling Curry Easy with her beautiful new cookbook, Curry Easy Vegetarian. Paneer is something which is loved by all of us.

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