Delicious Paneer Makhani : A curry made by cooking paneer (Cottage-Cheese) in creamy tomato and cashew gravy ! Paneer makhani goes well with paratha , naan or jeera rice.
PANNER MAKHANI
Butter
1tsp Jeera / Cumin seeds
1-2 Bay leaf
1 Cinnamon Stick
3-4 Cloves
3-4 Green cardamom/ Elaiche
1 big black cardamom
4-5 green chilies
2 cups onions
1-inch ginger
6-7 garlic cloves
2 tsp red chilly powder
2 tsp fresh cream
Kasturi methi
150 grams paneer (Cottage Cheese)
Coriander
10-12 cashews
5 Cups of tomatoes
DIRECTIONS:
In a pan take little water, add roughly cut tomatoes ,onions , garlic, ginger, bay leaves, cardamoms black & green, cinnamon stick, cloves, 2 green chilies, red Kashmiri chili powder, little butter , hand full of cashews cover the pan and let it cook for 15 -20 mins or until tomatoes are mashed completely
Let the mixture cool, remove bay leaves, black cardamom & cinnamon stick and pour the remaining mixture in the blender and blend the gravy until smooth
In the pan take about 2-3 tsp of butter, add minced ginger, little garlic and 2 long slit green chilies
Add cottage cheese to the pan and let it cook for about 2 mins and add red chilly powder and immediately add the blended gravy along with salt to your taste
Turn the stove off and add heavy cream about 2 tsp and Kasturi methi
You can garnish the curry with coriander leaves and grated paneer
PS: Sometimes tomatoes are very sour taste, in this case you can add little ketchup or little sugar which ever you prefer to even the taste of the curry
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