Saturday 3 March 2012

Paneer Butter Masala (Dhaba Style)

Paneer(Cottage Cheese) Butter Masala...
One of the most popular main course food item in Indian restaurant and specialty of Punjabi Dhaba.
       Paneer Butter Masala is a delicious punjabi dish and quite popular in Indian Restaurant. Paneer cooked in a aromatic tomato,butter and onion sauce.

It is pretty easy to get restaurant look and taste with this simple recipe.
      So without wasting lots of your time and allow you to waste your energy anymore, I would love to present you this Gorgeous, Delicious and Yummy Delicious Paneer Butter Masala.


 Ingredients:

200 gm Paneer (Cottage Cheese) - Cut into Cubes.
2 tablespoon Butter
4 onion (Medium,Chopped)
2 Tomato (Medium,Chopped)
3-4 green chillies
1 teaspoon ginger paste
4-5 cloves of garlic
4 Cloves
2 pieces of Cinnamon
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoon red chilly powder
1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
1 tea spoon Cumin seeds powder
1 teaspoon Coriander powder
2 tablespoon oil
Salt to taste

Method:

  1. First grind ginger garlic and green chillies together.
  2. Mix this mixture with chopped onion,Cinnamon and cloves.
  3. In a pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil.
  4. Add chopped onion,ginger-garlic-green chilly paste,cinnamon and cloves together and stir well.
  5. Once the onion gets soft,add chopped tomato into it.
  6. Stir this mixture for 1 min.
  7. Remove from the fire and cool for sometime.
  8. Then grind onion and tomato mixture into fine paste.
  9. In the same pan,heat 1 tablespoon of oil.
  10. Add the onion and tomato paste into it.
  11. Then add turmeric powder,Chilli powder,cumin seeds powder,coriander powder and Garam masala.
  12. Cook for 10-15 min.
  13. Add some water and bring to boil.
  14. Then add some paneer cubes, butter and salt to taste.
  15. Mix well and cook for 5-10 min.
  16. Remove form heat.
  17. Garnish with coriander.
         Your Paneer Butter Masala is ready to serve. Serve this with Chapati(Indian Bread) or Paratha or Rice.

Note: To get nice red colour to Paneer butter masala use Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder.




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