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Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, paneer makhani (cottage cheese in a creamy tomato gravy). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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. You can have this with roti or naan.

Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must 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 cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Makhani (Cottage Cheese In A Creamy Tomato Gravy):

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

Paneer is the star ingredient in some of my most favorite Indian dishes — and probably yours too! If you have a pot, a strainer, and some cheesecloth, you can have fresh homemade paneer cheese in Because it won't melt, we can stir chunks into a soup or creamy curry, crumble it over a flatbreads, or. Paneer makhani is also known as paneer butter masala and is made with cottage cheese simmered in a creamy onion tomato masala. This popular paneer recipe has the slightest hint of sugar that goes in to balance all the flavours from the spices.

Steps 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!

The final sprinkling of kasoori methi or dried fenugreek. 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 is something which is loved by all of us. There are lots of recipes which are made by using paneer. And for vegetarians, paneer is the best food.

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