Shahi Paneer

30 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Roughly chop four tomatoes and two red onions.
  2. 2In a pan, heat up a teaspoon of oil and butter.
  3. 3Add whole spices and let them get fragrant.
  4. 4Add onions, tomatoes, optional chillies, cashews, cilantro stems, cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.
  5. 5Chop paneer into cubes.
  6. 6Remove bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom and blend the mixture until smooth.
  7. 7In a bowl, add yogurt and spices.
  8. 8Mix it up.
  9. 9Heat up oil and butter in a pan.
  10. 10Add green chillies, kashmiri red chilli, yogurt gravy, dried fenugreek leaves, cream and paneer.

Ingredients

  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 red onions
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 green cardamom pods
  • 1 black cardamom pod
  • 2 black peppercorns
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cloves
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp butter
  • 1 handful cashews
  • 1 handful cilantro stems
  • 1 handful green chillies
  • 1 handful red chillies
  • 1 block paneer
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 1 sugar
  • 1 salt
  • 1 garam masala
  • 1 cumin powder
  • 1 coriander powder
  • 1 turmeric
  • 1 red chilli powder (kashmiri)
  • 1 handful dried fenugreek leaves
  • 1 handful cream

Equipment

knifecutting boardpanblenderstrainerbowl