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Butter Paneer Masal

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: High protein recipes, Paneer recipe, Vegetarian curry
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • handful cashew nuts, soaked,
  • 3 or 4 kashmiri chillis, soaked
  • 400 g paneer, marinated in a teaspoon of salt
  • 3 brown onions, sliced
  • oil for frying, use a flavourless oil like vegetable, peanut, rapeseed
  • 5 cloves garlic, crushed
  • Knob fresh ginger, grated
  • 4 fresh tomatoes, chopped
  • 3 tbsps ghee
  • big squirt tomato puree
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp green cardamom
  • pinch ground cloves
  • 2 tbsps cream or yoghurt
  • bunch fresh fenugreek leaves if you can
  • handful coriander, fresh

Instructions

  • First of all soak the cashew and dried chillies in a large cup of warm water
  • Also marinate the paneer in salt water (cover with salty water) to add in flavour. You don't have to do this though, you can just add it in as is.
  • Soften the onions in the oil on a medium low heat.
  • Add in the garlic and ginger.
  • Add in the fresh tomatoes, stirring. Cook for 10 minutes
  • Transfer everything to a blender, including the cashews, the chillies and the soaking water and whizz it up until smooth. This is your gravy.
  • In the same pan, melt the ghee, adding the tomato puree and the spices.
  • Pour back in the gravy.
  • Add the drained paneer chunks. Stir then add the cream and fenugreek.
  • Then serve hot with the coriander leaves on top, with rice or roti