easy paneer butter masala without onion and garlic | paneer jain recipes
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 3 to mato (roughly chopped)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 pods cardamom / elachi
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 green chilli (slit)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 1 cup milk
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp sugar
- salt to taste
- ¼ cup cashew paste (prepared by blending 10 cashews)
- 9 cubes panner / cottage cheese
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves (crushed)
Method
- firstly heat kadai with 2 tbsp butter.
- saute in ½ ts jeera, 3 pods cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon and 1 bay leaf till they turn aromatic.
- additionally add 1 inch ginger and 1 green chilli. saute well.
- further add tomato puree and cook till oil releases from sides.
- further add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, ¼ tsp sugar and ½ tsp salt.
- saute on low flame for a minute or till spices get cooked well.
- keeping the flame on low add ¼ cup cashew paste and 1 cup of milk stirring continuously.
- additionally add 9 cubes panner.
- cover and simmer for 5 minutes or till panner gets cooked well completely.
- further add ¼ tsp garam masala and ½ tsp crushed kasuri methi. mix well.
- finally, serve paneer butter masala with tandoori roti or aloo kulcha.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.