Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (349)

Paneer Butter Masala

Name: Paneer Butter Masala
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 18 to 20 cashews (- whole); ⅓ cup hot water (- for soaking cashews); 2 cups tomatoes (- diced, or 300 grams tomatoes or 4 to 5 medium sized, pureed); 1 inch ginger (- peeled and roughly chopped); 3 to 4 garlic cloves (- small to medium-sized, peeled); 2 tablespoons butter (or 1 tablespoon oil + 1 or 2 tablespoons butter); 1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf), optional); ½ to 1 teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (or deghi mirch or ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper or paprika); 1.5 cups water (or add as required); 1 inch ginger (- peeled and julienned, reserve a few for garnish); 1 or 2 green chili (- slit, reserve a few for garnish); 200 to 250 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese) - cubed or diced); 1 teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves ((kasuri methi) - optional); ½ to 1 teaspoon garam masala (or tandoori masala); 2 to 3 tablespoons light cream (or half & half or 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream - optional); ¼ to 1 teaspoon sugar (- optional, add as required depending on the sourness of the tomatoes); salt (as required); 1 to 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped, (cilantro) - optional); 1 inch ginger (- peeled and julienned); 1 tablespoon light cream (or 1 tablespoon heavy cream - optional); 1 to 2 teaspoons butter (- optional)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

16% of a 2,000 cal day

316KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat20g

26%

Saturated9g

46%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs22g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars17g

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incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch4g

—

Sodium462mg

20%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A rich North Indian curry with soft paneer cheese in a creamy tomato-cashew gravy. Lightly sweet and aromatic, served with rice or naan.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

18–20cashews
⅓ cuphot water
2 cups2 cups tomatoes, diced — or 300 grams tomatoes or 4 to 5 medium sized tomatoes, pureed
1 inchginger — peeled, roughly chopped
3–4garlic cloves — peeled, small to medium-sized
2 tbspbutter — or 1 tablespoon oil + 1 or 2 tablespoons butter
1tej patta (Indian bay leaf) — optional
½–1 tspkashmiri chilli powder — or deghi mirch or cayenne pepper or paprika
1½ cupswater
1 inchginger — peeled, julienned
1–2green chili — slit
200–250 gpaneer (Indian cottage cheese) — cubed or diced
1 tspdry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) — dried, optional
½–1 tspgaram masala — or tandoori masala
2–3 tbsplight cream — or half & half or heavy cream, optional
¼–1 tspsugar — optional
salt — as needed
1–2 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro) — chopped, optional
1 inchginger — peeled, julienned
1 tbsplight cream — or heavy cream
1–2 tspbutter — optional

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Method

40m total

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