Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 5.0 (70)

Shahi Paneer Recipe (Creamy Restaurant Style)

Name: Shahi Paneer Recipe (Creamy Restaurant Style)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: ½ cup onions (– chopped); 2 tablespoons cashews; 1 tablespoon almonds; 1 tablespoon muskmelon seeds (or cantaloupe seeds, without the skins (magaz)); ½ teaspoon or 3 to 4 small to medium sized cloves of garlic (– chopped); ½ teaspoon or 1 inch ginger (– chopped); 1.5 cups water; 3 tablespoons ghee ((clarified butter) or neutral tasting oil or butter); 1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander)); ¼ teaspoon garam masala; ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper); ½ cup or 125 grams curd ((yogurt), whisked till smooth); 1 to 1.5 cups water (or add as needed); ½ to 1 teaspoon sugar (or add as required); salt (as required); ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder; 15 to 20 strands saffron (- crushed lightly ); 200 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese)); 1 tablespoon heavy cream (or add as required, optional ); 1 teaspoon kewra water ((screwpine water) or rose water, optional); 1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf)); 2 to 3 cloves; 2 to 3 green cardamoms; 1 black cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon; ½ teaspoon caraway seeds ((shahi jeera))

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

17% of a 2,000 cal day

331KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat23g

29%

Saturated12g

59%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs21g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars15g

—

incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch3g

—

Sodium425mg

18%

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

A creamy Mughlai paneer curry made with a white gravy of onions, nuts, yogurt, cream, and fragrant spices. Serve with naan, roti, or rice for an elegant Indian dinner.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

½ cuponions — chopped
2 tbspcashews
1 tbspalmonds
1 tbspmuskmelon seeds — without skins, magaz, or cantaloupe seeds
½ tspgarlic — small to medium, chopped, 3–4
½ tspginger — chopped, 1 inch
1½ cupswater
3 tbspghee (clarified butter) — or neutral tasting oil or butter
1 tspcoriander powder (ground coriander)
¼ tspgaram masala
½ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper
125 gcurd (yogurt) — whisked until smooth, ½ cup
1–1½ cupswater
½–1 tspsugar
salt — as needed
¼ tspcardamom powder — ground
15–20saffron — lightly crushed
200 gpaneer (Indian cottage cheese)
1 tbspheavy cream — optional
1 tspkewra water (screwpine water) — or rose water, optional
1tej patta (Indian bay leaf)
2–3cloves
2–3green cardamoms
1black cardamom
1 inchcinnamon
½ tspcaraway seeds (shahi jeera)

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Method

40m total

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