“Shahi” means royal and as the name suggests, Shahi Paneer Masala is a royal dish made with cottage cheese cooked in rich gravy. A dish perfect to fit for Kings is served mainly with Indian Flat bread (Naan/Tandoori Roti).
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Shahi Paneer Masala Recipe
Recipe Type: Curry
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
Make a delicious curry with cottage cheese cooked in rich gravy and blend of spices.
Ingredients
- Paneer/Cottage cheese – 200 gm
- 1 Finely chopped Onion
- Tomato Purée – 1 cup (Pulse 3 ripe red tomatoes until smooth for purée)
- Grated Ginger – 1 tsp
- Chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp
- Chopped Cashews – 1/3 cup
- Fresh Cream – 1/2 cup
- Dry Fenugreek leaves/Kasuri methi – 1 tsp
- Garam Masala – 1 tsp
- Red chilly Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
- Shahi Jeera/Caraway seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Cooking Oil – 1 tbsp
Instructions
- Add chopped onions,ginger, cashews and garlic in a pan along with some water and boil it until onions are soft. Let it cool down and add to your blender and blitz it and keep it aside.
- Add 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan and when oil is warm add shahi jeera saute for few seconds.
- Now add onion paste and saute for few minutes till oil separates from the gravy.
- Add tomato purée, garam masala, turmeric powder, sugar, red chilly powder and mix it well. Lower the flame and let it cook for 2 minutes.
- Now add cream and mix well. Always blend the cream for few minutes before adding.
- Add paneer cubes and some water if you feel the gravy is too thick and mix well. Now add salt and cook it on low flame for few minutes.
- Add dried fenugreek leaves and cardamom powder and mix well. Transfer into a bowl and add some cream and coriander leaves for garnishing.
- You can serve this dish either with rice or flat bread.
Creamy and Yummy…
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What a refreshing blog. I love food, and it is always nice to add new recipes. It looks delicious.
Wow, that sounds so yummie 🙂
Looks tasty:-)
loks awesome have booked marked it and will try it over the weekend thanks 🙂
Tasty paneer dish looks really royal.
Delicious looking paneer masala ..yummy 🙂
This looks creamy and delicious!
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This recipes looks attractive and yummy! WIsh i can get just a bite 😀
This looks great! Wow, you'll have to make it for me one of these days!
Priya,
Awesome. I had more than a few servings of paneer masala during my recent Indian trip.
This sounds very good. I love Indian flatbread, and with the gravy … YUM. Thank you for sharing this. I will pass it on to my sister, who loves to cook and try new things. 😉
Priya, you made me hungry here!!!
it really looks so yumm.. wat a color.. such a royal make..
Priya, what a fantastic dish bursting with flavor. Beautiful blend of spices , cheese and tomatoes. I can't wait to make it! Thank you for sharing!