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Weekend Recipe: Shahi Paneer, simply delicious

Shahi Paneer is an authentic and very flavourful dish. Try this one of the most popular North Indian vegetarian recipe with Chapati, Paratha or Butter Naan.

Deepa Gupta | New Delhi | February 17, 2018 10:26 am

Weekend Recipe: Shahi Paneer, simply delicious

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Fast and filling, this dish stirs cheese cubes, cream and cashew nuts paste rich tomato gravy. The gravy is not only rich but luscious and delicious too. And that’s really it:

Serves: 5

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Preparation time: 20 minutes.

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Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • Paneer                 250gms
  • tomatoes              6Medium
  • onions                  2Medium
  • Cashewnuts          8(Soaked for an hour and make a paste)
  • Besan                   1Tb sp
  • Dalchini sticks       2
  • Red chilli powder  1 tsp
  • salt                       1 tsp
  • Ghee                     1Tb sp
  • Cream                   1 small cup
  • Milk                       2 small cups
  • Fresh beaten curd   1 small cup

Method

  • Heat 1/2 Tbsp of ghee in a pan.
  • Add dalchini sticks and saute for a second. Add chopped onions in it and cook till onions turn golden brown.Then saute besan in it for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes saute and cover it for 10 minutes.:
  • Now uncover it and add curd. Cook for another 10-15 minutes.
  • Keep this aside and let it get cooled. After cooling grind it adding little water and strain it with the help of a sieve.
  • Take a separate pan.Heat 1/2 Tbsp of ghee. Add the strained puree in it. Cook it for 10 minutes.
  • Add chilli powder and salt in it.
  • Add cashewnut paste. cook for 5 minutes.
  • Turn off the fire. Add cream and milk to it.
  • Blend it with a handy mixer to get a smooth gravy.
  • Add paneer pieces cut in triangular shape. Garnish with cream.
  • Serve hot.

This is an authentic and very flavourful dish. Try this one of the most popular North Indian vegetarian recipe with Chapati, Paratha or Butter Naan.

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