Shahi Paneer

 

Today I am going tell you how to prepare Shahi Paneer.It's very easy just you have to just follow some simple steps. But before you prepare it make sure the paneer will fresh and soft. To check the paneer you take one bite of it and taste it, it shouldn’t be sour. 

Ingredients:

250 gms paneer (cut into cubes)

2 cardamom

2 bay leaves

1 Onion (grated)

2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

2 Cinnamon stick

1/2 cup curd

1/4 cup Milk

1/4 cup Cashew paste

3 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp roasted fenugreek powder

1 tsp garam masala powder

1 tsp hot (tikha) red chilli powder

1/2 tsp Salt (as per taste)

1 tsp Sugar

1 tsp Butter

2-3 cilantro leaves

Preparation method:

Cut paneer into cubes. Take a pan put some oil in it and heat for sometime then shallow fry paneer cubes in medium flame.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cardamom, cinnamon stick and bay leaves and fry them. Now add onion paste and ginger- garlic paste and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder and fenugreek powder. Add little water and fry the masala until oil gets separated from it.

Add beaten curd, tomato sauce, cashew nut paste and salt. Stir well and cook it for 9 to 10 minutes. Now add paneer pieces, garam masala, milk and sugar and stir again. Cover the pan and let it cook for another 6 minute in medium flame. When the gravy becomes little thick, turn off the flame and add butter in that.  

Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with nan, roti or any rice item.