Paneer Butter Masala - Restaurant Style

A really quick and easy way to prepare paneer butter masala at home

Recipe source: vahrehvah.com


Preparation Time:5 minutes*
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 - 3
* Fried onions & Tomato puree and readily available


Ingredients:
Tomato ketchup: 1 tablespoon
Cubed paneer: 1 cup (See here for homemade paneer recipe)
Fried Onions: 1/2 cup
Ginger minced: 1 tablespoon
Tomato puree/tomato sauce: 1 cup
Chilli powder: 1 tsp
Coriander powder: 1 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1/2 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Butter: 2 tablespoon
Kasoori methi: 1 tablespoon
Sugar: 1/2 tsp
Evaporated milk: 5 oz can
Oil: 2 tsp


Procedure:
Step 1:
Put the paneer in boiling water for 5 minutes so that the paneer becomes soft

Step2:
Heat 2 tsp of oil in a non stick tawa and fry the paneer until golden brown. Drain them in a paper towel

Step3:
Mix together chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, sugar, garam masala powder, crushed fenugreek, tomato sauce/puree, tomato ketchup, half of evaporated milk and mix it well

Step4:
Heat 2 tablespoon of butter and saute the minced ginger for a couple of minutes

Step5:
Crush the fried onions and add it

Step6:
Now add the wet ingredients and cook until the butter separates out (It should take less than 10 minutes)

Step7:
Now add the fried paneer and the remaining evaporated milk and mix it

Step8:
Garnish with coriander leaves

Notes:

• If  fried onions are not available, chop the onions finely and saute until it becomes translucent.
• If tomato sauce is not available, use tomato puree. Boil 3 tomatoes and peel them.Puree it in a blender
• Instead of evaporated milk, whole milk can also be used. Evaporated milk gives a creamy texture
• Can also use fresh cream for garnishing
• The original recipe uses minced garlic along with ginger. I omitted this. But still it tasted like the restaurant one

Check the recipe for Paneer Butter Masala made with fresh ingredients.

This is a perfect accompaniment for Naan.