Shahi Paneer Recipe

How to make Shahi Paneer
Recipe Source- Sanjeev Kapoor

Ingredient needed

Paneer/ Cottage Cheese – 175 grams (I used homemade paneer)
Onion – 2 medium
Green chilli -1
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Oil -1 tbsp

Cloves – 2
Cinnamon -1 inch piece
Bay leaf -1

Cashew nuts -25 grams
White pepper powder – as required
Plain whisked Yogurt/Curd -1/4 cup
Fresh cream – 1/4 cup
Garam masala -1/4 tsp
Cardamom powder – a generous pinch

Preparation

Peel the skin and cut onion into 4 pieces and boil them in 1/4 cup of water till it changes color. After it cools, drain the water and grind it to a paste with green chillies.

Soak cashew nuts in hot water for 15 minutes and grind it to a paste.

Cut paneer into cubes and keep it aside.

Method

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

Add cashew nut paste, white pepper powder, little water and cook on low flames till it starts thickening.

Add yogurt and cook for a few more minutes.

Then add paneer cubes, needed salt, water, garam masala powder and mix well. Cook for a few more minutes till everything gets blended well.

Mix in cream, sprinkle cardamom powder and serve hot with pulao or roti or naan.

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