Sunday, January 2, 2011

Paneer Tikka Masala


Ingredients:
  1. Tomatoes (3)
  2. Onion (1)
  3. Capsicum (1)
  4. Paneer (1 big cube-cut into small pieces)
  5. Coriander cumin powder ( 2 spoons)
  6. Garam masala ( 2 spoons)
  7. Red chilli powder ( 1 spoon)
  8. Ginger Garlic paste(1 spoon)
  9. Butter (50 g)
  10. Cloves,bay leaves
  11. Curd/Whipped cream
  12. Cashews( 50 g)
  13. Sugar ( 1 spoon)
  14. Refined oil( 2 spoons) 
  15. Coriander leaves
Method:
1.Heat little oil and add the cut tomatoes and onions and saute well till onion turns transparent and golden brown.After it cools down,put the paste in mixie & grind to form a thick paste without adding water.
2.To Grind: Tomatoes+Onion+Cashews+sugar
3.Add butter to the kadai,put Ginger garlic paste,cloves,bay leaves.
4.Now add the ground paste and cook well.
5.Add the chopped capsicum pieces and cook till capsicum turns soft.
6.Add the coriander cumin powder,garam masala,salt &chilli powder.
7.Mix well, and let it cook till u can see oil.
8.Once this is done ,add 1 cup water and curd/cream as needed and cook for 3 minutes.
9.Garnish with coriander leaves.
10.Finally add the cut paneer cubes and mix it with the gravy.
11.Serve with Rotis/naan/fried rice.                                   

4 comments:

  1. Sowmi, one small suggestion. I would add Capsicum later. Capsicum taste and smell good when they are half cooked.

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  2. Yes,But if we add capsicum at the end,it will be hard when we bite it.As it has to blend in the smoothness of the gravy,i add it halfway through.

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  3. hey sowmi.. was searching for a panneer butter masala dish for quite some time online..then i came across ur blogspot and just now completed cooking this paneer tikka masala..i followed ur steps to the T, and it came out simply superb.. thanks to u... :-)

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