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Shahi Paneer Masala

About the recipe

Shahi Paneer Masala is a luxurious and creamy dish, loved by my Indian colleague and highly recommended for any lover of Indian cuisine!

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Servings:

4 persons

Region:

Asia

Kitchen:

Indian

Working hours:

40 min

Total preparation:

50 min

Course/dish:

Side dish

M, f, v or v

Vegan

Material:

-

Season:

-

Complexity:

Simple

Ingredients and supplies

  • 2 to 4 tbsp ghee (or clarified butter) we used sunflower oil.
  • 200 g paneer (If you can't buy it, you can also use a young meltable soft cheese).
  • 2 onions
  • 5 tbsp curd/curd/tirkse yoghurt deer
  • 100 g cashew nuts
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 2 red chili peppers
  • 2 cm ginger
  • 10 cloves of garlic
  • 10 grains of black pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 small cardamoms
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tbsp garam masala
  • 0.5 tsp red chili powder
  • 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
  • 0.5 tsp coriander powder
  • 0.5 tsp fenugreek

Other requirements: saucepan, saucepan, hand blender or blender

Prep-work

Onion Paste

  • chop the onions coarsely
  • mix in a mixing bowl
  • place the hand blender on top and make a smooth mass
  • put in bowl

Tomato/chili paste

  • roughly chop the tomatoes and chili
  • put in mixing bowl
  • place the hand blender on top and make a smooth mass

Ginger/garlic paste

  • grate the ginger and then the garlic
  • put in bowl

Cashew nuts

  • put it in boiling water for 5 to 7 minutes
  • pour off
  • puree into a paste
  • put in bowl

Paneer

  • Cut the paneer into cubes

Cut the red chili peppers into small pieces

Preparation

  • Take the frying pan and add the ghee/butter, put on medium high heat/heat.
  • Add the onion paste.
  • Bake the mixture until it becomes light brown.
  • Then add the ginger/garlic paste and fry briefly.
  • Add the;
    1 tbsp cumin powder,
    10 crushed black peppercorns,
    3 cloves,
    1 bay leaf,
    3 small cardamoms, crushed,
    2 crushed black cardamoms,
    1 cinnamon stick
    the chili powder.
  • Fry and stir regularly for about 10 minutes.
  • Add the tomato/chili paste.
  • Add the chili powder and turmeric powder and stir well.
  • Add the cashew nuts and let it simmer for a while (5 minutes) (stirring).
  • Stir! Keep stirring!
  • Add coriander powder and the curd.
  • Add the fenugreek and 2 tbsp garam masala.
  • Stir! Keep stirring! Every 2 minutes for 10 minutes (so 5 times).
  • If the mixture is too thick, you can add some cream, milk or ... water.
  • Add the small cubes of paneer and ....

....and that's it.

KPK

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3 februari 2024

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