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Paneer Butter Masala | Butter paneer recipe – Perfect Restaurant style

Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer butter masala is a well known gravy based paneer recipe. Paneer Butter masala is also known as Paneer Makhani or Butter Paneer.

Enjoy the creamy and rich flavors of Paneer Butter Masala, with soft paneer in a tasty spiced gravy. It's an easy dish to make at home that tastes just like restaurant food!

Paneer Butter Masala - Pairs with what other items?

This curry is ideal for lunch or dinner time meal and it is usually served with Butter Paratha, Butter naan or Chapati (Roti).

The most popular pairing bread partner for Butter paneer is Parathas. Place your favourite pairing partner name in the comments below and also share how did you go with preparing this tasty Paneer sabzi.

For preparing Sweet or Drinks along with this recipe, check out our list of Sweets and Drinks section.

Cooking Method
Cuisine ,
Courses
Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 30 min Total Time: 45 mins
Servings 3
Best Season Suitable throughout the year
Paneer Butter Masala Ingredients
    For Tomato Onion gravy
  • 3 tablespoons Cooking oil
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 Small Cinnamon stick
  • 3 Cloves
  • 2 Cardamom (Elaichi)
  • 2 Dry Red Chillies
  • 2 tablespoons Red chilli powder (Kashmiri Mild)
  • 3 - 4 Small cut Ginger pieces
  • 1 Green chilli
  • 5 - 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 Onions
  • 12 Cashews
  • Water (as needed to achieve consistency)
  • Salt (as to taste)
  • 3 teaspoons Curd
  • 1/8 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 2 tablespoons Dry Coriander-Cumin powder
  • 5-6 Tomatoes
    • Paneer butter masala curry
  • 100 grams Unsalted Butter
  • 1 Onion
  • Salt (as to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sugar (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon Kasooru Methi (Dried fenugreek leaves)
  • 250 grams Cut pieces of Paneer (Cottage cheese)
Instructions
  1. Prepare Tomato Onion gravy

    Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan and add

    • 1 Bay leaf, small Cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 2 cardamom
    • 2 dry red chillies

    heat oil Spices Red chillies

    Mix & sauté then add

    • Red chilli powder
    • Ginger pieces, 1 green chilli and 5-6 garlic cloves

    Dry red chilli powder Green chilli ginger and garlic

    Mix & sauté then add

    • 1 -2 chopped onions
    • 12 Cashews
    • 1/4 cup water
    • Salt as to taste

    Add onions Cashews Add water Salt

    Mix and sauté until onions soften and then add

    • 3 tsp curd
    • 1/8 tsp Turmeric powder
    • 2 tbsp Coriander-cumin powder
    • 5-6 chopped tomatoes
    • 1/2 cup water

    Cooked onions Curd Turmeric Coriander-Cumin powder Tomatoes Add water

    Mix it, cover it & cook on a medium flame for 10-12 minutes until tomatoes soften.

    Cook till tomatoes soften

    Remove khada masala (spices such as bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamom) from mixture

    Remove Khada masala (hard spices)

    Let the mixture cool down

    Once mixture is cool, transfer to mixer jar, add 1/2 cup water and blend it to make puree for Paneer Butter masala curry.

    Transfer to mixer jar Add water Gravy ready

    Now, Paneer butter masala gravy/puree is ready.

  2. Cook Paneer Butter Masala with use of Onion tomato gravy

    Heat 3 tbsp or approx. 150 gram unsalted butter in a pan and add

    • 1 finely chopped onion
    • Salt (to taste)

    Unsalted butter finely chopped onions

    Mix and sauté onions well until turned lightly golden and then add,

    • 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
    • Onion tomato puree

    Saute well until onions golden brown Red chilli powder Add puree

    Mix well and cook for couple of minutes and then add,

    • Salt
    • 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
    • 1 tsp Kasoori methi (Dry Fenugreek leaves)
    • 250 gram Paneer cubes (Cottage cheese cubes) 
    • Add water to adjust consistency

    Mix well and cook Adjust salt and sugar Kasuri methi dry fenugreek leaves Add paneer cubes Adjust consistency with water

    Mix them all, cover it and cook for 10-12 minutes on a medium flame and then Butter Paneer masala should be ready to serve with garnishing of Coriander leaves on top.

    Cover cook Butter paneer cooked Paneer butter masala

Known as: Paneer butter masala recipe, Butter paneer recipe, Paneer masala recipe, पनीर बटर मसाला, बटर पनीर, Restaurant style paneer butter, Dhaba style butter paneer masala
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Once an IT consultant, now a culinary virtuoso and proud mom. Transitioning from code to cuisine, my blog aims to provide simple, easy-to-follow and detailed instruction steps for every recipe so anyone can prepare the dishes at a great taste like an experienced passionate cook.