Paneer Butter Masala And Butter Naan. Use ghee, replace the paneer with vegan cheese and the cream with almond cream. More a fan of rice than naan bread? Serve this paneer butter with cauliflower rice!

To make this paneer butter masala recipe, we start with boiling the tomatoes, onion, cashews, ginger and garlic. Paneer Butter Masala is a rich, creamy, Indian curry made with Paneer ( Indian Cottage Cheese ) Soft Paneer Cubes are cooked in a creamy curry made with tomatoes, butter, cream and cashews. It is mildly sweet & spicy flavour and pairs well with garlic naan & cumin rice. You can have Paneer Butter Masala And Butter Naan using 34 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Paneer Butter Masala And Butter Naan

It's of For Paneer Butter Masala......
It's 2 tbsp of butter.
Prepare 1 inch of Cinnamon stick.
You need 1-2 of Bay leaf.
You need 3-4 of Cloves.
It's 2-3 of Cardamom.
You need 1 cup of Chopped Onion.
Prepare 3 cups of Chopped tomatoes.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Chopped garlic.
Prepare 1 tbsp of chopped ginger.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.
It's 1 tbsp of Coriander powder.
It's 1 tbsp of Garam masala powder.
It's 1/4 cup of Cream.
You need to taste of Salt.
You need Handful of Cashew nuts.
You need 1 tbsp of sugar.
You need 2 cups of water.
Prepare as needed of Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing.
You need of Other ingredients.......
It's 500 gm of Paneer cubes.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of butter for shallow fry.
You need of For Butter Naan.........
Prepare 2 cups of Maida.
You need 2 tsp of Sugar.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of Baking soda.
You need 2 tbsp of Oil.
It's 1/2 cup of Fresh curd.
You need 1/4 tsp of Salt.
You need as needed of Lukewarm water to knead a soft and smooth dough.
Prepare of Other ingredients......
Prepare 3 tbsp of melted butter.
Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh chopped Coriander leaves.

Paneer or cottage cheese is a nutritious food with which you can make a variety of options. Just like paneer tikka, here is another popular variant named as Paneer Butter Masala, which is the vegetarian version of Butter Chicken Masala. It's a creamy-rich paneer recipe that can be easily prepared at home in just an hour. Serve this restaurant style paneer butter masala with any Indian flatbread. i.e.

Paneer Butter Masala And Butter Naan step by step

Preparation of Paneer Butter Masala.........Heat butter ina pan, add cardamom, bayleafs, cinnamon, cloves and stir for 15 seconds.
Now add chopped onions and cook for 5 minutes.
Add chopped garlic and ginger and cook for another 3 minutes.
Now add chopped tomatoes, salt and cashew nuts and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes.
Now add 2 cups of water and cover till tomatoes are mashy, remove from heat and let it cool for 15 minutes, remove the bayleafs.
Now using a blender blend it into paste and transfer it to a clean pan.
Bring it to a boil and add coriander powder, kashmir red chilli powder, garam masala powder, sugar and salt to taste, can add water if the curry is too thick.
In the mean time toast the paneer cubes with some buyer, toast until slightly golden.
Add the paneer cubes and toss gently, add cream and stir and remove from heat and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Preparation of Butter Naan........In a large mixing bowl, take maida, add salt, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, oil and curd.
Now mix all the ingredients nicely and crumble well till it holds the shape, then add lukewarm water as needed and knead it.
Add more water if required and knead till u get a soft and smooth dough.
Grease it with oil and cover with a plate and place it in a warm place for 2 hours.
After 2 hours, again knead the dough gently to release air.
Now take a ball sized dough for rolling naan, dust few flour and roll it with the help of rolling pin and sprinkle few coriander leaves.
Continue rolling the dough to an oval shape with the help of rolling pin, do not roll too thin or too thick, it should be in medium thickness and the size should be smaller than your tawa size.
Now flip the rolled naan and grease water all over the backside of naan, this helps the naan to stick to the tawa.
Gently pull the na anand place the greased side of naan on the tawa and avoid using non stick tawa.
Let it cook on medium flame till you see bubbles appearing on the top.
Now flip the tawa upside down and allow naan to cook directly on a medium - high flame till u see some charred brown spots on naan.
Again flip the tawa and with the help of spatula scrape the naan from the tawa and brush some butter over it, repeat same process and prepare all the balls.
Finally, serve hot or warm butter naan with Paneer butter masala.

Roti/Phulka, Garlic Butter naan regular or Butter Tandoori Roti, butter Naan, laccha paratha and Roomali Roti. Without a doubt, the dish goes best with zafrani pulao , plain rice, peas pulao or Jeera rice. Mean while the pulav gets ready, I prepared Paneer butter masala. When its done and if your family is also ready for lunch, lastly make Naan. Thats it, serve with dahi and pickle.