Paneer Butter Masala

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Paneer butter masala is a delicious rich and creamy vegetarian Indian curry. This recipe is easy to make at home in just 30 minutes with cubes of paneer, onions, cashews, and Indian spices in a buttery tomato sauce.

Prep
34 min
Cook
110 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; fry paneer in batches until golden, about 5 minutes.
  3. 3 Transfer fried paneer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, retaining vegetable oil in skillet.
  4. 4 Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
  5. 5 Add ginger paste and garlic paste. Continue to cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more.
  6. 6 Stir cashews, ground red chiles, cumin, coriander, and garam masala into the onion mixture. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
  7. 7 Stir tomato sauce, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and salt into spice mixture; simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.
  8. 8 Reduce heat to low. Add fried paneer and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes more.

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