Masala Recipe ✶ Paneer Butter Masala

This is a basic paneer dish that you get in most Indian restaurants. This goes well with either rice or naan.

Ingredients

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ pound paneer, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 tablespoon ground cashews
• 1 teaspoon ground red chiles
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• ½ cup half-and-half
• ½ cup milk
• ½ teaspoon white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt

Cooking Directions

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

Nutrition Facts

• calories469.3
• carbohydrateContent15.4 g
• cholesterolContent37.4 mg
• fatContent41.4 g
• fiberContent2.4 g
• proteinContent11 g
• saturatedFatContent11.7 g
• sodiumContent946.6 mg
• sugarContent6.9 g