Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, paneer tikka masala. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Paneer Tikka Masala is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Paneer Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Paneer floats in a perfectly seasoned, creamy sauce in this traditional Indian recipe for paneer tikka masala. This restaurant style Paneer Tikka Masala recipe is brimming with bright flavors from the spiced tomato onion curry sauce and delightfully marinated grilled cottage cheese. While this dish may be considered a labor of love, the time and effort are well worth it! This delicious traditional Punjabi dish is something the whole family will love.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook paneer tikka masala using 34 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Paneer Tikka Masala:
- Make ready For the Paneer Tikka
- Make ready 200 gm Paneer cut into squares
- Get 1/4 cup thick curd
- Get 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Make ready 3/4 tsp salt
- Take 1 1/2 tsp dhaniya powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder degi mirch
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Get 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi
- Make ready 1 tbsp roasted besan/ gram flour
- Get 1 tbsp mustard oil
- Take 1/4 cup onion squares (3/4 inch)
- Take 1/4 cup tomato squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
- Get 1/4 cup green bell pepper squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
- Get For the gravy
- Get 6-7 tbsp oil
- Take 1 bay leaf/ tej patta
- Take 2 green cardamom/ hari Elaichi
- Take 1 black cardamom / badi Elaichi
- Get 1 inch piece of cinnamon/ dalchini
- Make ready 1 large onions sliced
- Prepare 1 large tomato chopped roughly
- Make ready 10-12 cashew nuts soaked for 2-3 hours
- Take 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Get 2 medium onions chopped finely
- Prepare 1 large tomato chopped finely
- Prepare 2 tsp dhaniya powder
- Prepare 2 tsp jeera powder
- Take 1 tsp garam masala
- Get 1 tsp degi mirch red chilli powder
- Get 1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- Take 1 tsp kasoori methi
- Take 2-3 tbsp chopped green coriander
Perfect for a cold night, it makes a filling meal when served over basmati rice or jeera rice. It also pairs well with naan or roti. Paneer Tikka Masala is a popular Indian curry where marinated pieces of paneer are simmered in a tomato based creamy curry. This dish goes extremely well with naan or paratha!
Instructions to make Paneer Tikka Masala:
- Lets first make the gravy. the gravy is a combination of 2 onion tomato masalas which is what makes it so different and delicious
- To make the gravy, heat 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai, add bay leaf, green cardamom, black cardamom, and cinnamon. Add the oinons and saute till onions turn light golden. Now add the tomatoes and cook till oil is released. you can add green chilies to this masala along with the tomatoes if you like to eat spicy food.
- Remove the bay leaf, black cardamom and cinnamon. Add the onion tomato masala to a grinder jar along with soaked cashews. Add some water and grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- In the same kadai add 3 tbsp of oil. Add the jeera let it turn golden. Add ginger garlic paste. After 30 seconds add the finely chopped onion. cook till onion turns light brown. now add the finely chopped tomatoes. cook till all the oil is released and tomatoes are mushy. now add all the dry spices like garam masala, degi mirch, dhaniya powder, jeera powder and salt. Mix well.
- Once the oil is released add the masala paste we made earlier to this masala. Mix well. Sprinkle kasoori methi and mix. Add 1 & 1/4 cup of water bring to a boil on low heat. Keep aside.
- For the Paneer tikka, Mix all the ingredients leaving out the paneer and the vegetables in a bowl. Now add the Paneer and the vegetables. mix gently and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour pick up the Paneer pieces carefully and pierce them in a metal skewer. Also add some onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Hold the skewer on an open gas flame till black spots appear on the paneer and vegetables. Keep rotating the skewer. repeat till all the vegetable pieces are grilled.
- Now to finish, heat the gravy a little incase it has become thick add water to adjust the consistency. Add the grilled Paneer and vegetables to the gravy. Mix very gently. Cook on very low heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped green coriander. Serve hot with tandoori roti or paratha.
Paneer Tikka Masala is a popular Indian curry where marinated pieces of paneer are simmered in a tomato based creamy curry. This dish goes extremely well with naan or paratha! You know the most famous Indian food in the world? It's Chicken Tikka Masala, at least that's what I have read. Paneer tikka masala is a vegetarian version of the world famous chicken tikka masala.
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