SHAHI PANEER RECIPE – Restaurant Style

2016-08-30
  • Yield : 1 big Bowl
  • Servings : 4 - 5 people
  • Prep Time : 30m
  • Cook Time : 30m
  • Ready In : 1:30 h

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE THE RECIPE:

 

300 – 400 Gms Paneer / Cottage Cheese

* Base Sauce ( Makhni Gravy)

** Ground Spice Mix (written below)

*** Whole Spice Mix(written below)

50 Gms Butter

1 Tbsp Fresh Cream

½ tsp Garam Masala

1 tsp Kasturi Methi

 

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE BASE SAUCE:

 

250 gms or 2 Mid – Size Onions

750 Gms or 8 – 10 Mid – Size Tomatoes

5 – 7 Garlic Pods

1.5 Inch Ginger

3 Green Chilli

** Ground Spice Mix (written below)

*** Whole Spice Mix(written below)

2 Tbsp Ghee (for whole spices)

2 Tbsp Oil ( for Ground Spice Mix)

20 Gms or 20 Cashews

2 tsp Salt (or as per taste)

2 tsp Sugar (add less if you like spicy)

1 Tbsp Honey (add less if you like spicy)

1 Tbsp Lemon Juice or ¼ tsp Citric Acid

2.5 Cups water

1 Cup Milk

 

*INGREDIENTS TO MAKE WHOLE SPICE MIX:

 

5 – 6 Elaichi or Green Cardamom

2 Badi Elaichi or Black Cardamom

2 Cinnamon Sticks or Dal Chini

4 – 6 Laung or Cloves

4 – 6 Black Peppecorns or Kali Mirch

1 Bay Leaf or Tej Patta

 

**INGREDIENTS TO MAKE GROUND SPICE MIX

 

½ tsp Turmeric Powder or Haldi Powder

3 tsp Coriander Powder or Dhaniya Powder

½ tsp Roasted Cumin Powder or Bhuna Jeera Powder

2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder or Deggi Mirch

2 tsp Roasted Gram Flour or Roasted Besan

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE THE RECIPE :

 

KEY POINTS

  • you dont need to chop onions and tomatoes very fine
  • make sure to reduce the base sauce till half
  •  cook on a low flame while making the base sauce
  • cook all the spice very well to extract flavours
  • let the base sauce cool down after completion
  • add the butter at the end 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipe Comments

Comments (4)

  1. posted by Heena on August 30, 2016

    How much kharboojay seeds to be added in place of kaju ?

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  2. posted by Jayant Shaligram on September 10, 2016

    It’s amazing. Bharat this is the best recipe that I was able to reproduce. Thanks to you Bharat.

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  3. posted by Megna on September 28, 2016

    Will try this one too… Thanks… Was also searching for egg curry if you have posted that

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