Steps to Make Cottage cheese Butter Masala in 25 Minutes for Young Wife

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Paneer butter masala is a very popular dish in India. Paneer (cottage cheese), protein rich food when combined with butter doubles its taste and goodness. Paneer butter masala made in restaurant style.

Cottage cheese Butter Masala is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Cottage cheese Butter Masala is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage cheese butter masala using 22 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage cheese Butter Masala:

1. Prepare 250 gms cottage cheese, cubed into 1-inch pieces
2. Get 1 medium Tomato
3. Take 2 medium Onions
4. Prepare 5-6 Cashew Nuts
5. Make ready 1 teaspoon Coriander Seeds, roasted
6. Make ready 1-2 Cloves
7. Make ready 1/2 piece Bay Leaf A small piece of Cinnamon Stick
8. Make ready 2 Green Cardamoms
9. Take 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
10. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
12. Take 1/2 teaspoon Coriander Powder
13. Make ready 1 drop Red Food Colour, optional
14. Make ready 1/3 cup Curd (not sour)
15. Prepare 1/3 cup Warm Water
16. Get 1/2 teaspoon Sugar, optional
17. Make ready 2 tablespoons Fresh Cream
18. Get 1/4 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
19. Take 2-3 strands Saffron, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water, optional
20. Get 3 tablespoons Cooking Oil or Ghee (clarified butter)
21. Prepare to taste Salt
22. Get 1-2 teaspoons fresh cream,grated cheese, coriander garnishing

Paneer butter masala, is a delicious and creamy Indian dish. It has a rich flavor, texture, aroma and color. This dish tops the list in all Indian restaurants, but wouldn't it be simple if we make the same dish at home, it would be more healthy too!! Paneer butter masala is a very popular Punjabi curry.

Instructions to make Cottage cheese Butter Masala:

1. Grind cashew nuts with roasted coriander seeds into smooth powder and keep aside until required.
2. Blanched onion to medium coarse paste in a grinder.
3. Heat oil in a kadai (or pan) over medium flame. - Add cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and green cardamom. - When they begin to crackle, add crushed onion. - Stir-fry until it becomes light brown for approx. 3-4 minutes.
4. Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, a drop of red food colour, cashew nut powder and stir-fry for a minute.
5. Add crushed tomato puree and salt. - Stir-fry for 2-minutes. - Add curd, sugar and 1/3 cup warm water.
6. Mix them and let mixture boil until oil starts to separate.
7. Takeaway kadai from flame and let the mixture cool for 5 minutes.
8. Discard whole spices (cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and green cardamom), transfer mixture to a blender jar and blend it to smooth puree in blender or food processor.
9. Again, transfer it to same kadai and place on the gas.
10. Add fresh cream, garam masala powder and dissolved saffron. - Mix well and cook for a minute. - Add cottage cheese cubes and mix properly to coat them with gravy.
11. Garnish it with fresh cream, grated cheese and coriander leaves serve hot with naan.

Usually it is made with onion base to make it creamy and thick. Add salt ,sugar,fresh cream and cottage cheese(paneer) pieces. In this popular recipe chunks of fresh cottage cheese are cooked in a rich creamy onion tomato masala and a good dose of butter, only to be finished off with another dollop of fresh cream. Along with crisp rotis it is a perfect meal for any occasion. Paneer butter masala is soft cubes of Indian cottage cheese in a finger-licking' nutty-buttery sauce!

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