Paneer Makhani Recipe / Make Restaurant Style Paneer Makhani At Home / Paneer Makhanwala

When I uploaded my last recipe, Pyazwali Bhindi one of my regular viewer (Harsimran Kaur Matharu) asked me to upload the recipe of Paneer Makhanwala / Paneer Makhani restaurant style to make at home. So here comes the recipe of Paneer Makhanwala / Paneer Makhani dedicated to my viewer Harsimran Kaur Matharu.

Paneer Makhani also known as Paneer Makhanwala is one such dish which is found in almost all the restaurant menus. It is a very rich recipe which paneer (cottage cheese) in a smooth and creamy gravy of tomatoes and fresh cream.

Paneer Makhani Recipe / Make Restaurant Style Paneer Makhani At Home

Yes you read it write it has only tomatoes and no onions. This is the only difference in Paneer makhani and Paneer Butter Masala. To add more more richness to the gravy put in some cashewnuts while grinding tomatoes to paste. The paste has to be very even and smooth without any pieces of tomatoes and cashewnuts.

For this you need to grind it well. If your paste is coarse, sieve it and you will a very smooth paste. These were some things you need to keep in mind while making Paneer Makhni or Paneer Makhanwala. 

For better understanding I have uploaded the recipe video below.

All the important points to remember you will find in the tips section after the method.

If you are looking for Paneer recipes then do visit my other Paneer related dishes Vegetable Paneer Salad, Matar Paneer, Kadai Paneer, Paneer Bhurji, Paneer Pudina

Ingredients:

2 cups Tomatoes (3 large Tomatoes) deseeded

250 gms Paneer (cottage cheese)

10 to 12 Cashewnuts

1 tbsp Butter

2 Green Cardamoms

1 inch Cinnamon stick

3 Cloves

1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste

1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli powder

½ tsp Sugar

½ tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Garam Masala powder

½ tsp Coriander powder

1 tsp Kasuri Methi

¼ cup Cream

½ cup Water

Method:

Firstly, soak the cashewnuts in water for about 30 minutes. In the meantime, deseed the tomatoes and chop them roughly. We need the gravy to be very smooth, hence deseeding is must.

deseeded tomatoes and soaked cashewnuts

Now make a paste of the deseeded tomatoes and soaked cashewnuts. 

puree

If your paste is coarse, then filter it.

In a pan, heat 1 tbsp butter. Add cloves, green cardamoms and cinnamon stick.

heat butter, add cloves, green cardamoms, cinnamon stick

When they begin to sputter and release its aroma, add in the ginger garlic paste.  Saute till the raw smell goes away.

ginger garlic paste

saute

Put in the tomato and cashewnuts puree.

tomato and cashewnuts puree

Saute for 5 minutes or until gravy thickens and the oil separates from the gravy.

saute

Now add in the red chilli powder, salt, garam masala powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder.

add dry spices

Saute till the raw smell of the spices goes away.

saute

Add water and when it comes to boil cover and cook on medium flame for about 10 minutes till the gravy thickens.

add water

simmer 10 min

Next add the cream and mix well.

add cream

mix well

Now add the kasuri methi and stir well.

kasuri methi

mix well

Furthermore add in the Paneer pieces and and very gently coat the paneer pieces with the gravy. Cook on medium to low heat for 2 minutes.

add paneer pieces

gently mix

Top with cream and Paneer Makhanwala or Paneer Makhani is ready to serve.

top with cream and ready to serve

Serve it hot with rotis, phulkas, naan, garlic naan, it also teams good with pulao or jeera rice.

Paneer Makhani Recipe / Make Restaurant Style Paneer Makhani At Home

Tips:

Use fully ripe red tomatoes.

Kashmiri red chilli powder has to be used as it gives the perfect color.

Soak the cashewnuts in water for 30 minutes before grinding as it gives a very smooth paste.

Filter the puree if not smooth

Adjust the water as per the consistency required.

To make it spicy add in some green chillies and/or hot red chilli powder.

Make this food-a-licious restaurant style Paneer Makhani / Paneer Makhanwala at home for your family and friends and do write in your experiences to us via comments.

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Easy Paneer Bhurji Recipe - Scrambled Cottage Cheese

Paneer bhurji is one of the easiest dishes of paneer. Again a north Indian Punjabi dish. Very easy to make with simple ingredients.

Easy Paneer Bhurji Recipe

As the name suggests, one just has to crumble the paneer and give it a Punjabi tadka. But I also like to add in some green peas. It adds to the taste as also the look.

You can serve it for breakfast with pav, or for the lunch and dinner with rotis, tandoori rotis or even naan. It goes well with almost all kind of breads.

I sometimes mix in some rice to it and make it bhurji pulav. It really tastes delicious. This is the fun of cooking, just think about the innovations and sky is the limit.

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So lets begin with our today's recipe of Paneer Bhurji, first with the ingredients.

Ingredients:

250 gms Paneer

1 Onion (finely chopped)

1 Tomato (finely chopped)

2 green Chillies (finely chopped)

1 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Red Chilli powder

1 tsp Jeera (cumin seeds)

1 tsp  Punjabi Garam Masala powder

2 tbsp Oil

Salt to taste


Method:

Heat oil in a a pan. Add cumin seeds (jeera) to it. 

heat oil and add cumin seeds

When the cumin seeds releases its aroma add in the chopped onions. 

add onions

Cook till the onions turns translucent and add green chillies to it.

add green chillies

Then add tomatoes to it. Cook till the tomatoes become soft, it would take about two minutes.

add tomatoes

Then add in the turmeric powder followed by the red chilli and garam masala powder.

add turmeric, red chilli pwd and garam masala powder

Mix well and put in the boiled green peas. 

add green peas

Then add the paneer, salt and mix well.

add cottage cheese( paneer) and salt

mix well

Cook covered for two minutes

cook on low flame for 2 minutes

Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

garnish with coriander

Tips:

Do not add in much spices. Keep it light.

Green peas are optional.

It can also be used as a sandwich stuffing by adding in some cheese.

Make a bhurji roll and pack it in the tiffin for your kids.



Make this Paneer bhurji for your loved ones and go food-a-licious with this very easy and simple yet healthy dish.

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