Paneer makhani

                            Serves - 4
Paneer makhani is a rich gravy cooked with cream and lots of butter. So diet conscious ppl watch out!!!!

Ingredients:

Paneer - 10 to 12 cubes

Butter -3 to 4 tbsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Cinnamon - 1 small stick

Cardamom -1

Cloves - 2

Jeera/ Cumin- 1 tsp

Fresh Cream - 3 to 4 tbsp

Cashew nut -6 to 7 nos

Onion -1 large size

Tomato -2 medium size

Red chilli powder -1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Cumin/ jeera powder -1/2 tsp 

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Kasoori Methi- 1 tsp

Coriander leaves - 1 tsp ( finely chopped )

Sugar - A pinch

Salt - To taste

Method:

• Blanch tomatoes , peel the skin and keep it ready
• In a pan add 1 tbsp of butter. Add whole garam masala, Cumin, roughly chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and saute for a while.
• When onion becomes soft add blanched tomatoes and cook well. Then add red chilli powder, Turmeric powder, Cumin powder and garam masala.
• Cook for 2 mins and then turn off the flame.
• When it cools down grind it to a fine paste.
• Now in a pan add add 2 tbsp of butter and add the makhani gravy in it. Then add Kasoori Methi followed by salt and a pinch of sugar.
•  Add water if you feel the gravy is too thick and cook for 5 mins.
• Then add paneer cubes.
• Turn off the flame and add 3 tbsp of fresh cream.
• Garnish it with Coriander leaves.

Notes :

• You can add half butter and half oil if you feel it's too much of butter.
• Do not skip the fresh cream.
• For diet conscious people you can replace oil for butter and milk for cream.
• But makhani gravy needs this richness.