Paneer Butter Masala - (Can be used for pizza)

By - MirchMasala

Ingredients:

(For marinade)

• 1/3 cup yoghurt
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tsp red chilli powder

• 2 tsp Garam Masala
• salt

Other Ingredients :

• 1 cup cubed paneer

• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 medium sized tomato, pureed

• 2-3 green chillies
• 2 cloves garlic - minced

• a few sprigs of cilantro, chopped

• few raisins
• 2 tsp ketchup
• 1/3 cup fresh cream
• butter/oil
• 1/2 inch piece of cinnamon

• 2 green cardamom pods

• 4-5 whole black pepper

• 1 star anise

• 1 bayleaf

• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds

• 2 tsp chilli powder

• 2 tsp Garam masala
• a few tsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)

• 1/2 tsp sugar

Method

• Marinate the paneer and keep aside for a couple of hours and then grill it in the oven in the broiler setting for 20 mins or so.

• Melt the butter or oil in a kadhai (indian style wok)
• Saute the onions, garlic and green chillies. Keep aside till cool.

• Grind them into a puree in a blender.

• Heat some more butter in the kadhai and splutter the fennel seeds in it.
• Add the raisins as well.
• Now add in the onion paste and saute for a while.
• Add the pureed tomato and cook for a while.
• Mix in the chilli powder, garam masala powder and let it cook a little more.

• Now add in the ketchup, cream and the paneer and sugar as well.

• Let it simmer for a while.
• Top it off with some kasuri methi and chopped cilantro.