Butter Paneer Masala

An Indian dish with paneer (Indian fresh cheese) in a creamy tomato-cashew sauce.

servings
4
Prep time
25 minutes
Cook time
35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 3 el Butter
  • 3 cardamom pods
  • 60 g Cashew nuts
  • 1 el chili powder
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 6 Cloves
  • 3 el cream
  • 1 el Garam Masala
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 cm Ginger
  • 1 onion
  • 200 g Paneer
  • 100 g peas
  • 200 ml puréed tomatoes
  • 1 el Salt
  • 2 el Tomato paste
  • 1 el Turmeric
  • 200 ml water

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Soaking cashews

  2. Step 3

    Chop the onions and sauté

  3. Step 2

    Press garlic into the pan with the onions. Grate ginger and sauté briefly as well. Then deglaze with the crushed tomatoes.

  4. Step 4

    Add half of the cashews to the sauce.

  5. Step 6

    Puree the sauce from the pan.

  6. Step 7

    Melt butter in a pan with the spices and sauté briefly. Then add the puréed sauce and 200ml of water.

  7. Step 8

    Let the sauce simmer and add spices

  8. Step 5

    Cut the paneer into cubes and add it

  9. Add peas.

  10. Step 10

    Refine cream

  11. Step 11

    Serve