Original Recipe: Cooking 4 all Seasons

Serves - 4
Preparation Time - 15 mins
Cooking Time - 15 mins
Cuisine - Punjabi

Ingredients needed:

For Gravy

Homemade Paneer - 250 gms
Onions - 2 big
Tomatoes - 3 big
Ginger - 2 inch
Garlic - 4 pods
Cashew Nuts - 10 nos
Milk - 100 ml
Butter - 100 gms
Red colour - a pinch
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Roasted Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

For Garnishing:

Onions - 1 medium
Green Chillies - 2 - 3 slit

Optional Garnishing:
Capsicum - 1 medium
Fenugreek seeds - few
Kasthuri M ethi leaves

Method to prepare:

Follow the steps as explained for max time saving on cooking and cleaning...:)

First take the ingredients needed for gravy, cut onions, ginger, garlic and grind to a fine paste. Remove and then make puree of Tomatoes. Grind the cashew nut coarsely.

Then take the ingredients kept for Garnishing. Cut Paneer into cubes, finely chop the onions, slit the green chillies.

Heat required amount of butter in the cooking pan. Fry each of the above ingredients. Onions should be crispy. Paneer should be fried to light golden colour. Keep these aside.


Take the pan that's already used for frying, add 80 gms of butter, fry the onion paste. Sauté well to ensure it does not get burned.

Once its cooked well, add chilli powder. Cook till oil comes out, simmer the flame. Add milk slowly and cook for 5 mins. Then add coarsely ground cashew nuts.

Cook Once cooked for a while, add tomato puree, cumin pw, Salt, sugar, garam masala, Orange colour. Bring to boil. Add required amount of water. Let it cook on high flame for few mins.


Then add fried onions, paneer cubes, green chillies, and cook for 10 mins. Add the remaining butter.

Kasthuri methi can be added at this stage. and cook it covered.

I normally don't add fenugreek or capsicum but add more number of green chillies as hubby dear likes to munch on green chillies. This can be changed according to ones preference.

This tastes yummy with parotta...well writing this has given me the boost required to prepare this tonight for dinner........

For pictures check out here: Paneer Butter Masala Close