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Paneer Curry Recipe | Tomato Cashew Based Paneer Curry Recipe | Special Desi Recipes

Paneer curry is a popular, rich, and flavourful dish in Indian cuisine and is loved for its creamy texture, balanced flavors, and versatility. The curry is made by cooking paneer cubes in a rich, creamy, and aromatic gravy typically made with tomatoes, cashews, onions, ginger, garlic and a blend of herbs and spices like curry leaves, kasoori methi, garam masala, and coriander powder. It can be enjoyed with naan, roti, steamed rice, or flavored rice.

Paneer Curry - with detailed photo and video recipe. Soft and smooth paneer in creamy, tasty gravy done with tomato and cashew. Vegetarians super recipe paneer curry. They are many different recipes of preparing paneer curry but this curry is the very flavourful and tasty recipe. This recipe is almost the same as paneer labaddar but this without sweet taste.

For this recipe, everything is boiled and then pureed. This makes the gravy very smooth and silky. Adding of cashew and fresh cream makes the gravy more tasty and smooth. In this recipe, I used fresh cream/malai and fresh butter of homemade. Butter tempering makes the curry more aromatic and tasty with fresh curry leaves along with the kasoori methi.

Few don't like the smell of the paneer. For them here is a small trick, boil the sufficient water along with salt, when water gets boiled off the flame and add the paneer cubes and rest for about 5 Minutes. Or by marinating and resting the paneer for about 10 minutes also removes the light smell of the paneer but not completely.

Finally, I want to highlight one of my paneer recipe like

Methi Paneer Recipe ( Click Here ) is a healthy and nutritional recipe. Fenugreek leaves( methi ) as the benefits of reducing blood sugar levels and lowering inflammation and cholesterol levels. The other ingredient used in this recipe is paneer, is rich in protein and had many nutritional benefits. These two healthy ingredients are added up with onions, tomatoes, and cashews for a more nutritionally rich, creamy gravy.

Ingredients:

Tomato Cashew Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 4
• Garlic Cloves - 15
• Cashew - 15
• Cardamom - 3
• Cloves - 10
• Dry Red Chillies - 2
• Ginger - 1 Inch
• Water - 1 1/2 Cups

Paneer Curry Ingredients:

• Paneer Cubes - 180 g
• Grated Paneer - 3 Tbsps.
• Oil - 2 Tbsps.
• Shahjeera - 1 Tsp.
• Green Chillies - 3
• Onions - 2
• Salt - 1 Tsp.
• Curry Leaves
• Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp.
• Coriander Leaves

Butter Tempering Ingredients:

• Butter - 1 Tbsp.
• Kasoori Methi - 1/2 Tbsp.
• Curry Leaves

Preparation:

Tomato-Cashew Preparation:

• In a pan add oil.
• Then add chopped tomatoes, garlic cloves, cashews, ginger, cardamom, cloves, and water.
• Mix well and bring to boil.
• Close and cook for about 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, tomatoes and everything is cooked well.
• Remove and blend to smooth paste.

Paneer Curry Preparation:

• In a pan add oil.
• Then add shahjeera, then add green chilies, onions, and salt.
• Mix well and saute.
• When onions change color, then add curry leaves and turmeric powder.
• Mix well and saute. 
• Then add red chili powder and coriander powder and mix well.
• Saute well, then add the tomato-cashew puree.
• Mix well and saute well.
• Saute well till it becomes thick then add water and mix well.
• When everything is cooked well then add paneer and grated paneer.
• Close and cook for about 10 minutes.
• In the meanwhile, Prepare the butter tempering.
• In a pan add butter then add kasoori methi and curry leaves.
• Mix well and saute till it releases the aroma.
• Remove and add to the paneer curry.
• Along with butter tempering, add fresh cream and mix well.
• Again close and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• After 5 minutes, add coriander leaves and mix well.
• Then remove and serve hot.
• Paneer curry goes well either with plain rice or even with roti.

Detail Photo Recipe Of Paneer Curry

Tomato-Cashew Preparation:

• In a pan add oil.
• Then add chopped tomatoes, garlic cloves, cashews, ginger, cardamom, cloves, and water.
• Mix well and bring to boil.

• Close and cook for about 10 minutes.

• After 10 minutes, tomatoes and everything is cooked well.

• Remove and blend to smooth paste.

Paneer Curry Preparation:

• In a pan add oil.
• Then add shahjeera, then add green chilies, onions, and salt.

• Mix well and saute.

• When onions change color, then add curry leaves and turmeric powder.

• Mix well and saute. 
• Then add red chili powder and coriander powder and mix well.

• Saute well, then add the tomato-cashew puree.

• Mix well and saute well.

• Saute well till it becomes thick then add water and mix well.

• When everything is cooked well then add paneer and grated paneer.

• Close and cook for about 10 minutes.

• In the meanwhile, Prepare the butter tempering.
• In a pan add butter then add kasoori methi and curry leaves.

• Mix well and saute till it releases the aroma.

• Remove and add to the paneer curry.
• Along with butter tempering, add fresh cream and mix well.

• Again close and simmer for about 5 minutes.

• After 5 minutes, add coriander leaves and mix well.

• Then remove and serve hot.
• Paneer curry goes well either with plain rice or even with roti.