Shahi Paneer

• Shahi Paneer as the name suggests is panner or cottage cheese cooked in a royal manner. It consists of a thick gravy and has a lot of tomatoes and cream. This tastes yummy with paratha and roti or Indian breads mostly.

  Ingredients :

  onion, chopped 1 no.

• Ginger, chopped ½” piece
• Tomatoes, skinned and seeded 1 no.
• Big cardamom, crushed 2 nos.
• Cinnamon stick 1/2″ pieces 2 nos.
• Paneer, cut into cubes 250 gms.
• Chili powder ½ tsp.
• Turmeric powder ½ tsp.
• Garam masala ½ tsp.
• Almond paste – 1 cup
• salt to taste

Preparation –

• Saute’ Chooped onions, ginger, garlic, cardamoms, and cinnamon sticks.
• Grind the saute’d masala into a fine paste.
• Saute again the ground masala with tumeric powder, chillie powder.
• When the masala starts to give off aroma, add the almond paste and saute some more.
• When the masala starts to leave the sides of the pan add tomatoes.
• Finally add the paneer and cilantro water for gravy.

Variations to the recipe: Just paneer looked very plain, so I added some peas to it. It brought out the color and also enhanced the sweetness of the almond paste.