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Shahi paneer recipe - Delicious, rich & creamy restaurant style shahi paneer. Shahi dishes originated in the royal kitchens of the Mughals and were meat based. Shahi paneer is popular in the Indian restaurants & is made in several ways.

Shahi Paneer is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Shahi Paneer is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have shahi paneer using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shahi Paneer:

1. Prepare 250 grams malai paneer, should be soft, rich and cut into cubes
2. Get 150 ml water
3. Get 1/2 cup fresh cream or Masai extracted from fresh boiled milk
4. Get 1/2 cup full cream curd
5. Prepare 2 tbsp red chilli powder
6. Make ready 2 tbsp red Kashmiri chilli powder
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp brown sugar or normal white sugar
8. Prepare 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
9. Get 2 tbsp kasuri methi / dry leaves of fenugreek
10. Take 2 medium size onions, cut in 4-8 pieces
11. Take 2 medium tomatoes cut into 8 pieces
12. Make ready to taste Salt
13. Make ready 6-8 black pepper corns
14. Take 2-3 small bay leaves
15. Prepare 1/4 cup cashews
16. Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds
17. Get 1 tbsp coriander powder
18. Prepare 1 tsp garam Masala
19. Take 3-4 green cardamom
20. Get 2 tsp turmeric powder
21. Get 3 tbsp vegetables oil
22. Take 2 tbsp ghee / butter / clarified butter
23. Take Masala for gravy
24. Prepare Add all dry spices except salt in curd and mix it well and keep aside

Originating from the royal kitchens, this Mughlai Shahi Paneer is prepared using a lot of curd or yoghur and dry fruits, which mainly includes cashews and almonds. Paneer is derived from the Persian word for cheese, and shahi is the term for royal (in reference to the Imperial Court of the Mughal Empire). Similar dishes include paneer butter masala and kadai paneer. How to make Shahi Paneer.-Paneer cooked in a rich yogurt and cream based gravy. paneer pieces are simmered in flavorful and aromatic gravy.

Instructions to make Shahi Paneer:

1. Heat oil and ghee together and the add onions, fry for 2 minutes and then add whole spices
2. Fry for few 2-4 minutes, and Ginger-garlic paste, keep stirring
3. Don’t fry onions too much, just fry till they are pink, then add chopped tomatoes, add very little water like spray and avoid tomatoes pieces to stick.
4. Add Masala paste which is soaked and mixed in curd, keep stirring and some water if it is sticking.
5. Add cashews and fry for 1 minutes, cover the lid for 5 minutes on low flame
6. Now it is time to remove from heat, cool for 2 minutes and blend it with a blender (not to be very fine blending) some people drain the gravy after blending but I avoid that to get the mild creamy and coarse flavour instead of very fine/ smoothie type gravy. Dhaba style is little coarse and not too fine.
7. As kasuri method, crushed by hands and add paneer cubes and let it simmer for 5 minutes
8. For tadka (use brown sugar as mentioned in ingredient list) caramelised it in a ladle or frying pan, add 1 tsp oils or ghee heat it and then add Kashmiri red chilli powder.. don’t burn it, immediately put it on gravy till it is red.
9. After putting tadka, stir gently avoid breaking paneer cubes
10. Now final touch of cream, I whipped cream with one spoon of milk and curd both.
11. Ready to with naan or paratha

Shahi paneer is a delicious creamy gravy made with paneer. The creaminess comes from onions, nuts and curd. This is one of the popular and rich paneer recipe. Shahi means royal and as the name suggest this is a royal paneer dish. The original shahi paneer is from Mughalai cuisine.

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