How to Make Shahi Paneer

Welcome to my kitchen, today we will make Shahi Paneer.

Shahi Paneer is a popular dish of Mughlai cuisine. and has a very unique taste in it. It’s an aromatic main dish recipe. paneer, yogurt, milk, fresh cream and a paste made of almonds, cashews, and onions are added to make this dish royal and rich.

In North India, be it a wedding party or a celebration. Shahi paneer has been a major dish.

Shahi paneer is not only a Mughal-era dish but even today it is considered to be the most special.

At home, you can make restaurant-style Shahi Paneer from easy way, so let's see what will be needed for Shahi Paneer?

  

Ingredients for Shahi Paneer

• 250-300 gram Paneer, cut into the cube shape
• ½ cup Curd
• 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• ¼ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon shahi masala or garam masala
• 1 pinch saffron and milk
• Salt according to your taste.
• Ghee or Oil
• 2-4 drops kewra water
• Water according to your needed
• 3-4 tablespoon cream
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2-3 cloves
• 1-2 inch cinnamon
• 10-12 whole cashew nuts split
• 8-10 almonds
• 2-3 green cardamoms
• 2-4 green chili
• 2 medium size onion cut into cube
• 2-3 tomatoes cut into cube

Step by Step methods are here for Shahi Paneer

Step 1:- Heat the 1tbsp oil on the pan or Kadai. When the oil turns hot add 2-3 cloves, 4-5 black peppercorns, 1 black cardamom, 2-3 green cardamom, and 1 cinnamon.Fry for 10-15.

Step 2:- Now add chopped onion, and cook until they turn slightly pinkish. add chopped tomatoes and green chili. and cook on medium heat until tomatoes turn mushy and soft. in the last add cashews nuts and almonds, cook 2-3 min. and off the gas stove.

Step 3:- Now add the cooled onion tomatoes to a mixer jar. and blend it to smooth paste without adding water. and keep aside.

Step 4:- Heat 2tbsp oil or ghee on the same pan,  add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, when the cumin seeds crackle, low the gas flame. and add ¼ turmeric powder, ¼ Kashmiri red chili powder. and ginger garlic paste and cook 4-5 minutes. until its raw smell goes away.

Step 5:-Then add the ground masala paste. and salt according to taste, stirs well.

Step 6:- Cook the masala over low heat till it starts to release the oil. Stir the spice continuously

Step 7:-When the oil separates from the paste. add 1tbsp coriander powder and 1 tbsp shahi paneer masala or garam masala powder. stir well. if you like a slightly sweet taste, then in this stage you can add 1 tablespoon sugar.

Step 8:- Beat the curd well in a separate bowl with a fork until smooth.

Step 9:- Before adding the curd,  low the gas flame.  and add to it. mix well.

Step 10:- Now add saffron milk. and cook a few seconds. you can add more water if gravy is thick.

Step 11:- Add paneer and cook for 2-3 min.

Step 12:- Pour Kewra water and cream and stir.

Now transfer shahi Paneer to a serving bowl. You can be served Shahi Paneer with plain basmati rice, roti, Naan, jeera rice, and raita.

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