Shahi Paneer Recipe / Indian Cottage Cheese Cooked With Rich Gravy

Shahi  Paneer  is  a  Royal  Dish  in  India . It  is  a  Delicious  dishes  of   North Indian  Cuisine  . Shahi  Paneer  is  made  with  Paneer ( cottage Cheese ) , Cashew nuts paste , tomato puree  and  add other spices  .  It  is a  rich  in  gravy   dish . It  is  a  cream , cashew nuts  and  tomato  based  gravy   recipe  . Paneer  is  a Power  House  Of  Protein . It is also  along  as  Mouth - watering  and  delicious  dish .

Shahi  Paneer  goes  well   with  roti , chapati , paratha  and  steam  rice .   It  is  a  very easy  recipe  and  made it  within  20 - 30 minutes .  You can serve  with guest  or friend . It  is  also party dish .

Shahi  Paneer is a delicious  and  rich  dish . It is a perfect weekend  Dish . You  can  also  serve  with  naan paratha , pulao , chapati .

 Paneer  ( cottage  cheese )  is  a high  protein food .  Paneer is good  for any vegetarian people . Paneer  is high sources of protein , omega - 3  and  omega - 6 fatty acids . Paneer  ( cottage  cheese ) are  rich  sources of  calcium , phosphorus ,   minerals , copper , magnesium   and selenium . It prevent  osteoporosis , tooth problem , bone problem , and gums problem . Paneer good for heart patient , cancer patient , blood pressure patient  and  diabetes  . Paneer ( cottage cheese ) is also good for old  women  . Many old  women   are  suffering  to  bone disease .

Tomato  is best  source of Antioxidant , vitamin C , Vitamin A ,  and potassium . Tomato prevent to cancer . Tomato  is also  good  for  skin .

Cashew Nuts are great sources of copper , phosphorus , magnesium , zinc and iron .

Ingredients :

1. Paneer  ( Cottage  cheese )  - 400 gm (  Cut into cube pieces )

2. Cashew  Nuts - 10 - 12 about 1 cup of  cashew nuts paste  ( Grind it and make a smooth paste from the cashew nuts )

3. Ginger  paste - 2 tea spoon

4. Garlic paste - 1 table spoon

5. Kashmiri dry red chili powder -  1 table spoon

6. Slit  and  crushed  Green Cardamom - 1 pieces

7. Bay  leaf - 2 pieces

8. Whole  cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon

9. Whole  cinnamon  - 1 - 2  pieces

10. Salt  to taste

11. Turmeric  powder - 1/2  tea spoon

12. Sugar  - 1/2  tea spoon

13. Fresh  Cream - 1 tea spoon

14. Tomato puree - 1/2  cup

15.   Ripe  tomato  finely chopped  -  1 cup

16. Onion - 3 , ( Peeled the onion  of  outer skin and  cut into very finely pieces )

17. Garam Masala  powder - 1 tea spoon

18. Cumin  powder - 1 table spoon

19. Coriander  powder - 1 table spoon

20. Oil  As  required

Methods :

1.   Take  a wok . Then  add oil  into the wok  and  hot  the oil  on high flame .

2. Oil is completely hot . Then  put  one  after  one   paneer  pieces   into the hot oil  and  reduce the flame very low .  Fry till  few  seconds  . Then  take  out  the  paneer  from the wok  .  Take  a bowl and  put the fried paneer pieces into the bowl . Pour 2 cup of water into the fried paneer . Keep a side and cover it .

3. Same  remaining  oil  and   add  2 pieces of   bay  leaf  , 1 tea spoon  of  cumin seeds , 1 pieces of slit and crushed cardamon , and  2 pieces of crushed cinnamon  into  the hot oil . Fry  the whole spices  for  few  seconds .  Nice  aroma comes  out from the whole  spices .

4. Next , add finely chopped onion  and  fry till golden brown color .

5. Add  1/2  tea spoon of turmeric powder  and  mix  it very well . Stir till raw smell goes out the turmeric powder .

6. Now  put  1 tea spoon of  sugar ,  sprinkle salt to taste  and mix it very well .

7. Add  1 cup of  finely  chopped ripe tomato and mix it very well . Saute till tomes are soft .

8. Next  add  2 tea spoon of ginger paste and  1 table spoon of garlic paste . Mix it very well .

9 . Next  pour 1/2 cup  of  tomato  puree  into  the  spices   and  mix it very well .

10. Now  add  1  table  spoon of kashmiri dry red chili powder , 1  table spoon of cumin powder ,  and 1 table spoon of  coriander powder . Mix it very well . Sprinkle  few  drops of water into the spices .  Fry  the  all spices   till  separates oil  from the mixture .

11. Next  add  1 cup of cashew nuts paste and 1  tea spoon of garam masala powder  and mix it very well . Saute it for few seconds .

12. Pour  the fried paneer ( cottage cheese )  with water into the spices . Mix  it very well .

13. While  gravy   is   start  to   thicken  and   Paneer ( cottage cheese ) are soft . Now add  1 tea spoon of fresh cream into the curry . Mix  it very well . Switch off the flame .

14. Transfer the Shahi Paneer in a serving bowl .

15. Serve  hot .