Creamy Indian Shahi Paneer (Step by Step)
Creamy Indian Shahi Paneer (Step by Step) consists of Indian cottage cheese mixed in a creamy gravy, great for a weeknight dinner.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 123kcal
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
In the Pouch
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 black cardamom
- 4 cloves
- 2 green cardamoms
Ingredients you need to boil and blend
- 4 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
- 1 large onion roughly chopped
- 12 unsalted cashews
- 1 serrano pepper roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup olive oil or any neutral oil
- 1 dried long red pepper
- ¼ bunch cilantro roughly chopped
- 6 garlic cloves
- ½ inch ginger roughly chopped
- water
Gravy
- ¼ cup olive oil or any neutral oil
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 1 tbsp honey
Powdered spices and salt
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt or as needed
Garnish
- 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream whipped
- 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves hand crushed
Instructions
Soften the Paneer
- Cut the Paneer like in the picture or video soak it in 1 tsp salt and 2½ cup of water.
- Soak the paneer for 15 minutes.
- Discard water.
Make the Pouch
- Make the pouch, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, cloves, and green cardamom.
- Tie the pouch and set aside. .
Making the Paste
- In a pot, add tomatoes, cashews, onion, 1 cup water, pouch, ⅓ cup of oil, ginger, garlic, dried long red pepper, cilantro, the pouch, and serrano pepper.
- Turn the stove on medium heat, Mix everything well, and let everything get heat up.
- Cover the lid and let it boil for 10 minutes or until everything gets softens.
- Discard the pouch.
- Turn the stove off, and let everything get cool down.
- Transfer everything to a blender until everything becomes a smooth paste.
Gravy
- In the same pot you used before.
- On medium heat, add ¼ cup oil, and let it heat up.
- Now add butter and let it melt.
- Next add yogurt and mix.
- Now add powder spices and salt and mix.
- Next add the paste and mix well!
- Add 1 cup water and mix well.
- Let it cook on medium-low for about 6 minutes.
- Add honey and mix.
- Now add paneer and mix how I mix in the video.
- Cover the lid and cook sit for 6 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Whip the heavy whipping cream until it gets a little thick.
- Garnish with heavy whipping cream and dried fenugreek leaves.
- Enjoy with Basmati rice, naan, or chapati.
- Serve Immediately!
Video
Nutrition
Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 413IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.5mg