Easiest Way to Make Tasty Shahi Paneer

Shahi Paneer.

You can cook Shahi Paneer using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shahi Paneer

1. It's 250 gr of paneer.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of ghee/ oil.
3. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of ginger garlic paste.
5. It's 1 inch of stick cinnamon.
6. You need 5-8 of whole black pepper.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of coriander powder.
9. Prepare 1 of dried red chili.
10. Prepare 2 of large onion diced.
11. You need 2 of large tomatoes diced.
12. You need 10-12 of cashewnuts (kaju).
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
14. It's 1/2 tsp of sugar (more or less as per your taste).
15. It's to taste of Salt.
16. Prepare 1 tsp of garam masala.
17. You need of Water as required.
18. You need of Coriander leaves for garnishing.

Shahi Paneer step by step

1. First 0f all soak kaju in lukewarm milk for minimum 20 minutes..
2. In a pan heat oil add cumin seeds saute for 30 seconds than add cinnamon stick, whole black pepper and red chili saute well and add ginger garlic paste..
3. After that add diced onions into pan and saute till onions turns golden brown now add diced tomatoes saute well. When mixture leaving pan turn off the gas..
4. Grind kaju-milk mixture smooth. Make sure there is no lumps in it..
5. When onion-tomato mixture cool completely grind it also in a smooth paste..
6. Take a pan add onion-tomato paste and saute again till mixture leaving the pan now add kaju paste and saute again till oil appears..
7. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, sugar and salt sprinkle some water and saute again for 2 minutes now add paneer cubes and saute for 2 minutes so that all the masala and paneer cooperated well..
8. Now add water according to your desired consistency bring a boil and put it on simmer for 5-10 minutes..
9. Turn off the gas and add garam masala and cover it for a while..
10. Delicious shahi paneer is ready to serve garnish with coriander leaves..
11. Special instruction- For step 6 always make sure that gas is on lower heat so we can roast mixture well without sticking pan or burning..