North Indian
Paneer Butter Masala
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Paneer Butter Masala is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with a splash of the water.
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Melt 2 tbsp butter in a pot and cook the onion, garlic, and ginger until soft, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the cumin, chili powder, and crushed tomatoes and simmer for 12 minutes, then blend the sauce smooth and return it to the pot.
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Stir in the cashew paste, remaining butter, cream, and salt and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
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Fold in the cubed paneer and warm through for 5 minutes, then crush in the dried fenugreek leaves.
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Finish with garam masala and serve hot with roti or rice.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Paneer Butter Masala, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Paneer Butter Masala carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Dairy | Yes | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 590 kcal
- Protein
- 23 g
- Carbs
- 18 g
- Fat
- 47 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 630 mg
- Saturated fat
- 29 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Paneer Butter Masala takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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