I am sure you know I can't complete a series of gravies without making paneer right. I knew it too. So I decided to make a Makhni version without onions and garlic. Of course my series of gravies with no onion, no garlic ended up being gourmet gravies with cashews and milk added, I digress to say it just happened. It wasn't my intention to mean that one can't make gravy without these rich ingredients.
In fact, I had a few simpler versions, though lack of time prevented me from going ahead. I was so busy the last few days that I had to request Amma to make it for me. So this comes directly from Amma's Kitchen, pictures credits go to Konda. The only thing I did here was to click the final pictures. I told the recipe to Amma in midst of my meetings and product releases and was hoping the gravy would turn out as I expected and that it wouldn't be very sweet.
To my surprise, hubby dear said he likes paneer dishes to be sweet. If it was spicy, it will be a south Indian way of making it. Well, surprises never cease! I leave you all to enjoy this..
Other versions that go with this name...
Paneer Makhanwala
Paneer Makhani
Paneer Makhani
Paneer Makhni
Ingredients Needed:
Paneer, cut into pieces - 2 cups
Tomatoes chopped - 5 large
Ghee - 2 tsp
Ginger, chopped - 1 tsp
Cardamoms - 2
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Red chilli powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 1 tsp
Cashew nuts, paste - 7 -8 whole
Kasuri methi - 2 tsp
Milk - 1cup
How to make Paneer Makhni
In a pan, bring water to boil and then add chopped ginger and tomato. Once it boils, switch and let it cool. Puree it together and keep it aside.
In a Kadai, heat ghee, add crush cardamon, and saute. Then add the tomato puree, red chili powder, bring to boil.
Then add sugar, salt, and then ketchup along with Kasuri methi. Combine everything well.
Now add the cashew paste along with a cup of water. Let it cook.
On a non-stick pan, toss the paneer pieces and cook till it turns golden.
Add the paneer pieces to the gravy. After cooking for a few mins, add milk to get a thick red gravy.
Simmer till the ghee separates out of the gravy. Serve hot with Rotis
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Varadas Kitchen says
Was wondering if you were going have paneer in the mix. 🙂 very rich gravy and lovely color.
Priya Suresh says
Lipsmacking Paneer makhani, i can have this beautiful side dish simply with some naan..Very tempting Valli.
Pavani N says
What a lovely colored Paneer curry. That sure looks creamy & delicious.
vaishali sabnani says
Now that's the advantage of having a daughter and a mom around. .the paneer looks rich.
Usha says
Konda, the assistant is doing an awesome job! Gravy looks great and the color is tempting to eat it right out the pictures.
Srividhya says
Yum and rich gravy. Very nice
Harini-Jaya R says
Spectacular color of the gravy! Rich and yumm I am sure.
Jayanthi Sindhiya says
Looks gorgeous
Padma Rekha says
what a lovely color and creamy looking gravy..
The Pumpkin Farm says
yes right, hubbys aremore unpredictable than what is written about women's mood swings....they prefer their wives to cook a certain way but appreciate a similar dish outside sometimes..your onion less recipes are a big hit, loved them all, this one looks so beautiful with that deep orange color
Manjula Bharath says
wow such an rich and creamy paneer makhani no one will miss onion garlic in this alluring curry 🙂 looks fantastic !!
Sarita says
Paneer makhani looks super yummy.. What a great pics!
Sreevalli E says
Gravy looks creamy & colorful. Yummy dish.
veena krishnakumar says
This is such a rich gravy. Adding this to my to do list!!