How to Make Kadai paneer gravy recipe / kadai paneer recipe

Kadai paneer gravy recipe | How to make Kadai paneer gravy recipe | Restaurant style Kadai paneer gravy recipe

kadhai paneerKadai Paneer Gravy is a spicy and delicious, and mouthwatering recipe combination of paneer, onions, tomatoes, capsicum and traditional Indian spices cooked in ghee. This Restaurant Style Kadai Paneer Recipe is one of the famous Indian curry recipe and commonly ordered gravy recipe in most of the restaurants whenever you plan on having lunch or dinner outside. This dish gets its name kadhai paneer because it is cooked in a special Indian utensil called Kadai, an Indian wok, which is essential for cooking Indian cuisines. This delicious Kadai paneer gravy serves with roti / chapathi, plain paratha, naan or plain basmati rice or flavored rice like jeera rice or pulao.

To make Kadai Paneer Gravy at home follow the detailed step by step.

Kadai paneer gravy recipe | How to make Kadai paneer gravy recipe | Paneer recipe

Prep Time

10 mins
Cook Time

30 mins

Course

Side Dish
Cuisine

North Indian, Punjabi

Servings

4 Servings

 Ingredients for Kadai paneer gravy recipe

For kadai masala:

  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 15 dry black peppers
  • 3 Kashmiri red chilies dried

For tomato-onion puree:

  • 2 tsp oil
  • 1-inch ginger roughly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped
  • 10 cashews
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ¾ tsp chili powder
  • salt to taste
  • water as required to blend

For Paneer kadai:

  • 3 tsp oil
  • ½ onion cubed
  • ½ capsicum cubed
  • salt to taste
  • ½ cup water or as required
  • 8 paneer cubes
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves crushed
  • 3 tbsp cream

How to make Kadai paneer gravy recipe with step by step Instructions

Kadai masala recipe:

  1. Firstly, in a pan or a kadai (wok), and heat 2 tsp coriander seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 15-20 black peppers and red chillis. Fry till they turn aromatic.
  2. Furthermore, allow to cool and coarsely powder them in a mixer. Keep aside.

Tomato-onion puree recipe:

  1. Firstly, in a pan or a kadai (wok), heat ginger and garlic with 2 tsp of oil. Fry for a minute.
  2. Next, add chopped onions and fry till they start to sweat.
  3. Furthermore, add 2 chopped tomatoes and fry for 2 minutes.
  4. Now add few cashews and fry again.
  5. Also add turmeric, chili powder, and salt.
  6. Finally, cool completely and blend it to smooth puree.

Paneer Kadai recipe:

  1. Firstly, in a large Kadai (wok), heat 3 tsp of oil and fry cubed onions and capsicum. Fry till they turn crunchy.
  2. Now add blended tomato-onion puree and get to boil for 2 minutes.
  3. Add 2-3 tsp of prepared Kadai masala.
  4. Add required salt and water.
  5. Cook covered for 5 minutes.
  6. Now add paneer and mix gently. Don’t break the paneer.
  7. Furthermore, add garam masala, kasuri methi, and cream.
  8. Then, Give a good mix and transfer to serving bowl.
  9. Finally, serve Kadai paneer hot with garlic naan or chapathi or plain basmati rice, flavored rice like jeera rice or pulao.

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