Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, paneer tikka masala. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Paneer Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Paneer Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have paneer tikka masala using 34 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Tikka Masala:

1. Prepare For the Paneer Tikka
2. Prepare 200 gm Paneer cut into squares
3. Prepare 1/4 cup thick curd
4. Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
5. Prepare 3/4 tsp salt
6. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp dhaniya powder
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder degi mirch
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala
9. Prepare 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi
10. Make ready 1 tbsp roasted besan/ gram flour
11. Prepare 1 tbsp mustard oil
12. Make ready 1/4 cup onion squares (3/4 inch)
13. Take 1/4 cup tomato squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
14. Take 1/4 cup green bell pepper squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
15. Get For the gravy
16. Get 6-7 tbsp oil
17. Prepare 1 bay leaf/ tej patta
18. Prepare 2 green cardamom/ hari Elaichi
19. Make ready 1 black cardamom / badi Elaichi
20. Take 1 inch piece of cinnamon/ dalchini
21. Get 1 large onions sliced
22. Take 1 large tomato chopped roughly
23. Get 10-12 cashew nuts soaked for 2-3 hours
24. Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
25. Get 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
26. Prepare 2 medium onions chopped finely
27. Make ready 1 large tomato chopped finely
28. Take 2 tsp dhaniya powder
29. Get 2 tsp jeera powder
30. Prepare 1 tsp garam masala
31. Make ready 1 tsp degi mirch red chilli powder
32. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
33. Get 1 tsp kasoori methi
34. Make ready 2-3 tbsp chopped green coriander

Instructions to make Paneer Tikka Masala:

1. Lets first make the gravy. the gravy is a combination of 2 onion tomato masalas which is what makes it so different and delicious
2. To make the gravy, heat 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai, add bay leaf, green cardamom, black cardamom, and cinnamon. Add the oinons and saute till onions turn light golden. Now add the tomatoes and cook till oil is released. you can add green chilies to this masala along with the tomatoes if you like to eat spicy food.
3. Remove the bay leaf, black cardamom and cinnamon. Add the onion tomato masala to a grinder jar along with soaked cashews. Add some water and grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
4. In the same kadai add 3 tbsp of oil. Add the jeera let it turn golden. Add ginger garlic paste. After 30 seconds add the finely chopped onion. cook till onion turns light brown. now add the finely chopped tomatoes. cook till all the oil is released and tomatoes are mushy. now add all the dry spices like garam masala, degi mirch, dhaniya powder, jeera powder and salt. Mix well.
5. Once the oil is released add the masala paste we made earlier to this masala. Mix well. Sprinkle kasoori methi and mix. Add 1 & 1/4 cup of water bring to a boil on low heat. Keep aside.
6. For the Paneer tikka, Mix all the ingredients leaving out the paneer and the vegetables in a bowl. Now add the Paneer and the vegetables. mix gently and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour pick up the Paneer pieces carefully and pierce them in a metal skewer. Also add some onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Hold the skewer on an open gas flame till black spots appear on the paneer and vegetables. Keep rotating the skewer. repeat till all the vegetable pieces are grilled.
7. Now to finish, heat the gravy a little incase it has become thick add water to adjust the consistency. Add the grilled Paneer and vegetables to the gravy. Mix very gently. Cook on very low heat for 4-5 minutes.
8. Garnish with chopped green coriander. Serve hot with tandoori roti or paratha.

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