Paneer Makhani

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cup paneer (cottage cheese)
• 1 big onions diced
• 2 small tomatoes diced
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 10 - 12 pieces of broken cashews
• 25mm. (1'') of ginger
• 4-5 cloves of garlic
• 4 green chillies
• 1-2 piece of clove
• 1-2 cardamom
• 1 bayleaf
• 1-2 piece cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• a pinch of tumeric powder (haldi)
• 1/4 cup curd
• 1/4 cup cream or malai
• pinch of nimbu
• 1 tsp of cinnamon powder
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp of oil or butter

Method:

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. When they start to crackle.
• Add the clove, cardamom, bayleaf, cinnamon stick, garlic, ginger, green chillies, cashews and the onions
• Fry the onions till they are translucent. Then add tomatoes and fry for few minutes.
• Grind the onions and tomatoes into fine paste.
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add the ground paste, chilli powder, tumeric powder, cinnamon powder, citric acid (nimbu ka sat), salt to taste and cook it 4 - 5 mins or until oil separates.
• Add the curd and the cream to the mixture and allow it to come to a boil.
• Add paneer. Garnish with corainder
• Serve hot with naan or roti.