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Paneer Korma Recipe at Home
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

PaneerKorma Recipe is one of the classic Mughlai recipes wherein onions and cashews are fried in ghee and made to paste by adding curd.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: paneer korma dhaba style, Paneer Korma Recipe
Servings: 4
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Paneer – 250 gms.
  • Oil – 5 tbsp.
  • Onions – 1 cup
  • Cashew – 3 tbsp.
  • Tomatoes – 1 cup
  • Water – required
  • Curd – 2 tbsp.
  • Cinnamon sticks – 3 No.
  • Cloves – 7 No.
  • Green cardamoms – 2 No.
  • Mace Japatri – 2 No.
  • Black peppercorns – ½ tbsp.
  • Bay leaves – 2 No.
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
  • Salt – 1 tbsp.
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.
  • Red chilli powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • Coriander powder – 2 tbsp.
  • Cumin/ jeera powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Kasuri methi – 1 tbsp.
  • Green chillies – 3 No.
  • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp.
Instructions
  1. In a pan add 3-4 tbsp. oil and fry onions when they turn soft add cashew and fry for a few seconds and transfer to another plate. Let them cool.
  2. While onions are being cooled, let's make tomato puree by adding tomatoes to a mixer grinder. Transfer to another bowl.
  3. Once onions are cooled, transfer them to the same grinder and make a coarse paste.
  4. Add little water and curd to make a soft paste. This paste brings gravy and enhances the flavour of our recipe.
  5. Add a little more oil to leftover oil in the pan and fry cinnamon sticks, green cardamoms, black peppercorns, cloves, japatri and bay leaves.
  6. Put ginger garlic paste and sauté for a while till its raw flavour is cooked.
  7. Add tomato paste and cook for a minute. Add onion paste and cook till oil oozes out.
  8. Sprinkle turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, jeera, Kasuri methi and salt. Mix all spices.
  9. Cook for a few seconds and add 2 cups of water to bring gravy.
  10. Once the gravy starts boiling add paneer cubes and mix.
  11. Although the paneer is soft, it takes 2-5 minutes to absorb flavours, so cook with the lid covered.
  12. In the end, add green chillies and garnish paneer korma recipe with coriander leaves.

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