Paneer in White Gravy sauce

Hi all, its been a while since I posted. Things have been busy at my end. Anyway, I had to make something quick but delicious on a relaxing Sunday evening. So I decided to make Roti's and this yummy side dish using Paneer as the main ingredient. 

INGREDIENTS

Paneer: 1 cup diced into cubes

Onion: 1 large chopped

Ginger-Garlic: 1 Tbsp each

Cashews : 10-12 cashews soaked in water for at least 10 minutes

Green Chillies: 3 slit

salt as required

oil and butter: 1 Tbsp each

1/2 cup cream or full fat milk

Water 1/2 cup

Spice Mix

1/2 Tsp of Fennel seeds, Jeera, Coriander seeds, pepper corns. 2-3 cloves, small piece of cinnamon stick, 1 medium bay leaf.

Paneer in White Sauce

Roasted Spice Mix Powder

Lightly Sauteed Golden Brown Paneer

MAKING

Dry roast the spices above and grind them into a coarse powder and set aside In a kadai, add butter, once melted, add in the chopped ginger and garlic , onions. and the soaked cashews Saute until it turns translucent and the raw small is gone. Take it off the gas and set aside to cool.

Grind the above mix into a nice paste using 1/2 cup full fat milk or cream.

Take the same kadai, add oil, once heated add the slit green chilies and then add in the paneer to allow it to shallow fry until light brown on the outside. Keep the gas in low flame and pour in the white sauce into it. Saute for a minute before adding in the dry roasted spice powder ( 1 Tsp), salt and required water. Allow it to cook for about 7 mins until the paneer is well mixed in with the gravy and spices.

Switch off the gas and delicious Paneer in white sauce is ready to be served with hot Rotis / Naan's or Chapathi's.

Garnish with a sprinkle of Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder on top.

TIPS/VARIATIONS 

I used full fat milk instead of cream

I also sauteed the paneer first with the green chilies before adding the gravy. You could do it the other way around as well. First add the gravy then add in the paneer.

Do not overcook the white sauce and make sure to keep the gas in low flame.