{"id":39,"date":"2026-09-29T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:20:00","slug":"paneer-butter-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/paneer-butter-masala\/","title":{"rendered":"Paneer Butter Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paneer cubes simmer in a smooth tomato gravy enriched with butter and cream. This home-style version uses a modest amount of cream and finishes with kasuri methi for a fragrant aroma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuisine:<\/strong> Indian | <strong>Prep:<\/strong> 15 minutes | <strong>Cook:<\/strong> 30 minutes | <strong>Yield:<\/strong> 4 servings<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>400 g paneer, cut into cubes<\/li>\n<li>25 g butter<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp neutral oil<\/li>\n<li>1 onion, finely diced<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp grated ginger<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>400 g canned crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp turmeric<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp garam masala<\/li>\n<li>150 ml water<\/li>\n<li>75 ml cream<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp crushed kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 tsp fine salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp sugar, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat butter and oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion for 6\u20138 minutes until soft and lightly golden.<\/li>\n<li>Add ginger and garlic for 30 seconds, then cumin, coriander, chili powder and turmeric for 15 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Add tomatoes and salt. Cook for 8\u201310 minutes, stirring, until thickened.<\/li>\n<li>Take off the heat and blend carefully with an immersion blender until smooth. Add water and return to a gentle simmer.<\/li>\n<li>Add paneer and simmer gently for 4\u20135 minutes. Stir in cream, garam masala and kasuri methi.<\/li>\n<li>Taste and add optional sugar if the tomatoes are sharp. Warm through gently and serve with rice or roti.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Cook\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<p>Avoid vigorous boiling after adding paneer; gentle heat keeps it tender. Kashmiri chili adds color with milder heat than many other chili powders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paneer cubes simmer in a smooth tomato gravy enriched with butter and cream. This home-style version uses a modest amount of cream and finishes with kasuri methi for a fragrant aroma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}