Homemade Dhaba Style Paneer Masala Recipe | Authentic Dhaba Style Paneer Masala Recipe
Homemade Dhaba Style Paneer Masala is a rich, flavorful curry with paneer, simmered in spices, delivering authentic roadside flavors.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 250 gram Paneer/Indian cottage cheese cut into cubes
- 1 cup curd/yogurt
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 3/4 cup tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp desi ghee
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 green cardamoms
- 1 black cardamom
- Small piece of cinnamon
- Small piece of mace/javitri
- 1 star anise
- 2 cloves
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp kasuri methi
- 3 green chilies slit
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Take a pan and add oil.
- When oil turns hot, add paneer.
- Shallow fry till paneer turns brown.
- Take the paneer out of the pan.
- Add desi ghee in the remaining oil.
- Add whole spices ie cumin seeds, bay leaf, green cardamoms, black cardamom, cinnamon, mace, star anise and cloves. You can skip any of the spice if you don't have.
- Let cumin splutter.
- Add onion and ginger garlic paste.
- Cook on medium heat until onion begins to turn brown.
- Add tomatoes and salt.
- Cook till tomatoes turn mushy and their raw aroma is gone.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and roasted cumin powder in curd.
- Whisk well.
- Add curd to the pan.
- Keep stirring until curd begins to boil.
- Cook until oil is seen separating from curd.
- Add water, kasuri methi and garam masala. Mix.
- When water begins to boil, add fried paneer, green chilies and coriander leaves.
- Give them a mix.
- Add paneer, green chilies and coriander. mix.
- Put a lid and let it simmer for a minute or two.
- Dhaba Style Paneer Masala Recipe is ready. Enjoy.