Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, paneer tikka masala. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Paneer Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Paneer Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have paneer tikka masala using 34 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Paneer Tikka Masala:

1. Get For the Paneer Tikka
2. Make ready Paneer cut into squares
3. Prepare thick curd
4. Take ginger garlic paste
5. Prepare salt
6. Make ready dhaniya powder
7. Prepare red chilli powder degi mirch
8. Get garam masala
9. Take crushed kasuri methi
10. Take roasted besan/ gram flour
11. Get mustard oil
12. Take onion squares (3/4 inch)
13. Make ready tomato squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
14. Make ready green bell pepper squares (3/4 inch) (remove the seeds)
15. Make ready For the gravy
16. Get oil
17. Make ready bay leaf/ tej patta
18. Get green cardamom/ hari Elaichi
19. Take black cardamom / badi Elaichi
20. Take piece of cinnamon/ dalchini
21. Get large onions sliced
22. Take large tomato chopped roughly
23. Get cashew nuts soaked for 2-3 hours
24. Get cumin seeds/jeera
25. Prepare ginger garlic paste
26. Take medium onions chopped finely
27. Prepare large tomato chopped finely
28. Take dhaniya powder
29. Take jeera powder
30. Prepare garam masala
31. Prepare degi mirch red chilli powder
32. Prepare salt or to taste
33. Prepare kasoori methi
34. Make ready chopped green coriander

Instructions to make Paneer Tikka Masala:

1. Lets first make the gravy. the gravy is a combination of 2 onion tomato masalas which is what makes it so different and delicious
2. To make the gravy, heat 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai, add bay leaf, green cardamom, black cardamom, and cinnamon. Add the oinons and saute till onions turn light golden. Now add the tomatoes and cook till oil is released. you can add green chilies to this masala along with the tomatoes if you like to eat spicy food.
3. Remove the bay leaf, black cardamom and cinnamon. Add the onion tomato masala to a grinder jar along with soaked cashews. Add some water and grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
4. In the same kadai add 3 tbsp of oil. Add the jeera let it turn golden. Add ginger garlic paste. After 30 seconds add the finely chopped onion. cook till onion turns light brown. now add the finely chopped tomatoes. cook till all the oil is released and tomatoes are mushy. now add all the dry spices like garam masala, degi mirch, dhaniya powder, jeera powder and salt. Mix well.
5. Once the oil is released add the masala paste we made earlier to this masala. Mix well. Sprinkle kasoori methi and mix. Add 1 & 1/4 cup of water bring to a boil on low heat. Keep aside.
6. For the Paneer tikka, Mix all the ingredients leaving out the paneer and the vegetables in a bowl. Now add the Paneer and the vegetables. mix gently and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour pick up the Paneer pieces carefully and pierce them in a metal skewer. Also add some onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Hold the skewer on an open gas flame till black spots appear on the paneer and vegetables. Keep rotating the skewer. repeat till all the vegetable pieces are grilled.
7. Now to finish, heat the gravy a little incase it has become thick add water to adjust the consistency. Add the grilled Paneer and vegetables to the gravy. Mix very gently. Cook on very low heat for 4-5 minutes.
8. Garnish with chopped green coriander. Serve hot with tandoori roti or paratha.

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