Paneer Lababdar is a traditional Indian dish. This dish is cooked with Paneer(cottage cheese) in mild gravy.

Recipe

        Serving:                     2

        Cooking Time:          45-50 Mins

        Complexity:              Complex

        Taste:                         Mild Spicy

Ingredients

• Step 1

Heat up a pan. Once the pan is fully hot add 1 tablespoon of oil and cardamon, cloves, cinnamon stick, and saute for a few seconds, and add onion, garlic, and saute.

• Step 2

Once the onion is soft add tomatoes and cashews and add 1/4 cup of water and cover the pan and let it cook for 4 minutes. Make sure cashews are mushy and soft.

• Step 3

Turn off heat and let the mixture cool down, once the mixture is cool, put all material in the grinder and make a fine paste.

• Step 4

Take a pan, turn the heat on medium and add 2 tablespoons of oil and 4 tablespoons of butter in it.

• Step 5

Once butter is melted, add ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add Kashmiri Mirch powder and saute a bit more.

• Step 6

Add the paste which you prepared in step 2 and saute it. You need to roast this mixture till oil separates out.

• Step 7

Now it's time to add other dry spices and mix them all together for few seconds. Add 1/2 cup of warm water into the mixture.

• Step 8

Let the mixture boil and then add grated paneer and mix well. Let the mixture cook for 2-3 minutes.

• Step 9

Add paneer pieces into the gravy and stir gravy but make sure paneer pieces shouldn't break. Add cream and let it cook for 4-5 minutes.

• Step 10

Once cooked, add honey and chopped cilantro and turn off the heat and Paneer Lababdar is ready to serve.

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