Restaurant Style Kadai paneer

Kadai Paneer is a favourite side dish with the excellent combination of onions, tomatoes, capsicum and Authentic Indian spices that gives a mesmerising and lip smacking taste. Kadai paneer - The soft chunky paneer pieces immersed in the Hot n Spicy Gravy is the super hit combination for any Indian bread and also simple Pulaos....

Pre time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients for making Restaurant Style Kadai paneer:

Paneer cut into medium sized cubes - 200 gms
Onions 5
Ripened red tomatoes 4
Capsicum 1
Cashews 6 to 8
Green chilllies 2
Cloves and cinnamon crushed in to coarse powder 1 tea spoon
Garlic 8 heads
Ginger apiece of 2 inches length
Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tea spoons
Coriander seed powder 2 tea spoons
Cumin seed powder 1/2 tea spoon
Cumin seeds 1 tea spoon
Garam masala powder 1 tea spoon
Kasuri methi 1 tab spoon
Salt to taste
Oil and Butter 3 table spoons each

Method for making Restaurant Style Kadai paneer:

Step 1:
Cut 1 onion and the capsicum into and keep aside.
Step 2:
In a wok add 1 tb spoon of butter and fry remaining onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes and cashews till the tomatoes become mushy and grind them to fine paste after they get cooled.

Step 3:
Mix all other given powders in a cup and keep aside.
Step 4:

Heat a wok with the remaining oil and butter.
Saute it with the cumin seeds.
Fry the onion, green chilli and capsicum till they turn slightly brown.

Add the clove cinnamon powder and all other powders and a tea spoon of sugar and fry well.
Now add the paste and stir well for 2 minutes.
Add required salt.Let them all cook well with the spices till the oil separates.
Finally add the paneer pieces and mix gently.