Paneer Butter Masala

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Yellow is sunshine. It is a warm color. It denotes happiness and joy.

For years yellow ribbons were worn as a sign of hope as women waited for their men to come marching home from war. Today, they are still used to welcome home loved ones.

Today, as the blog world comes alive with with its shout for YELLOW to help our dear Bri, this is my contribution to CLICK is a monthly theme-based photography contest hosted by Jugalbandi.

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For Paneer Butter Masala: (serves 4)

  • 250 gms paneer
  • 2 onions - chopped roughly
  • 2 tomatos - pureed

 

  • 3/4 tsp ginger paste
  • 3/4 tsp garlic paste
  • 2-3 green chili
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • ½ tandoori color (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi
  • 1/s tsp garam masala

 

  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 ½ tbsp butter

 

  • 3 tbsp cashew nut soaked into warm milk for 20 mins and made into paste.

 

Heat oil and fry the onions till they are tansparent.

Add ginger -  garlic -  chili paste.

Add tomato puree and let it cook for 3-4 mins

Now add Kasuri methi, black pepper, salt and haldi

Let it simmer till oil separates.

Let it cool and grind into a gravy.

Heat butter and add paneer. Fry for 2 mins

Add the gravy, cashew nut paste, and water is need be.

Cook for 5 mins

Add garam masala and tandoor color if using.

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This is an appeal on behalf of a group of food bloggers who are friends of Briana Brownlow @ Figs With Bri.

Bri was diagnosed with breast cancer two and half years ago. A mastectomy, chemotherapy and two years of relatively good health later, the cancer is back. It has metastasized to other parts of her body. At the age of 15, Bri lost her 41-year old mother to the disease. Now, she’s waging her own war against breast cancer. More about it here.

She is going through intensive chemo and other treatments and needs to focus single-mindedly on healing and finding what treatment works best for her. Her health insurance, unfortunately, does not cover holistic alternatives which she would like to try. Bri and her husband Marc have enough on their plates right now in addition to worrying about her medical bills.

 

The team organising the JUNE edition of CLICK at Jugalbandi has organised a fundraiser to help Bri and her family meet her out-of-pocket medical costs for ONE YEAR.

CLICK is a monthly theme-based photography contest hosted by Jugalbandi. This month’s theme is: YELLOW for Bri

Yellow is the colour of hope. Through the work of the LiveStrong Foundation, it has also come to signify the fight against cancer.

The entries can be viewed HERE. The deadline for entries is June 30, 2008. The fundraiser will extend until July 15, 2008.

The target amount is 12,000 U.S. dollars. We appeal to our fellow bloggers and readers to help us achieve this. Bri deserves a chance to explore all options, even if her insurance company thinks otherwise.

There’s a raffle with exciting prizes on offer. After viewing the list, you may make your donation HERE or at the Chip-In button on any participating site.

Your donation can be made securely through credit card or Pay Pal and goes directly to Bri’s account.

This month’s photo contest also has some prizes. Details HERE.

You can support this campaign by donating to the fundraiser, by participating in CLICK: the photo event, and by publicising this campaign.

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June 8, 2008 | Filed Under Paneer 

Comments

36 Responses to “Paneer Butter Masala”

  1. bee on June 8th, 2008

    thank you, dear coffee, for your support and for your beautiful CLICK and recipe. your recipes are always fool-proof and delicious.

  2. Jyothsna on June 8th, 2008

    That’s quite a hearty recipe, Coffee!

  3. musical on June 8th, 2008

    Lovely click for a great cause, Coffee! Paneer butter masala always reminds me of Bangalore resaurants :o)

  4. Happy Cook on June 8th, 2008

    Beautiful click. And delicious dish

  5. Mallika on June 8th, 2008

    That looks delicious. And it’s for such a good cause. Have you ever tried using ready made tomato sauce (Passata) instead of puree? It works a treat too.

  6. Medhaa on June 8th, 2008

    Lovele Click, Paneer Looks yummy

  7. notyet100 on June 9th, 2008

    ur dishes are always,,,yummy,,,nd nice pics,..too

  8. Vani on June 9th, 2008

    Pneer butter masala looks yum, Coffee! Nice entry for a good cause. Hope you are doing well, R.

  9. sagari on June 9th, 2008

    gravy looks sooo rich and creamy deleciousss coffee

  10. Siri on June 9th, 2008

    YummO!! (L)

    Siri

  11. Vani on June 9th, 2008

    Nice picture and YUMMY recipe:)

  12. sushma on June 9th, 2008

    Lovely support and nice dish for the event coffee :)

  13. Asha on June 9th, 2008

    Made your Bhinda Ni Khadi. YUMMY!! (Y)

    Great CLICK for Bri, good one!:)

  14. sia on June 9th, 2008

    oh sunshine in a bowl… lovely click coffee :) i am thinking of making ur bhindi kadhi tonight (if i am in a mood to stuff those studs) :-D

  15. sukanya on June 10th, 2008

    WOW… this is my fav recipe. Looks so creamy and delish!. YUM! (F)

  16. vanamala on June 10th, 2008

    Looks perfect….Pics too good

  17. Mansi on June 10th, 2008

    that looks beautiful coffee! I love PBM any time, any day!:)

  18. Mythili on June 10th, 2008

    Whoa! Such a simple recipe. That’s all to paneer butter masala? Nice! This one’s going into my to-do basket.

    Thanks for your support for Bri.

  19. Aparna on June 10th, 2008

    This is an absolute favourite with my daughter. PBM, as we call it, gets ordered everytime we eat North Indian food outside the home. We have reached a point where we go out and eat only on the condition that PBM is not ordered!!!

  20. Kalai on June 11th, 2008

    Paneer looks delicious, Coffee!! Beautiful entry for Click. :)

  21. Sonu on June 11th, 2008

    hmmm…mouth watering dish…!!! :-P As usual good snap again,Coffee…!!!

    thanx.
    bye.tc.
    Sonu. :o)

  22. Lakshmi on June 11th, 2008

    (L) yumm..

  23. Pooja on June 12th, 2008

    That looks yummmmmy yyyyy :-P
    Nice click for a noble cause (Y) .
    Hope you are doing well buddy :o) . Hugs.

  24. Rashmi on June 12th, 2008

    Awesome!
    If you do ever start a cafe in Singapore, you are assured atleast one regular customer-me ! :o)

  25. Viji on June 14th, 2008

    Lovely recipe coffee. Viji

  26. sandeepa on June 17th, 2008

    Heart warming yellow

  27. anu on June 20th, 2008

    Just dropped by ur site .
    I must say the photos are “AWESOME”

    Good work keep it up !!

    :-

  28. Harini on June 21st, 2008

    (Y) I got this confused with the tofu butter masala I saw recently someplace! Nice yellow click!

  29. Cynthia on June 21st, 2008

    So buttery rich and enticing.

  30. Linda on June 22nd, 2008

    This is too tempting Coffee. It’s past midnight and I am starved just looking at the pics.

    Lovely yellow for a good cause, too :)

  31. A&N on July 1st, 2008

    Takes me back to all the Punjabi restaurants and dhabas.
    Lovely recipe, great picture :)

  32. Sameera on July 2nd, 2008

    :o) Looks yummmy !
    Im surely gonna try it … happened to come across your site via OHS !
    Gonna add you to my blogroll !
    Btw ur website structure seems pretty interesting, just curios wanted 2 know if u used blogspot.com 2 create it ?

  33. Lakshmi on July 3rd, 2008

    You have a award on my blog (G)

  34. Shelly on July 5th, 2008

    I am visiting your blog today via the foodie blog roll.

  35. Deeba on July 11th, 2008

    Hi Coffee, this is a beautiful entry & great recipe. Very nice indeed! :o)

  36. maheswari on July 15th, 2008

    Beautiful click…

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