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Published: Oct 24, 2015 · Modified: Dec 16, 2020 by Sandhya Ramakrishnan · This post may contain affiliate links

Paneer Butter Masala – No Onion No Garlic Version

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Paneer Butter Masala No onion Version subzi is very similar to restaurant style paneer subzi without onion and garlic. This is one such recipe where you will not miss the onion. Paneer Butter Masala No onion no garlic version

Festival times are fun and those are days I struggle the most as well planning the meals. Coming from a Traditional TamBrahm family, I was raised not eating onions or garlic during festival days and shraad days. It was mostly just the traditional idli, dosai and upmas eaten in those days when I was growing up. Now that my kids have had the pleasure of indulging in variety of recipes (thanks to blogging), they do not want to eat the same thing over and over again. They are very fond of rotis and would absolutely love to eat it as often as possible.

Like many others, I was also under the impression that subzis cannot be made without onions. Blogging has changed my perspective and I have started making many recipes without using onions or garlic. This paneer butter masala is a very good example and one will not even realize that it is made without onions. I have the restaurant style paneer butter masala already in the blog that uses onion and also a recipe for Gobhi butter masala, if you are watching calories and not want to use paneer.

I have very loosely adapted this recipe from Jeyashri’s kitchen though I have stuck to similar spices that I use in my regular gravy. The recipe is very simple and needs just the basic ingredients from the pantry.

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This week my BM theme is bookmarked recipes and this recipe has been in my bookmark for several days now. I wanted to blog about it before Navarathri, but things just did not fall in place and I am posting this just after Navarathri.

Preparation time – 10 minutes

Cooking time – 30 minutes

Difficulty level – easy

Recipe loosely adapted from – Jeyashri’s Kitchen

Paneer Butter Masala No onion version

Ingredients to make Paneer Butter Masala (No onion Version) – serves 4

  • Paneer / Cottage cheese – 250 gms (cubed into ½ inch pieces)
  • Tomato – 4 large or 5 medium
  • Green chilies – 2
  • Ginger – ½ inch piece (finely grated)
  • Cashew paste – ¼ cup
  • Milk – ½ cup
  • Cinnamon – 1 small stick
  • Cloves – 4
  • Bay leaf – 1
  • Red chili powder – 1 ½ teaspoon (adjust based on your spice level)
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Garam masala – 1 tsp
  • Kasuri methi – 2 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil or butter or mixture of both – 3 tbsp

Procedure to make Paneer Butter Masala (No onion Version) –

Prepare the cashew paste –

  • Soak 10 – 15 cashew pieces in water for about 10 minutes and then grind it into a smooth paste. Keep it aside until needed.

Prepare the tomato puree –

  • Chop the tomatoes into large cubes and puree it without adding any water. Keep it aside.
  • In a pan, heat the oil or butter and then fry the cinnamon stick, bay leaf and cloves until aromatic.

Spices for paneer butter masala

  • Now add the tomato puree slowly and mix well. Keep the flame low as the mixture tends to splatter a bit.

Tomato masala for Paneer butter masala

  • Add the dry masala – red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt and mix. Keep the pan covered and cook until the mixture thickens and starts to leave the sides of the pan. Make sure that you cook the masala in low heat as it cook easily stick to the bottom of the pan and burn. Keep stirring every now and then.

Making tomato masala for paneer butter masala

  • Add the cashew paste and mix well.

Tomato and cashew paste for paneer butter masala

  • Let it cook in low flame for 2 minutes and then carefully add the milk and the paneer pieces. Check the consistency of the gravy and adjust if needed by adding a little bit more milk.

Prepared no onion and no garlic paneer butter masala

  • Cover the pan and let it simmer for about 8 – 10 minutes.
  • Now add the kasuri methi and mix. Cook for another 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
  • Serve hot with phulkas, roti or rice!

Paneer Butter Masala No onion version

 

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Author: Sandhya Ramakrishnan

Ingredients

  • Paneer / Cottage cheese – 250 gms cubed into ½ inch pieces
  • Tomato – 4 large or 5 medium
  • Green chilies – 2
  • Ginger – ½ inch piece finely grated
  • Cashew paste – ¼ cup
  • Milk – ½ cup
  • Cinnamon – 1 small stick
  • Cloves – 4
  • Bay leaf – 1
  • Red chili powder – 1 ½ tsp adjust based on your spice level
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Garam masala – 1 tsp
  • Kasuri methi – 2 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil or butter or mixture of both – 3 tbsp

Instructions

Prepare the cashew paste –

  • Soak 10 – 15 cashew pieces in water for about 10 minutes and then grind it into a smooth paste. Keep it aside until needed.

Prepare the tomato puree –

  • Chop the tomatoes into large cubes and puree it without adding any water. Keep it aside.
  • In a pan, heat the oil or butter and then fry the cinnamon stick, bay leaf and cloves until aromatic.
  • Now add the tomato puree slowly and mix well. Keep the flame low as the mixture tends to splatter a bit.
  • Add the dry masala – red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt and mix. Keep the pan covered and cook until the mixture thickens and starts to leave the sides of the pan. Make sure that you cook the masala in low heat as it cook easily stick to the bottom of the pan and burn. Keep stirring every now and then.
  • Add the cashew paste and mix well.
  • Let it cook in low flame for 2 minutes and then carefully add the milk
  • and the paneer pieces. Check the consistency of the gravy and adjust if
  • needed by adding a little bit more milk.
  • Cover the pan and let it simmer for about 8 – 10 minutes.
  • Now add the kasuri methi and mix. Cook for another 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
  • Serve hot with phulkas, roti or rice!
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  1. R Radhamani says

    September 20, 2019 at 2:01 pm

    Excellent healthy !! Very easy to follow that too no onion n garlic !! Really appreciate your efforts mam !!

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  2. Srivalli Jetti says

    March 14, 2017 at 5:12 am

    Wow love that rich looking paneer gravy!...

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