A great dish for anyone who have a busy lifestyle, you can cook it over the weekend, then refrigerate and consume within 2 days.
By Anamika Sharma
A quick & easy Paneer recipe (Indian Cottage Cheese). Paneer is something that is used on a very regular basis in Indian homes in some form or the other, I love the way it blends with any other ingredient and makes the entire dish so rich. I generally make paneer burji at home, one – because it is too easy and quick to make and two – I can wrap it to the chapatis and give it to my kids without any fuss, it’s to handy to eat for them. I also make Paneer Butter Masala that is loved at home a lot. 
A great dish for anyone who have a busy lifestyle, you can cook it over the weekend, then refrigerate and consume within 2 days. It wont loose its texture and taste. Heat it in the microwave and wrap in ready-made chapatis or make a bread sandwich.
Paneer Masala – How to Make Restaurant Style Paneer (Punjabi Recipe)
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Description
Quick & Easy Paneer Recipe
Ingredients
- – Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) – 250 grams
- – Tomato’s (Chopped) – 2 medium size
- – Onions (Chopped) – 1 large size
- – Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 teaspoon
- – Coriander (Finely Chopped) – 1 tablespoon
- – Turmeric Powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- – Red Chilli Powder – ¼ teaspoon
- – Garam Masala – ¼ teaspoon
- – Dry Coriander Powder – ½ teaspoon
- – Salt to taste
- – Oil – 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Take a kadai, heat oil and add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes.
- Then add in chopped onions, sauté for 3 – 4 minutes on medium to low flame till light brown.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and stir, let it cook for few minutes till tomatoes go soft.
- Add in turmeric powder and stir, now add other dry masalas to it.
- Now add in the paneer cubes and mix well, let it cook on low flame for few minutes.
- Top it with chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame and cover the kadai with lid.
- Let the paneer rest in the masala for 5 minutes.
- Now serve this with hot chapatis or parathas.
Notes
Paneer Masala can be served with boiled rice, as a paneer wrap and even it can be sandwiched and grilled. If you want that extra redness in the recipe, you can use kashmiri mirch or else can add in 1/2 teaspoon of tomato ketchup.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
Thanks you for a delicious recipe. My family loved it. Will definitely make it again. It was very easy too. Great instructions.
Paneer masala has been always my favorite or I must say I always like to try new cheese/paneer recipe all the time. I am glad i have reached out this recipe.
I love all the recipe that cook with the cheese and this paneer masala is one of my favorite. I cooked this yesterday and all my family members have enjoyed eating this.
Thank you so much for sharing!!
My mom is coming from Goa tomorrow. I didn’t know what to do. I had some panner. When I came across your site wow the paneer masala receipe, firstly all ingredients all easily available secondly very easy to cook.
Thank you & a BIG thumps up to you
I made only shahi paneer but after seeing this paneer masala recipe, I have tried this recipe. this recipe is such an amazing recipe I will suggest everyone to try this.
Thanks a lot
Hi. Tried this recipe today and I must say that initially I was not confident about the result seeing the recipe. But after reading that surely no disappointment I went ahead. It was yummy and we loved it totally. Thanks for such a tasty time saver recipe.
I just finished making this, and it’s gloooorious x
Nice dish very easy to cook
I will do it today so nice dish.
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Tried your paneer masala.Very simple,easy, tasty and quick.Above all my wife (she is full term in her pregnancy) enjoyed it.She normally is not a big paneer fan but relished this recipe.
When iam cook my all family was very happy and my paneer was to good
when i made this my dad congragulated me for the first time.
i am learning for the first time to cook ………….i made it with in 25 mints . i m very happy to learn cooking bcoz of U….
Hi All,
thank you so very much for liking this simple and easy dish. I am humbled by the comments. Happy Cooking :)!
Its soooooo gooooooooood
very testy
this look’s so tasty:)
its too tasty
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super taste thank u for giving this easy recipe to us . us means poor in cooking they also become very good cooker
Its really an awesome recepie i loved it thank u for the wonderfull &delicioud recipie
hi.. looks gr8 especially the versatality of the dish.. my daughter would love it..
Hi, I bought a HUGE block of paneer today, sliced a little from it and was VERY disappointed.
Yet somehow even in my utter ignorance I knew this was not something which I was to eat on a cracker…so after using my internet I find myself here.
I’m going to try your recipe tomorrow which sounds delicious and right up my street. I’m English so naturally I love curry as much as anyone from the Asian sub-continent.
I am now on a paneer mission to exhaustively experiment with it…
I’ll get back to you…
Thanks so much for the recipe/site.
Lovely receipe, I added some spinach and mushroom to the tomatoes
Thank you all, I am glad you liked it. Adding spinach and mushrooms to the tomatoes must have taken the dish to a different level, thanks for sharing it nazrana…I will try it soon too :)! Happy Cooking friends…
really this dish is superb I love it …….
and simply to making at home
thank you everyone who commented above, I am feeling great getting such a feedback :)! This keeps me going for sure. Happy Cooking!
greta dish its really delicious
its a very simple bt delicious recipe.. very nice..
Hi Anamika,
I tried your recipe, Its simple and very tasty.
Thanks a lot.
thanks for support me for make this delicious food
Itzzz sooo…easy and too too good….
I made it…and t’was beyond awesome
I tried this at home ! Great recipe and i am looking forward to check out and try cooking your other recipes too :)
Cheers !
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very good and easy!
Thanks for dis simple receipe.
you are welcome Manali, I am glad you liked it!
thank you all :)
its really tasty i have tried it at home
Thanks for fast and easy paneer masala.
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Love paneer! Great recipe