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Paneer korma is a Mughlai style paneer dish where paneer cubes are cooked in a rich onion based curry.  If you are bored of regular paneer recipes, then here is a creamy, rich and flavorful of paneer . This curry has a thick gravy made of cashews, yogurt along with a melange of whole spices. 

Paneer is an essential part of Indian cuisine and it is loved by all. If you are a vegetarian, this recipe is must to try, I am sure everyone will lick their fingers after eating this yummy curry. The Aroma of this dish comes from the goodness of saffron strands.

This Mughlai style paneer korma recipe tastes great with chapathi, roti, naan or parathas. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Paneer Korma. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Try my other paneer recipes

• Palak paneer
• Methi Paneer
• Paneer peas pulao
• Paneer capsicum
• Matar paneer
• Kadai paneer
• Paneer Lababdar

RECIPE FOR PANEER KORMA

Coarse       : Lunch / Dinner

Cuisine      : North Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 10 min

Cook Time : 25 min

Total Time  : 35 min

INGREDIENTS

to roast and grind

• 4 cloves

• 1 inch cinnamon stick

• 6 black pepper corn

• 3 green cardamom

• 1 black cardamom

• 12 cashews

• 1/2 cup fried onion 

for korma

• 3 tbsp ghee

• 3 tbsp oil

• 350 g paneer cubes (~ 1.5 cup )

• 1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• 2 green chilli - finely chopped

• 1 cup curd / yogurt

• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

• 2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

• 1 tbsp coriander powder

• 1/2 tsp cumin powder

• salt to taste

• 1/8 tsp saffron strands

- check more paneer recipes

- more gravy recipes for chapathi/roti/naan

PROCEDURE

• dry roast cloves, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, black cardamom, cashews and black pepper corn in low medium flame for 2-3 minutes 

• add in to the mixer grinder along with fried onion and grind to a smooth paste with little water and set aside

• for paneer curry, heat oil and ghee in a pan

• add finely chopped green chilli and ginger garlic paste

• saute well for few minutes until the raw smell goes

• add ground masala paste and cook for 3 minutes in low medium flame

• add yogurt / curd, turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, cumin powder and salt

• mix well and cook for 5 minutes until the oil starts to separate

• once the oil starts to separate, add paneer cubes and saffron soaked water

• mix well

• cover and cook in low medium flame for 5 minutes, the oil and ghee starts to float on top of the curry

• if the curry is too thick, add another 1/2 cup water and cook for another 5 minutes

• garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves

• serve hot with chapathi, naan, fried rice, etc., 

NOTES

• fry the paneer cubes in a tsp of ghee, before adding into the curry, personally i dont like it
• for more creamy curry, add fresh cream and mix well before garnishing
• if you dont have cashews replace with blanched almonds
• adjust green chillies as per your taste

more gravy recipes for chapathi

• Hariyali chicken curry

• Paneer butter masala

• Mushroom pepper fry

• Kashmiri dum aloo

• Methi Paneer Recipe

• Kadai paneer recipe

• Shahi paneer recipe

• Vadacurry recipe

Paneer Korma With Step By Step Photo Recipe

dry roast cashews, cloves, cinnamon stick, green cardamom, black cardamom and black pepper corn

add into mixer grinder along with fried onions

grind to a smooth paste with little water

heat ghee and oil in a pan, add finely chopped green chilli and 

ginger garlic paste

saute well until the raw smell goes

add ground paste

mix well and cook for 2 minutes

add 1/2 cup water and mix well

cover and cook in low medium flame for 2 minutes

oil starts to float on top

add yogurt, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and salt

mix well

cover and cook for 5 minutes

oil and ghee starts to float on top

soak saffron strands in water for 5 minutes

add fresh paneer cubes and soaked saffron water along with saffron

mix well

cover and cook for 5 minutes

paneer korma ready

garnish with chopped coriander leaves

mix well

serve hot with chapathi, roti and naan