Cottage Cheese Butter Masala

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Cottage Cheese Butter Masala

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :10 Min

Cook Time : 20 Min

Total Time : 30 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 4
  • 250 gms cottage cheese, cubed into 1-inch pieces


  • 1 medium Tomato


  • 2 medium Onions


  • 5-6 Cashew Nuts


  • 1 teaspoon Coriander Seeds, roasted


  • 1-2 Cloves


  • 1/2 piece Bay Leaf A small piece of Cinnamon Stick


  • 2 Green Cardamoms


  • 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste


  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder


  • 1/2 teaspoon Red Chili Powder


  • 1/2 teaspoon Coriander Powder


  • 1 drop Red Food Color, optional


  • 1/3 cup Curd (not sour)


  • 1/3 cup Warm Water


  • 1/2 teaspoon Sugar, optional


  • 2 tablespoons Fresh Cream


  • 1/4 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder


  • 2-3 strands Saffron, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water, optional


  • 3 tablespoons Cooking Oil or Ghee (clarified butter)


  • 1/4 tsp to taste Salt


  • 1-2 teaspoons fresh cream,grated cheese, coriander garnishing

Directions

  • Grind cashew nuts with roasted coriander seeds into smooth powder and keep aside until required.
  • Blanched onion to medium coarse paste in a grinder.
  • Heat oil in a kadai (or pan) over medium flame. Add cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and green cardamom. When they begin to crackle, add crushed onion. Stir-fry until it becomes light brown for approx. 3-4 minutes.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, a drop of red food color, cashew nut powder and stir-fry for a minute.
  • Add crushed tomato puree and salt. Stir-fry for 2-minutes. Add curd, sugar and 1/3 cup warm water.
  • Mix them and let mixture boil until oil starts to separate.
  • Takeaway kadai from flame and let the mixture cool for 5 minutes.
  • Discard whole spices (cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and green cardamom), transfer mixture to a blender jar and blend it to smooth puree in blender or food processor.
  • Again, transfer it to same kadai and place on the gas.
  • Add fresh cream, garam masala powder and dissolved saffron. Mix well and cook for a minute. Add cottage cheese cubes and mix properly to coat them with gravy.
  • Garnish it with fresh cream, grated cheese and coriander leaves serve hot with naan.