Paneer Makhni

Paneer in a silky tomato sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

  • About

Makhni can mean two things when it comes to food: that the sauce is as smooth as butter, or that there is a lot of butter in the sauce. In this case, it means both. Here, in one of the best-selling dishes in restaurants in India, paneer gets the royal treatment: The curry is as smooth as butter, and there is plenty of it in the sauce as well. The sourness of the tomatoes is cleverly tempered by the honey, and the dried fenugreek leaves add a heady aroma. Serve the dish with