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Oh umm, hey! I made us some cheese… in a creamy indian sauce!!
No I literally made us some cheese. Well, not us, me, but you know.
My grocery store didn’t carry paneer (or they do, but they were out), so I decided to make my own. It was actually so incredibly easy and if you are interested, I used this recipe from The Kitchen. It only takes thirty minutes and it was actually kind of fun. Â If you have the time, I would totally give it a try. It’s kind of cool saying you made your own cheese, or at least I think it is.
But this recipe isn’t for homemade paneer. Nope. Today I am telling all about how I fried the paneer in a skillet, made it crispy and then tossed it in a creamy cashew Indian butter sauce. I know, I know. The Indian food lovers are going insane right now.
It’s good stuff, semi healthy and actually a very simple, quick and easy recipe to make. Yeah!!
I used my Healthy Crockpot Indian Butter Chicken as a guide for this recipe. That Butter Chicken recipe is probably my most viewed and well liked recipe, it seems people really love it!! Which is kind of weird since I will not lie, no one in my family went head over heels for it. I mean, I loved both of these recipes, especially the sauce, but my family really doesn’t like Indian food. It’s such a bummer.
Oh well, more creamy cashew Indian butter paneer for me and you!!
But can we just talk about that crispy paneer? I mean, it is totally not necessary for you to do this step, but why wouldn’t you? It is so good and it gives that somewhat bland cheese such nice flavor and texture. Please try it!!
Oh and the sauce? I know it is not traditional to have cashews in butter chicken, but then again neither is swapping the chicken for paneer. So since I was already going all wild and crazy, I kind of thought, why not add just a little more creaminess and flavor to this sauce by adding cashews. It keeps the sauce so incredibly silky without actually have to add any cream, like in traditional butter chicken.
So really, we have a completely healthy and slimmed down version here. Nice!!
Honestly though, I do think the reason I made this recipe was just yet another excuse to have a creamy sauce to dip that naan into. That naan, ah, it is a VERY loved recipe around here!
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So make the naan and the enjoy!
This recipe looks delicious! And not intimidating which is a must because I have tried making butter chicken a few times before and was always disappointed. I will try making this recipe but with chicken instead of the paneer. I do have one question: Could I substitute ground almonds (almond meal) for the cashews? Thank you for your lovely posts!
Hey Jillian,
I actually do not think that would work that well. If you would prefer not to use cashews, they can easily just be left out. Let me know if you have other questions.
Thanks!!
I love this recipe. One of my favorites. Thank you for sharing this.
Simon
Any suggestions on how you would modify the sauce to be nut-free? I have family coming into town and everyone loves Indian food, but one of my nieces has a nut allergy and I would hate for her to be left out. That said, I’m making my own paneer this weekend no matter what! Mmmmm!
You can simply leave the cashews out, no big deal! Hope everyone loved this, thanks!!
Made this last night for dinner and have to say that is was really delicious. Picked up some paneer and pratha at the local indian market. Next time I will try my hand at homemade paneer and naan. This recipe is a keeper.
SO HAPPY you loved it! Thank you!
Made this tonight. I followed the recipe exactly (as is my tendency the first time I make something, modifications come on the next making) and this was absolutely PERFECT! So thick, rich, and creamy! What a treat! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh… my… gawd! This looks absolutely incredible!!! I love paneer, but fried paneer?! Sign me up!
So much creamy goodness! And those paneer, omg!
Paneer is a creamy curry is basically my FAVORITE thing in the whole world. I always order mattar paneer when we go out and over eat cause I have 0 control over my passion of indian food!
Will be making ASAP!
Lovely photos as usual.
i think it is fair to say you nailed it. i don’t know if i have ever wanted Indian food before 8am until now. xo
Love butter paneer and I always always try to go for crispy skillet fried paneer when making any paneer based dish cause the FLAVORS!! Yummm!! Girl love your photography!!
I am trying to hold myself back from licking the computer screen right now! So making this tonight! Thanks for a great blog!
yummyy!! Looks delicious 🙂
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……. HOLY SCHNIKES! Must try to make that SOON!!
Yes please! It’s lunchtime and this is exactly what I’m craving! Love that fried paneer!
Well I know what is on the menu for this weekend! I looove Indian food. I will probably make it with some sort of yogurt marinated chicken instead of paneer though. I’m a bit too lazy to make my own cheese or try to find it here. 😛