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Paneer Tikka Masala

Paneer Tikka Masala is North Indian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Vegetarian Halal Gluten free Pescatarian

Ingredients

  • 14 oz paneer
  • 28 oz crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup raw cashews
  • 1 onion
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 3 tbsp neutral oil
  • 4 cups cooked basmati rice
  • 1 tsp salt

How to cook it

  1. Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with a splash of the water.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet and sear the cubed paneer and bell pepper until lightly charred, then set them aside.
  3. Add the remaining oil and cook the onion, garlic, and ginger until soft, about 6 minutes, then stir in the paprika, cumin, and half the garam masala.
  4. Pour in the crushed tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes, then blend the sauce smooth and return it to the pan.
  5. Stir in the cashew cream and heavy cream, season with salt, and add the remaining garam masala.
  6. Fold in the paneer and peppers, warm through for 5 minutes, and serve over the basmati rice.

Serve it with

A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Paneer Tikka Masala, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Paneer Tikka Masala carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Paneer Tikka Masala
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts Yes Masala Omelette
Dairy Yes Masala Omelette
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.

Calorie band
Hearty
Protein
High
Protein quality
Complete
Food groups it covers
Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Nuts and seeds
How this was set
Hand audited

When to cook it

Paneer Tikka Masala takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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