Heat up a pan
Add peppercorn, dry red chili, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and coriander seeds
Roast these spice for at least 3 minutes on low flame till fragrant don't burn them
Turn off the gas
Take out the spices on a plate first so that they cool down a bit let them cool off a bit
Crushed them or grind into a coarse powder, and keep aside
Heat a pan add little oil
And rest well add butter
Add bay leaf, cumin seeds, and coriander seeds
Add chopped onion
The onion is ready, it has browned completely then
Add chopped tomato and salt
Add crushed ginger and garlic
Add Kashmiri chili powder
Mix well
Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder
Mix well
Cover the lid
Cook this masala till the oil oozes out from the sides and the tomatoes get mashy add Kadai masala mix well
Add some water per your choice
Keep this separately on a slow flame in the meantime
we'll cook the paneer. Toss some pepper with that, the Kadai masala we made will be used now.
Take a pan to add very little oil
Add paneer quick toss
Make sure that the paneer doesn't break keep aside
Add diced onion, diced capsicum
Add a very little salt toss well
Add paneer
Add a lot of Kadai masala, Quick toss
Pour the paneer in the masala
Mix well
Very careful not to break the paneer
Add fenugreek leaves
Mix well
Add fresh coriander
Kadai paneer is ready
Serve it
Serve Kadai paneer with naan or chapati
4 servings