
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