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Shahi Paneer

A creamy paneer curry with tomatoes, onions, and spices.

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Why it works: Ginger and tea work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 216 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Shahi Paneer

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gravy

  1. Add oil to a frying pan and heat the oil.

  2. Add the onions and fry until brown.

  3. Add ginger paste, chillies and fry further for 2 minutes.

  4. Add the tomatoes and fry further for 5 minutes or until the oil separates (you can see the oil coming out of the onion and tomato paste).

  5. Add some water (½ cup).

  6. Leave it to boil until it becomes a thick gravy (like melted ice-cream consistency).

Finish and serve

  1. Add milk and sugar and leave on slow heat.

  2. Add the paneer cubes.

  3. Garnish with coriander leaves if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

483Calories
21 gProtein
26 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Paneernot in our table0
Teanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Ginger + teatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together216 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,595 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Ginger + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Tea + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together738 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Paneer
Firm cubes that hold their shape and soften gently in the warm gravy.
Onion
Browns and builds a sweet, deep base for the gravy.
Tomatoes
Break down into acidic, thickening pulp that gives the gravy body.
Curd
Adds tang and creaminess, and its proteins can curdle if added too hot.
Milk
Adds richness and softens the gravy's sharp tomato edge.

The step that matters

Cooking the tomatoes until the oil separates. Frying tomatoes and onion long enough cooks off raw sharpness and water, deepening flavour and thickening the base. Stopping early leaves a watery, sour gravy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (paneer, cottage cheese, ginger, tomato, tea, sugar, milk):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against paneer, cottage cheese, ginger, tomato, tea, sugar, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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