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Paneer lababdar is a rich, creamy and authentic North Indian curry made with lots of paneer and onion tomato cashew paste. Paneer lababdar is sweet and slightly spicy curry, its very flavorful and worth trying!

Paneer is an essential part of Indian cuisine and it is loved by all. If you are a vegetarian, this recipe is must to try, I am sure everyone will lick their fingers after eating this yummy curry. Lababdar is a Mughal word and Indian cuisines which are named as lababdar are an influence from Mughalai cuisine. Lababdar is used for dishes which are extremely rich and creamy.

This restaurant style paneer lababdar recipe tastes great with chapathi, roti, naan or parathas. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Paneer Lababdar. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Try my other paneer recipes

• Palak paneer
• Methi Paneer
• Paneer peas pulao
• Paneer capsicum
• Matar paneer
• Kadai paneer

RECIPE FOR PANEER LABABDAR

Coarse       : Side Dish / for Chapathi, Naan, Roti

Cuisine      : North Indian

Author       : Jayashree 

Prep Time  : 10 min

Cook Time : 30 min

Total Time  : 40 min

INGREDIENTS

To Grind

• 1 tbsp oil

• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds

• 2 bay leaf

• 1 inch cinnamon stick

• 4 cloves

• 2 green cardamom

• 5-8 pepper corn

• 4 garlic

• 1 inch ginger - chopped

• 3 green chilli

• 1 onion - thinly sliced

• 2 tbsp cashews

• 3 medium size tomato - chopped

• 5 kashmiri red chilli

• salt to taste

• 1/4 cup water

For Lababdar

• 2 tsp ghee

• 1 tbsp oil

• 1 tsp ginger - chopped

• onion tomato paste - grounded

• 1.5 cup water

• salt to taste

• 1/2 cup paneer - grated

• 1 cup paneer cubes

• 1 tsp Garam Masala

• 1/2 tsp sugar

• 1 tsp fresh cream

• 1/4 cup coriander leaves - chopped

- check more paneer recipes

- more gravy recipes for chapathi/roti/naan

PROCEDURE

• heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon stick, pepper corn and green cardamom

• saute the spices for a minute

• add garlic, ginger, green chilli and thinly sliced onion

• saute well and cook the onions until light brown

• add chopped tomatoes and cashews

• saute well until it looks mushy

• add Kashmiri red chilli, salt and 1/4 cup water

• mix well

• cover with lid and cook for 5-7 minutes in low medium flame

• once onion, tomato and chillies are cooked well, switch off the flame

• cool down the mixture completely

• grind to a smooth paste and keep aside

• in the same pan, heat oil and ghee

• temper with chopped ginger and saute for few seconds

• now add onion tomato paste and salt, followed by 1.5 cup water

• mix well and adjust the consistency of the gravy

• cover with lid and cook for another 7-8 minutes or until the oil starts to separate

• add grated paneer along with paneer cubes

• mix well without breaking the paneer cubes

• cover and cook for 3-4 minutes

• add Garam Masala powder, sugar and fresh cream

• mix well and switch off the flame

• garnish with chopped coriander leaves

• serve hot with chapathi, roti or naan

• taste delicious 😋 

NOTES

• adjust spice level according to your taste
• use fresh paneer for better taste and results
• use can also use kasoori methi for garnishing
• if you don't have fresh cream, skip it or else can replace with cashew paste

more gravy recipes for chapathi

• Hariyali chicken curry

• Paneer butter masala

• Mushroom pepper fry

• Kashmiri dum aloo

• Methi Paneer Recipe

• Kadai paneer recipe

• Shahi paneer recipe

• Vadacurry recipe

Paneer Lababdar with Step By Step

 Photo Recipe

heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cardamom pods and pepper corn, saute for few seconds

add green chilli, garlic and ginger

add thinly sliced onion

saute well until it looks transparent

add cashews and chopped tomatoes

saute and cook well until the tomatoes mushy

add kashmiri red chilli, water and salt

mix well, cover and cook for 5 minutes in low medium flame

switch off the flame and cool down the ingredients completely

transfer into mixer grinder

grind to a smooth paste

heat ghee and oil in the same pan, temper with chopped ginger

add ground onion tomato paste

add salt and required amount of water

mix well and adjust the consistency of the gravy

cover and cook for 7-8 minutes

add grated paneer

add paneer cubes

mix well

cook for 4-5 minutes

add fresh cream, garam masala and sugar

mix well and switch off the flame

garnish with chopped coriander leaves

Transfer into a bowl, serve hot with chapathi, naan or roti

Paneer Lababdar

Video Recipe