Paneer recipes – Paneer is Indian cottage cheese. Homemade paneer or store bought, you can prepare a wide range of side dish, snack, breakfast or even desserts.
Paneer is rich source of milk protein, calcium thus making it a boon for vegetarians. Now a days, paneer is available easily in shops if you feel you cannot prepare at home from scratch.
Fresh paneer, frozen, malai paneer are some variants available. Do check out all my paneer dishes and other collections in my website.
If paneer is there at home, you can easily prepare side dish for flatbreads like paratha, phulka, roti etc. It also goes well with mild pulao or simple steamed rice and a vegetable sabji.
Not only this, you can also make snack varieties easily with paneer. It is easily kid’s favorite and family favorite.
Sweets like rasgulla, sandesh, kheer can also be prepared with paneer. These desserts are prepared with fresh chenna (the ingredient you get while making paneer before setting it to blocks).
Learn how to make paneer from scratch in the post with detailed step by step photos, instructions, tips and tricks and a video as well.
How to make paneer (Step by step)
Popular recipes
When you think about paneer recipes, the first thing that comes to mind is paneer butter masala. Here’s where you should start. Check out the recipe below.
Paneer butter masala recipe
2. Palak paneer
Another famous dish you can prepare with this milky flavored cottage cheese is palak paneer. Check out the recipe below
Palak paneer recipe
Green peas and paneer make an absolutely delicious combo. With fresh ground spices in this gravy, it turns out totally a dhaba style Punjabi dish.
Matar paneer recipe
4. Shahi paneer
A popular restaurant style dish, rich with cream in tomato base. This paneer recipe is a perfect side dish for all Indian flat breads and mild pulaos.
Shahi paneer recipe
Quick & easy
1. Kadai paneer
Want to prepare something quick for lunch or dinner? Kadai paneer is most flavorful side dish you can prepare under 30 mins.
Kadai paneer recipe
Quick fix for your hunger pangs, yet a filling one. Aren’t they tempting. Learn how to make it below.
Paneer sandwich recipe
3. Paneer dosa
If you have dosa batter, this is very easy to prepare home style paneer dosa. Do not forget to pair it up with peanut chutney as shown.
paneer dosa recipe
Snack time
With green chutney smeared in the paneer, it is delicious as such and very easy to prepare too.
Stuffed paneer pakora
2. Momos
Paneer momos with wheat flour momo skin. A healthier version of the regular momo you make.
Paneer momos recipe
Paneer with green marinade make a tasty snack. You do not even need a side dish, good as such.
Hariyali paneer tikka recipe
Specials
Have mint to finish? you can try this exotic white base gravy with fresh or dried mint.
Pudina paneer gravy recipe, Mint gravy
Paneer kurma is best combination for chapathi and rice variety like ghee rice.
Paneer kurma recipe
Layer style biryani with golden fried paneer and caramelized onion.
Paneer biryani recipe
4. Methi paneer
Paneer subji style with methi leaves and spices for a quick side dish fix.
Methi paneer dry
Have pesto in hand? This is a must try variation for surprising your family.
Pesto paneer sandwich recipe
Add to other dishes
You can also add paneer to other regular dishes like the one below. The soft cottage cheese makes a good add to our regular pav bhaji taking to another level.
Paneer pav bhaji recipe
Quickly marinate paneer and make pizza toppings with it. Perfect party dinner idea.
Paneer tikka pizza recipe
Vegetable jalfrezi is best way to make your kids eat vegetables along with paneer. Make it as wrap or serve as sabji, any way you want.
Paneer Jalfrezi recipe
Browse all the recipes under the category:
- Braised paneer recipe, Quick easy paneer
- Stuffed paneer pakora recipe, paneer pakora
- Lemon paneer recipe
- How to make paneer cutlet, paneer cutlet recipe
- Paneer ghee roast recipe
- Paneer nuggets recipe
- Paneer besan chilla recipe | Instant version
- Paneer sandwich recipe, Kids lunch box recipes
- Paneer momos recipe, how to make paneer momos
- Paneer kheer recipe | Easy Paneer payasam
- Methi paneer recipe | Methi paneer dry
- Paneer mirch masala recipe
- Paneer Quesadilla in Sandwich maker
- Paneer pulao recipe, Paneer pulao
- Easy Kalakand recipe | Diwali sweets
- Easy paneer dosa recipe | Indian breakfast recipes
- Chilli paneer gravy recipe | How to make chilli paneer gravy
- Paneer paratha recipe | Easy paratha recipes
- Paneer fried rice, Indian style fried rice
- Paneer butter masala recipe, How to make butter paneer
- Paneer pasanda recipe
what a collection ? though i prepared most of the thing. The clicks are pretty, to try again 😀
Paneer paratha…..it simulate me to try now itself…lovely clicks
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Delicious preparation
Hi raks superb collection….
I keep making your kadai paneer again and again on popular demand !
delicious yummy delights
That's nice ! Apart from cooking , what u do in your spare time ?
Hi…iam a silent follower f urs..ur meduvada ws my frst try..n it w a a big hit. ..most f ur recipes hav been tried out…n been successful. .
How mch pizzas wud ur pizza base yield??? Pls reply…
My Pizza yeild one large pizza as we get in the shops.
Hi Raks, I have just started following you.. n your recipes are super.. I an a huge paneer lover.. and these paneer dishes look lip smacking..
Hi Raks m simply lovin all ur recipes .. u r doin great job.. ur my fav blogger… I hv tried few recipes n they turned out so good… keep up the good work
All the recipes are looking so yummy and easy to make at home…thnks raji foe giving such awsm dishes
Hi, I am fan of urs.. I do lot of recipes from ur site… I am cooking some paneer recipes… mostly kadai paneer.. sometimes I make paneer at home sometimes buy from shop… the problem is paneer dont taste well.. I mean it doesnt taste along with the dish.. it dont hav any taste AND DONT MINGLE WITH THE DISH… I searched so many places for solution.. but I couldnt find any.. can u advise…
Paneer cannot absorb the spices to my knowledge, so do not taste paneer alone, have it with the masalas 🙂 If you want, you can cut the paneer into smaller cubes. I assume you are soaking the paneer in hot water before using.
Good pics.Welcoming as always
Hi Raks,
I'm a fan of yours too and each time I think of trying something new, I prefer to follow your recipes first and then check out for others……I would request to share paneer65 recipe since I did not find in your recipe index….
Mamta.
Sorry, will update soon. Thanks for your lovely words 🙂 Heres the link http://www.rakskitchen.net/2016/11/how-to-make-paneer-65-paneer-65-recipe.html
You can use the search box too to find a recipe
I enjoyed making many reciepes from this site. All of them came out well. It is because of the precise measurement helps furnished by ur site.. Thanks so much for making our lives easier..!! 😀 way to go..!