Paneer makhani - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 tsp butter
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 tomatoes chopped, or use a 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp tomato purée
• 6-7 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 4-5 cardamom pods, roughly bashed
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 cashew nuts, finely chopped and soaked in water until soft
• 1cm piece of ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1 tsp red chilli powder, such as kashmiri mirch
• 1 chilli, sliced in half lengthways (optional)
• 250g paneer, cut into medium cubes
• 1 tbsp fenugreek leaves
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 80ml single cream, to serve (optional)