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By veganricha.com

Butter Tofu Paneer - Restaurant Style Tofu Butter Masala Recipe

Prep:15minCook:30min

Restaurant Style Tofu Butter Masala Recipe - Easy Indian Butter Tofu "Paneer". Dairy-free Tofu Paneer Butter Masala. Tofu is marinated and baked then simmered in tomato ginger cashew sauce. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe.

Updated at: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:14:18 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

40

Low

Glycemic Load

5

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories157.3 kcal (8%)

Total Fat7.3 g (10%)

Carbs13.2 g (5%)

Sugars4.9 g (5%)

Protein11.6 g (23%)

Sodium669.8 mg (33%)

Fiber3.3 g (12%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

12 ozfirm tofu

pressed between paper towels for 10 minutes, then cubed

½ tspgaram masala

½ tsppaprika

½ tspturmeric

2 tspginger paste

or minced ginger

2 tspgarlic paste

or minced, or 3/4 tsp garlic powder

2 tsplemon juice

1 ½ tspwater

1 ½ Tbspcornstarch

or other starch such as arrowroot

1 tspnutritional yeast

or vegan butter

3 clovesgarlic

large, ripe, or 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes

1 inchginger

cube, 1/2 inch chopped, 1/2 inch julienned or thinly sliced into sticks

1hot green chile

or mild, juilenned or thinly sliced, or use very thinly sliced green bell pepper

made with with 1/4 cup soaked 15 mins cashews blended with 1/2 cup water

½ tspgaram masala

½ tsppaprika

or kashmiri chili powder

¼ tspcayenne

½ cupwater

1 tspkasoori methi

dried fenugreek leaves

½ tspsugar

or other sweetener, to preference

Instructions

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Notes

85 liked

7 disliked

Delicious

Go-to

Easy

Spicy

Makes leftovers

Salma Nassri· last week

Tastes weird, bitter, and lacking flavour. Had to make a lot of modifications to make it edible.

Sylvie· 4 months ago

Not for me want be making again

Rocco Church· 7 months ago

Truly a restaurant quality meal. So easy to make at home and the kids ate it. I'd call that a dinner win!

Truly a restaurant quality meal. So easy to make at home and the kids ate it. I'd call that a dinner win!

Finn Riegler· last year

S vcoil· last year

Delicious! Used 1 tsp tamarind paste instead of the lemon juice and omitted the sugar. Turned out great, def making this again.

Delicious! Used 1 tsp tamarind paste instead of the lemon juice and omitted the sugar. Turned out great, def making this again.

Richard Treadgold· last year

Makes leftovers

Definitely worth the effort, I used coconut cream rather than cashew cream but I don't think it affected it too much; it still tasted great.

Definitely worth the effort, I used coconut cream rather than cashew cream but I don't think it affected it too much; it still tasted great.

Röng B· last year

Special occasion

Under 30 minutes

Tasty and just the right amount of spice.

Julia Gala de Pablo· 2 years ago

Makes leftovers

This was SO GOOD! Filling, delicious, protein rich. I served it with brown rice.

daniel· 2 years ago

Really delicious. Used dm’s tomatoes, regular cream, didn’t purée, and added some leftover green sauce on top. Definitely making this again.

Really delicious. Used dm’s tomatoes, regular cream, didn’t purée, and added some leftover green sauce on top. Definitely making this again.

Mikhail· 3 years ago

Doesn’t look very appetising, but was incredibly delicious

Doesn’t look very appetising, but was incredibly delicious

Erik Åström· 3 years ago

Should add some butter

Kaylyn Elcock· 3 years ago

Pan fried the tofu. Used coconut milk i stead of cashew cream. All turned out really well.

Amanda Shorter· 3 years ago

Makes leftovers

Special occasion

I might would use extra firm tofu next time because it was a little mushy but otherwise delicious!

Stéphanie Prévost· 3 years ago

Added half soy cream / half coco cream and sea Salt but it was delicious!

Added half soy cream / half coco cream and sea Salt but it was delicious!

Danielle· 3 years ago

Makes leftovers

Delicious! Quick to make and fussy eater and 4yo approved! Theu had theirs with chicken but i had the tofu and it was amazing. All 4 portions of it gone between the 3 of us 😂 could be more generous with the spices if you wanted.

Dawn Divirgilio· 3 years ago

Added some additional spices. Turned out awesome.

Waterstone Jain· 4 years ago

Food Yummy· 4 years ago

Makes leftovers

Delicious. The chef and author gets the spice blends so right and instructions are always easy to follow. Gives you options to tailor to suit your tastes too. Marinating the tofu the way described made it closer to paneer I really would not have known it was tofu. I will make this often - but there are more recipes to explore by the same author too

Delicious. The chef and author gets the spice blends so right and instructions are always easy to follow. Gives you options to tailor to suit your tastes too. Marinating the tofu the way described made it closer to paneer I really would not have known it was tofu. I will make this often - but there are more recipes to explore by the same author too

Alicja Szałapak· 4 years ago

I do love a good paneer dish but tofu worked fantastically here!