Being a Sikh, I love my butter chicken and dal makhani. No party is complete without these two and more often than not there is somebody at a table who will definitely order these two dishes for everyone to share. If somebody is vegetarian then instead of butter chicken (or with an order of butter chicken), paneer makhani is ordered.
Paneer makhani is basically the vegetarian version of butter chicken. Its the same gravy but the chicken is replaced with paneer- Indian cottage cheese. While I love butter chicken and have a great recipe for it here, I would never turn down a plate of paneer makhani. Pair it with some garlic naan and I am a happy sardarni.
While I am typing this post I realize I call butter chicken with its english name and paneer makhani in Hindi. I don’t know why but that’s just how it is.
