10 dhaba-style Paneer dishes to try at home this weekend

Indian dhabas are the melting pot of flavours offering rustic and humble flavours that are mostly loved by everyone. They are simple yet appetizing that you can't settle with one serving. And when it comes to dhaba, they offer a wide range of paneer delicacies, where each version offers a different texture and taste. Paneer, as a rich source of calcium and phosphorus, is known for strengthening bones and teeth, making it a great option for all age groups. It also contains healthy fats that provide steady energy without spiking blood sugar levels, making it ideal for diabetics. Additionally, paneer is easy to digest and versatile, allowing you to prepare a variety of nutritious dishes like paneer bhurji, stuffed parathas, or a wide range of curries. Here we have listed ten dhaba-style paneer dishes that you can try at home.

It is one of the most famous paneer dishes, which has a creamy, tomato-based gravy enriched with butter, kasuri methi, and smoky dhaba-style tadka and tastes best naan or jeera rice.

This one is available at almost all dhabas and is served in mini kadhais. This one is made where paneer is tossed with chunky onions, capsicum, and freshly pounded kadai masala, which gives that unmistakable dhaba aroma and heat and goes well with rice and roti both.

This is mostly enjoyed as an appetizer or chakna with alcohol and consists of charred paneer tikka cubes folded into a spicy onion-tomato gravy, delivering the tandoori flavour that dhabas are loved for.

This is mostly the most expensive paneer dish that you can find at a dhaba, which is known for rich, royal, and mildly sweet flavour. This dish blends paneer with cashew-cream gravy, saffron, and aromatic whole spices that pairs best with butter naan, rumali roti, or butter roti.

This is enjoyed as a side dish, where crumpled paneer is tossed with onions, tomatoes, green chillies, and spices in a frying pan, and makes for a quick, rustic, and bursting with flavour. It tastes best with plain paratha or rumali roti.

This is enjoyed with rice and is a thick, creamy, slightly smoky gravy with grated paneer that gives it a luxurious texture and dhaba-like richness and pairs well with jeera rice too.

This is also enjoyed as a snack, where paneer is cooked on a hot tawa with robust spices, capsicum, and coriander. It is oily, spicy, and truly dhaba-style.

This is one the most popular paneer dishes too, which is semi-dry in texture and is made with double the onions, which are caramelised and crisp, giving deep sweetness and dhaba-style texture that goes well with tandoori roti, naan, or rice too.

This is mostly loved by those who enjoy spicy food and is a peppery, creamy paneer dish featuring freshly ground black pepper, mild spices, and silky gravy for a balanced kick that goes well with roti and rice both.

This dish is inspired by North Indian pickles, where the pickle masala is used in the tempering of mustard oil,along with nigella, fennel, and dried red chilli for a tangy, spicy dhaba-style treat, to which sauteed or fresh paneer chunks are added and cooked until oil separates and goes well with rumali or tawa roti.

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