Name: Paneer Butter Masala & Chapati with Swiss Supermarket Ingredients
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 pack paneer nature (plain), in the tofu aisle at Coop; shallots (échalotes), diced as small as you can (a few); ginger and garlic, crushed (a piece each); 2 tomatoes; 10 g butter (plus about 10 g more if the shallots stick); cumin seeds (a sprinkle); 1 tbsp cashew purée (purée de noix de cajou); turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt (to taste); ½ cup water; garam masala (a sprinkle); 1 small pack full-fat cream; coriander leaves (some); 2 cups flour (I used farine bise / Ruchmehl); 1 cup water (half the flour measure); salt (a pinch); ½ tsp olive oil; butter (to spread)

The story behind the dish

One Swiss supermarket, one Indian curry

Living in Switzerland, I hear this question all the time: "Ah, so you go to the Asian shop for your ingredients?" Not everyone has an Asian shop nearby, or is used to going to one for specialised ingredients. So why can't we make curries with what's in our local supermarket?

That's when I decided, for the first time actually, to shop for an Indian curry at my local supermarket. Switzerland has two main supermarkets, Coop and Migros, and you can only be loyal to one of them :) (There are Aldi and Lidl too, but they're less common.)

I'm loyal to Coop, even if it's a tad more expensive than Migros, because I think it has more organic ingredients. So I made the trip to find everything for paneer butter masala, and the result is what you see in the video. Check it out :)

Curry++ · 7 November 2026