Matar Paneer
Matar Paneer

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, matar paneer. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Matar paneer is a restaurant style creamy, delicious and rich peas paneer curry. Matar paneer is one of India's most popular paneer dishes. In most Indian homes, it is made during winters when fresh.

Matar Paneer is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Matar Paneer is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook matar paneer using 23 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Matar Paneer:
  1. Make ready Matar paneer
  2. Prepare Ingredients:
  3. Make ready 1 . Paneer - 250gm
  4. Make ready 2 . Peas - 1/2 cup
  5. Take 3 . Cumin - 1 tsp
  6. Make ready 4 . Salt - as needed
  7. Make ready 5 . Cooking oil - 1 tbsp
  8. Take 6 . Kasthuri methi - 1 tsp crushed
  9. Take 7 . Garam masala - 1 tsp
  10. Take 8 . Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  11. Make ready Paste 1:
  12. Take 1 . Onion - 1 (preferred white onion)
  13. Get 2 . Green chilli - 1
  14. Make ready 3 . Garlic - 6
  15. Get 4 . Ginger - 1 inch
  16. Get Paste 2:
  17. Get 1 . Tomato - 1 big
  18. Get Paste 3: (Soak in warm water for 15 minutes)
  19. Get 1 . Kashmiri chilli - 4 (Gives colour to the recipe)
  20. Prepare 2 . Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
  21. Make ready paste 4 :
  22. Get 1 . Cashews - 1/4 cup
  23. Prepare 2 . Milk - 1/4 cup

Punjabi Style Matar Paneer Recipe: Cubed and fried paneer chunks, sauteed with peas, green chillies along with a host of spices, tomatoes and ginger garlic paste. Matar paneer is a classic vegetarian curry of Indian cheese and peas cooked in a tomato-based sauce. Frying the cheese until golden makes a big difference to the flavour and texture of the curry so don't. Matar paneer is a delicious curry made of paneer cubes and fresh peas cooked in a rich, spicy and tangy gravy.

Steps to make Matar Paneer:
    1. Grind all the ingredients separately as given above and keep aside. - - 2. Saute a tsp of oil in kadai add paneer cubes and saute till it get light golden brown colour. Drain and soak in water for 10 minutes. Keep aside. - - 3. Heat a tbsp of oil in kadai add cumin. Once it starts to splutter add onion paste. Saute nicely untill raw smell goes off.
    1. Now add tomato puree and saute for a minute. Now add turmeric, kashmiri red chilli and coriander seeds paste to this. Add salt. Close with lid and cook untill oil separated from sides. - - 5. Add paneer cubes and peas. Mix it to the gravy. Let it cook in simmer for 3 minutes. - - 6. Now add garam masala, Cashew paste. Cook untill cashew paste mix thoroughly into the gravy.
    1. Adjust the salt and garnish with crushed kasthuri methi leaves.. - - 8. Enjoy this with roti, ghee rice or any pulav..

Matar paneer is one of my favorite North Indian dishes. Matar paneer has paneer and matar/ green peas as main ingredients. I tried this recipe after I tasted this at my friend Sangeeta's place. Loved it very much and asked her the recipe for it. The BEST, home-style Punjabi matar paneer recipe.

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