Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, matar paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really 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 current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Matar paneer is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have matar paneer using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Matar paneer:
- Get 1 cup fresh green peas
- Get 1 /2 -3/4 cup paneer pieces
- Make ready For gravy :
- Prepare To grind to paste :
- Get 2 tsp oil
- Prepare 1 big onion finely chopped
- Get 2 green chillies
- Get 1 " ginger
- Take 6-8 cloves garlic minced
- Make ready 2 dry red chillies
- Prepare 1 small cinnamon stick
- Make ready 2 tomatoes chopped
- Get 1 tbsp dhania jeera powder
- Take Other ingredients:
- Get 2 tbsp oil
- Take 1 tsp cummin seeds
- Prepare 2 small bay leaves
- Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Take to taste Salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp sugar (to add during boiling green peas)
- Get leaves Finely chopped fresh coriander
Matar paneer is a regular dish in Punjabi households. It is ubiquitious dish and goes very well rice, puri and rice. 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. Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat until it's shimmering hot.
Instructions to make Matar paneer:
- Boil fresh green peas with sugar & salt till tender. Strain and keep aside.
- On another gas flame,In kadhai add heat 2 tsp oil. Add chopped onion,ginger, chillies, garlic saute for few minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes,dry chillies, cinnamon stick, dhania jeera powder,mix and saute until tomato pieces are tender.
- Cool this sauted vegetables and grind it in mixer to make smooth paste.
- In same kadhai add & heat 2 tbsp oil, add cummin seeds and bay leaves. As cummin seeds splutter,add grinded Onion Tomato paste. Mix well and saute till oil leaves from the mixture.
- Add turmeric powder,red chilli powder salt. Mix well. Add boiled peas and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add paneer cubes (you can fry and add). Mix gently. Add 3/4- 1 cup of water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve /Relish Matar-Paneer with Roti/ Paratha/ Naan.
Add the paneer, then turn the heat down a little. 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. Matar paneer is a very popular North Indian dish prepared with paneer and peas.
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