Steps to Prepare Matar Paneer in 17 Minutes for Family

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, matar paneer. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Matar Paneer is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Matar Paneer is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook matar paneer using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Matar Paneer:

1. Take 1 onion, finely chopped
2. Make ready 1 medium tomato, finely chopped
3. Get 1 Thai chilli pepper, finely chopped
4. Make ready 1/2 tablespoon ginger+garlic paste
5. Get 350 grams paneer, cut into cubes
6. Prepare 1/4 cup green peas
7. Take 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
9. Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
10. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon coriander powder
11. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
12. Prepare to taste Salt
13. Make ready 2 tablespoons oil or ghee, divided
14. Prepare 1 inch cinnamon
15. Prepare 2 cardamom pods
16. Prepare 2 cloves
17. Get 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
18. Take 1 dried red chilli

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 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.

Instructions to make Matar Paneer:

1. Heat 1 tbsp ghee on medium heat.
2. Add cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Fry until cumin darkens slightly.
3. Add green chillies.
4. Add onions, and fry till golden, add salt to hasten cooking.
5. Add ginger+garlic, fry for 1 minute.
6. Add tomatoes and stir. Cover for 2 minutes, or until tomatoes get mashed up.
7. Add powdered spices - turmeric, Kashmiri chilli, cumin, coriander, garam masala - stir.
8. Empty this mixture into a blender, and make a thick paste.
9. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel, add 1/2 tablespoon of ghee or oil. Add 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds, and a dried red chilli, followed by the gravy base.
10. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens and starts to slide easily in the pan. Add 250-300 mL hot water. Simmer for 3 minutes.
11. In another pan, fry paneer cubes till lightly golden. Set aside.
12. Add blanched peas to gravy, followed by paneer, and stir.
13. Serve with roti, paratha, or rice.

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. The BEST, home-style Punjabi matar paneer recipe. Paneer and peas curry is a popular North Indian recipe that you find in almost all restaurant menu. Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat until it's shimmering hot.

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