- To begin making the Matar Paneer Recipe, prep all the ingredients and keep them ready.Add the chopped tomatoes to a mixer grinder jar and blend to make a smooth puree. Keep this aside.Thaw the matar in the microwave along with a tablespoon of butter and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a cooking pan/ wok/ kadai; add the whole spices from cloves, cinnamon, badi elaichi and pepper. Stir fry them for a few seconds till the aromas start whiffing through the room.Next, add the onion, ginger and garlic and saute until the onions become soft and tender and lightly golden brown.Stir in the masalas - turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, and garam masala powder. Give it a stir.
- Add the tomato puree, salt and sugar and give the mixture a stir. Allow the tomato masala to come to a brisk boil. Once it comes to a brisk boil, stir in the kasuri methi, paneer and the buttered matar. Cover the pan, and simmer the Matar Paneer for about 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Give the Matar Paneer a taste and adjust the salt and spices accordingly.Finally stir in the coriander leaves and transfer the Matar Paneer to a bowl and serve hot.
Matar Paneer Recipe is an all time favorite North Indian dish. The combination of peas, tomatoes and paneer gives this dish a subtle sweetness which enhances the taste of this flavored dish.
Matar Paneer
#ValentineMe
By Vinay Kumar
Feb, 23rd
642
Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 250 grams Paneer
- 1/2 cup matar
- 1 tsp Butter
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 2 Brown cardamom
- 4 Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1 tsp Whole Black Pepper Corns
- 1 Onion
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 inch Ginger
- 5 Tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Kasuri Methi
- 6 sprig Coriander Leaves
