Matar Paneer

Monica Rangaswamy
Monica Rangaswamy @monicacookbook
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Matar Paneer is delicious and flavorful North Indian peas and paneer curry. It is one of the most popular paneer dish made with green peas, cooked in onion and tomato based sauce with herbs and spices.

Gravy is made by sautéing onion, tomato, ginger, green chili and spices. It is then puréed and cooked again with green peas, paneer, and few spices to add more flavor and aroma to the dish.

Serve Matar Paneer with steamed basmati rice, flavored rice, or Indian breads.

Matar Paneer

#boxweek14 #paneer

Matar Paneer is delicious and flavorful North Indian peas and paneer curry. It is one of the most popular paneer dish made with green peas, cooked in onion and tomato based sauce with herbs and spices.

Gravy is made by sautéing onion, tomato, ginger, green chili and spices. It is then puréed and cooked again with green peas, paneer, and few spices to add more flavor and aroma to the dish.

Serve Matar Paneer with steamed basmati rice, flavored rice, or Indian breads.

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Ingredients

40 minutes
4 persons
  1. To make Onion Tomato Purée :
  2. 1 tbspoil
  3. 1large onion
  4. 1 inch ” ginger
  5. 2-3green chili
  6. 1/2 tspKashmiri chili powder
  7. 1 tspcoriander powder
  8. 1/4 tspturmeric powder
  9. 2medium-size tomato
  10. 1/2 tspsalt
  11. To make Matar Paneer :
  12. 1 tbspbutter
  13. 1 tbspghee
  14. 1/2 cupgreen peas
  15. 500 gramspaneer
  16. 1 tspkitchen king masala
  17. 1/2 tspgaram masala
  18. 1 tspkasuri methi
  19. to tasteSalt
  20. as requiredCoriander leaves for garnish

Cooking Instructions

40 minutes
  1. 1

    In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil, add in roughly chopped onion and sauté until translucent. Add in roughly chopped ginger, green chili and sauté for a minute. Add in turmeric powder, coriander powder, Kashmiri chili powder and sauté on low flame for a minute.

  2. 2

    Add in chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are soft. Add salt and water to cook the mixture well. Cool it completely. Grind to a fine purée in a mixer jar.

  3. 3

    In a pan heat butter and oil. Transfer the puréed mixture along with little water and cook until oil separates. Check for salt, add green peas and cook for 8 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add in paneer and cook for another 5 minutes. Add in kitchen king masala, garam masala and kasuri methi crushed between palms. Mix well and cook for another 5 minutes. Let the gravy rest for 10 minutes for flavors to be absorbed.

  5. 5

    Transfer Matar Paneer to serving dish, garnish with coriander leaves and serve with roti, jeera rice and salad.

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