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MATAR PANEER RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE MATAR PANEER | PANEER RECIPE

Matar Paneer is a vegetarian North Indian dish combines green peas (matar) with Indian Cottage Cheese Cubes (Paneer) in a creamy onion tomato based gravy. The creaminess in the curry, the use of fresh cream and soaked cashews. For soft, melt in the mouth paneer, microwave the paneer for 60 seconds before adding it to the curry. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Matar Paneer. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments. 

Try my other paneer recipes

• Palak paneer
• Methi Paneer
• Paneer peas pulao
• Paneer capsicum
• Matar paneer
• Kadai paneer
• Paneer Lababdar

RECIPE FOR MATAR PANEER

Course        : Main Course - Gravy for Chapathi, Naan

Cuisine       : Indian

Author        : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time   : 10 min

Cook Time  : 35 min

Total Time  : 45 min

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tsp cooking oil

• 1.5 cup roughly chopped onion

• 5 garlic

• 2 inch ginger

• 2 green chilli

• 2 medium size tomato

• 1/4 cup cashews

• 1.5 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

• 1/4 cup water

• 3 cloves

• 1 inch cinnamon stick

• 5 peppercorn

• 2 bay leaf

• 1 black cardamom

• 1 cup fresh green peas - cooked

• 500 g paneer - cut into cubes

• 1 tsp garam masala powder

• 1/4 cup heavy cream

• 2 tsp kasoori methi 

• salt as needed

• 1/4 cup fresh coriander leaves

• 1 tbsp unsalted butter

PROCEDURE

• soak cashews in hot water

• heat 2 tsp of oil in a frying pan

• add roughly chopped onion, garlic, ginger and green chilli

• saute till onion turn translucent

• add chopped tomatoes

• continue to cook the tomatoes until they turn soft and mushy

• add soaked cashews and kashmiri red chilli powder

• mix well

• let it cool down for 10 minutes

• add 1/4 cup water

• transfer into mixer grinder

• grind it into a fine paste and set aside

• heat unsalted butter in the same frying pan

• add cloves, cinnamon, black cardamom, pepper corn and bay leaf

• saute for 1 minute

• add the ground paste and mix well

• add fresh cooked green peas

• mix well

• cover and cook in medium flame

• once the gravy comes to boil, add salt and garam masala powder

• mix well

• add paneer cubes

• gently mix them in the gravy

• cover and cook in low flame for 5-8 minutes

• add fresh cream

• garnish with kasoori methi and coriander leaves

• serve hot with naan, chapathi or steamed rice

• tastes creamy and delicious.

Matar Paneer with Step-by-Step Photo Recipe

soak cashews in hot water

heat 2 tsp oil in a pan

add roughly chopped onion

add garlic

add ginger

add slitted green chilli

saute well, onion turn translucent

add chopped tomato

saute well, tomato turn soft and mushy

add soaked cashews

add kashmiri red chilli powder

mix well

add 1/4 cup water and allowed to cool down completely

transfer into mixer grinder

grind to a smooth paste

heat unsalted butter in the frying pan

add cloves and cinnamon

add bay leaf

add black cardamom

add peppercorn

saute well

add grounded paste

add fresh cooked peas

combine well

add 1/4 cup water, cover and cook in medium flame

once gravy starts to boil, add garam masala powder

add salt

mix well

add paneer cubes

gently mix with the gravy, cover and cook in low flame for 10 minutes

add fresh cream

add crushed kasoori methi 

garnish with coriander leaves

mix well, cover and cook for 2 minutes

serve hot with naan, chapathi or steamed rice