Matar Paneer (Green Peas and Paneer Curry)
Matar paneer is an easy Indian curry made with paneer or cottage cheese and are cooked with flavorful spices.
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 250 gm paneer (cottage cheese) diced into cubes
- ¼ cup green peas
- 2 medium onion roughly chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes Pureed
- 6 - 8 garlic cloves
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 - 2 green chillies
- 4 - 5 tbsp refined oil
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Salt or as per taste
Whole Spices
- 1 bay leaf (Tejpatta)
- 3 cloves
- 3 green cardamom
- ½ inch cinnamon stick
- 4 - 5 black pepper
Garnish
- 5 - 6 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- ½ tsp roasted kasuri methi crushed
- 1 tsp lemon juice optional
Instructions
- In a pan or kadai, heat oil.
- Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and other whole spices and saute until fragrant.
- Then, add chopped ginger, garlic, and onion.
- Saute till the onion starts to change color.
- Add cashew nuts and tomatoes.
- Add salt, and saute for 3 - 4 minutes or until tomatoes turn soft.
- Then add all ground spices and cook for 2 minutes more. Add a little water (2 - 4 tbsp) to avoid sticking of spices to hot pan.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool down for some time.
- Transfer to a blender and blend to a smooth paste (remove the bay leaf).
- Transfer the blended masala to the pan.
- Pour in some water and bring it to boil.
- Add paneer cubes and green peas to it.
- Simmer for 5 - 6 minutes on low flame. Turn off the heat.
- In the end, add 2 - 3 tbsp fresh cream.
- Add coriander leaves finely chopped and crushed kasuri methi.
- Drizzle some lemon juice (optional) and stir to mix them all.
- Matar Paneer is ready to be served.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with paratha, chapatti, rice etc.
Notes
Note: Don’t cook for long after adding paneer else it will tasty as chewy as rubber.