Recipe: Delicious Matar Paneer

Matar Paneer. Matar paneer or mutter paneer made in restaurant style with video & stepwise photos. Delicious, creamy rich paneer peas gravy to make your meal special. In fact matar paneer is one of the most popular paneer dishes from North India.

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 (Mutter Paneer), a delicious combination of soft paneer and healthy green peas in a mild spicy tomato based gravy, is a treat to taste buds at anytime. Matar paneer has paneer and matar/ green peas as main ingredients. You can have Matar Paneer using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Matar Paneer

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

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. Mattar paneer is a rich, creamy, saucy, and slightly spicy tomato-based curry made with green peas and paneer. My recipe for mattar paneer is a breeze to make.

Matar Paneer step by step

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..

One might even say, it's easy peasy. Matar paneer goes very well with Roti, Plain Paratha, Naan, Kulcha or even with Rice. This recipe of green peas and paneer can also be made vegan by sub the paneer for the tofu. How do you make Instant Pot Matar Paneer? Soft paneer and green peas cooked in onion tomato gravy.

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