Steps to Make Matar Paneer in 16 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, matar paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Matar paneer is a restaurant style creamy, delicious and rich peas paneer curry. Matar paneer is one of India's most popular paneer dishes. In most Indian homes, it is made during winters when fresh.

Matar Paneer is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Matar Paneer is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have matar paneer using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Matar Paneer:

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

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 has paneer and matar/ green peas as main ingredients. 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.

Instructions to make Matar Paneer:

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.

Matar paneer is a classic vegetarian curry of Indian cheese and peas cooked in a tomato-based sauce. Frying the cheese until golden makes a big difference to the flavour and texture of the curry so don't. The BEST, home-style Punjabi matar paneer recipe. Paneer and peas curry is a popular North Indian recipe that you find in almost all restaurant menu. Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat until it's shimmering hot.

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