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Easy Matar Paneer Recipe
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Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh or frozen green peas
- 3/4 cup paneer
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 green chilli chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 inch piece Ginger chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes roughly chopped
- 5-6 Cashew nuts soaked in hot water for 20-30 minutes
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder
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Instructions
- Grind onion, green chilli, ginger and garlic together in the small chutney jar of a grinder to make medium coarse paste. Grind the tomatoes to make tomato puree. Grind cashew nuts with 2 tablespoons water until smooth paste.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the same pan/kadai over medium flame. Add crushed onion paste (prepared in step-1) and salt (only for onion paste, it helps to cook onion faster). Sauté it until oil starts to separate or it turns translucent. It will take around 5-7 minutes.
- Add tomato puree (prepared in step-1) and cook on medium flame until oil starts to separate, for approx. 5-6 minutes.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt.
- Stir and cook for a minute. Add cashew nut paste (prepared in step-1).
- Stir and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add boiled peas and 1/2 cup water; mix properly and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add paneer cubes and cook for 2-3 minutes. We have added plain paneer cubes but you can add shallow fried paneer to enhance the flavor
- Turn off flame and transfer prepared curry to a serving bowl. Matar paneer is ready. Serve it with butter kulcha, cucumber tomato onion salad and gajar halwa for a complete meal.