Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, matar paneer. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Matar Paneer is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Matar Paneer is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook matar paneer using 25 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Matar Paneer:
- Get 250-300 grams paneer (cottage cheese)
- Get 1 cup peas or matar - fresh or frozen
- Take 1-1.25 cup water OR add as required
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- Get 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
- Make ready 1/4-1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder (lal mirch powder)
- Make ready 1/4-1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- Take 1/4-1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Take 1 tablespoon malai or cream
- Take 2-2.5 tablespoon oil or ghee
- Take a few coriander leaves (dhania patta) for garnishing
- Take salt as required
- Make ready 3 medium sized ripe red tomatoes - roughly chopped
- Get 1 medium to large onion - roughly chopped
- Prepare 1-2 green chilies (hari mirch) - chopped
- Take 1/2 inch ginger (adrak) - chopped
- Get 2-3 garlic (lahsun) - chopped
- Prepare 2 tablespoon roughly chopped coriander leaves - chopped
- Prepare 10-12 whole cashews (kaju) - chopped
- Take 10-12 whole cashews (kaju) - chopped
- Get 4-5 whole black peppercorns (sabut kali mirch)
- Prepare 4-5 whole black peppercorns (sabut kali mirch)
- Get 2-3 cloves (lavang)
- Take 1/2 inch cinnamon (dalchini)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon coriander seeds (sabut dhania)
Instructions to make Matar Paneer:
- In a grinder or blender take all the ingredients mentioned under "masala paste" - ½ cup chopped onions, ¾ cup chopped tomatoes, ½ inch ginger, (2-3) garlic, (1-2) green chilies, (10-12) chopped cashews, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, (4-5) black pepper, ½ inch cinnamon, 1 tsp coriander seeds and (2-3) cloves.
- Grind all the ingredients to a smooth paste.
- No need to add water while grinding. there should be no small bits and pieces of cashews in the paste.
- Keep the ground paste aside
- Make paneer…………………….. heat oil or ghee. add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds. saute the cumin till they splutter.
- Then add the ground masala paste. stir. take care while sauteing as the paste splutters. if there is too much spluttering, then cover partly with a lid till the spluttering stops.
- Saute for 10-12 minutes or more on a low to medium flame till the oil separates from the paste.
- Add all the dry spice powders - turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder. stir well.
- If adding cream or malai, you can add now. stir and saute for a minute
- Then add the peas or matar. stir again.
- Add water and season with salt
- Cover the cooker tightly and pressure cook till the matar/peas are cooked. cook for about 2 to 3 whistles or 9 to 10 minutes. (check notes below on how to cook in a pan.)
- When the pressure drops on it's own, open the lid of the pressure cooker.
- If the curry appears thin, then simmer till it reaches the desired consistency. the consistency is medium and neither thick nor thin.
- If the gravy appears thick, then add some water and simmer.
- Add the paneer cubes. simmer for 1 to 2 minutes on a low flame or till the paneer cubes get cooked. for a slight sweet taste, you can also add sugar just before you add the paneer cubes.
- Don't overcook as the paneer becomes dense and hard then
- Serve matar paneer with rotis, parathas, naan or rice.
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