Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, matar paneer. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Matar Paneer is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Matar Paneer is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have matar paneer using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Matar Paneer:
- Get 1 onion, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 medium tomato, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 Thai chilli pepper, finely chopped
- Prepare 1/2 tablespoon ginger+garlic paste
- Get 350 grams paneer, cut into cubes
- Take 1/4 cup green peas
- Get 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Take 1/4 teaspoon coriander powder
- Get 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
- Get to taste Salt
- Take 2 tablespoons oil or ghee, divided
- Make ready 1 inch cinnamon
- Take 2 cardamom pods
- Take 2 cloves
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 dried red chilli
Steps to make Matar Paneer:
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee on medium heat.
- Add cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Fry until cumin darkens slightly.
- Add green chillies.
- Add onions, and fry till golden, add salt to hasten cooking.
- Add ginger+garlic, fry for 1 minute.
- Add tomatoes and stir. Cover for 2 minutes, or until tomatoes get mashed up.
- Add powdered spices - turmeric, Kashmiri chilli, cumin, coriander, garam masala - stir.
- Empty this mixture into a blender, and make a thick paste.
- 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.
- Keep stirring until the mixture thickens and starts to slide easily in the pan. Add 250-300 mL hot water. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- In another pan, fry paneer cubes till lightly golden. Set aside.
- Add blanched peas to gravy, followed by paneer, and stir.
- Serve with roti, paratha, or rice.
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