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Matar paneer
North Indian style matar paneer recipe without the addition of onion and garlic
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 1 cup paneer
- 1/2 cup frozen green peas
- 3 tomatoes
- 8 cashew nuts
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp kasoori methi
- 1/2 tsp dhaniya powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- Salt as needed
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
- 1
Boil the tomatoes and cashew nuts for 10 minutes.
- 2
Once it is cool, drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste.
- 3
Filter this and keep aside.
- 4
In a bowl add the red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt.
- 5
Add little water and mix it well.
- 6
In a pan add oil and add this mixture.
- 7
Cook for a minute and add the tomato cashew puree.
- 8
Let this cook for 5 minutes.
- 9
Now add ½ cup water and add the paneer cubes and peas.
- 10
Let this cook for 10 minutes.
- 11
Add the kasoori methi at this stage and cook for 2 minutes.
- 12
Add few chopped coriander leaves.
- 13
Switch off the flame.
- 14
No onion no garlic mutter paneer is ready.
- 15
You can serve this with roti, naan or jeera rice too.