Matar Paneer Recipe

A major dish popular in most households in North India, Matar Paneer is made of two main ingredients – matar (peas) and paneer (cheese). It is a delicious vegetable and one of the main items you can find in any festivals, functions and parties in India. If you like this vegetable or want to know how it tastes like, then here is the recipe to make Matar Paneer.

Ingredients

• Cheese: 250 grams
• Peas: ½ cup peeled seeds
• Tomatoes: 2 or 3
• Green chilies: 2
• Ginger: a piece of 1 inch
• Cream or Skimmed Milk made at home: half bowl
• Refined oil: 2 tablespoon
• Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric: ¼ teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder: ¼ teaspoon
• Garam Masala: Less than a quarter teaspoon
• Salt: to taste
• Coriander Leaves: 2 tablespoon chopped

Method

1. Finely grind tomatoes, green chilies and ginger in a mixer grinder. Add cream to the paste and run the mixer again for a little while.
2. Cut cheese into square pieces and boil the peas in a ½ cup of water.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Put cumin seeds in hot oil. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chili powder in the oil and stir it to fry.
4. Now mix the paste of tomatoes, green chilies, ginger and cream with the ingredients in the frying pan and let the spices fry until they are fully cooked.
5. Add water when the spices are ready. Add as much water as you want to thicken the gravy.
6. Now put the boiled peas into the gravy you have just prepared. Add salt to taste and let the gravy boil.
7. Now you can put the pieces of cheese in the gravy and let it boil for 3 or 4 more minutes.
8. The vegetable of matar paneer is ready now. Mix into it garam masala and garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve it hot with Paranthe, Naan or Chapati.