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Mattar Paneer

September 24th, 2009 shyam Leave a comment Go to comments

This recipe originally came from VahRehVah, but I have heavily modified and simplified it for my own tastes.

Recipe: Mattar Paneer


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Ingredients

  • 2 medium onions (diced)
  • 2 medium tomato (diced)
  • paneer cheese cubes – (usually comes frozen; may or may not be fried – either is fine)
  • frozen peas
  • 1/4 handful of cashews
  • canola oil
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala (too much will be overpowering)
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder (adjust to taste)
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • cream
  • coriander leaves (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat oil. Fry cashews till light brown.
  2. Add onions and salt to help cook the onions faster. Cook till slightly brown.
  3. Add ginger garlic paste. Cook for a minute or two.
  4. Add tomatoes. Cook them well.
  5. Put entire mixture into blender. Blend until completely liquefied.
  6. Clean out the previously used pot completely (or get a new pot!).
  7. Put some oil in the empty pot and heat up.
  8. Add the cumin seeds.
  9. Add the mixture from the blender.
  10. Add spices (turmeric, garam masala, chili powder, coriander powder).
  11. Add 1/2 cup of water or so to help mix the spices together. Bring to simmer.
  12. Add frozen peas. Cover and bring to boil (~5 minutes).
  13. Add paneer cubes. Simmer 5-10 more minutes.
  14. Add a splash of cream.
  15. Top with coriander leaves (optional).

Cooking time (duration): 40

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 3

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  1. Madhu
    September 30th, 2009 at 09:51 | #1
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    This is a great recipe. I buy this type of food from Costco. I pay 10 dollars for two servings. Thank you for sharing this recipe so I can save money.

  2. Nanamma
    September 30th, 2009 at 18:49 | #2
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    I read the recipe and it is perfect recipe. You can also use this recipe for making shrimp curry.

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