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Cheesy Matar Paneer

Name: How to cook Cheesy Matar Paneer - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Bethica Das

Cheesy Matar Paneer

#saycheese - Paneer, being my personal favourite, I would like to share this yummy Matar Paneer recipe. It is a classic Punjabi vegetarian dish which is a very popular menu in any Indian restaurant. It can be prepared in many ways. In this recipe, I added some diced capsicum too.

Ingredient

Food ration :

3 servings

Cooking time :

20 minutes

1 cup

paneer cubes

1/2 cup

frozen green peas

capsicum, diced (opt)

onion, chopped

2-3

garlic cloves

ginger

tomato, chopped

2-3 tbsp.

oil

cinnamon stick

2-3

green cardamoms

5-6

cloves

1 tsp.

cumin seeds

1 tsp.

red chilli powder

1/2 tsp.

turmeric powder

1 tbsp.

coriander powder

1 tsp.

cumin powder

1 tsp.

garam masala powder

to taste

salt

1 tbsp.

yogurt

1 tbsp

cream cheese

1 tsp.

kasuri methi, crushed

1 tbsp.

coriander leaves, chopped

1 tbsp.

fried onions

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Grind the onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes to a smooth paste and keep aside. In a bowl, mix together all the dry spices (except salt) with a little water to make a paste. Keep aside.

* Step 2

Heat oil in a pan and temper with cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and cumin seeds. Saute for a few seconds.

* Step 3

Add the spice paste and saute till the oil separates.

* Step 4

Now add the onion paste and fry till the moisture is absorbed.

* Step 5

Then add the yoghurt and cream cheese. Mix well.

* Step 6

Add the capsicum, salt and 1/2 cup water. Cover and simmer on a medium flame for 2 minutes.

* Step 7

Then add the paneer, green peas and kasuri methi.

* Step 8

Cover and cook further for 2 minutes. When done, add the coriander leaves and give it a toss.

* Step 9

Garnish with coriander leaves and fried onions. Serve as a side dish with plain steamed rice, jeera rice, plain biryani, pulao, naan, paratha, tandoori roti or just plain chapati.