Name: Matar Paneer recipe by Anjali Suresh at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Paneer - 400 gms; Green peas - 1 big cup ( fresh or frozen ); Onion - 2 big sliced; Tomato - 2 cut small; Red chilly powder - half tspn (adjust to taste ); Black pepper powder - 1\ 4 tspn; Turmeric powder - half tspn; Garam masala powder - half tspn; Cashew - 10; Ginger - half inch piece; Garlic - 2 cloves; Jeera - 1 tspn; Paneer Butter Masala powder - 2 tspn; Kasuri methi - 2 pinches( Dry powder); Milk - 1/4 th cup; Cream - 1 tbspn; Salt to taste; water for cooking; Oil - 1 tbspn; Butter - 1 tbspn; Coriander leaves for garnish

Ingredients Serving: 4

Paneer - 400 gms
Green peas - 1 big cup ( fresh or frozen )
Onion - 2 big sliced
Tomato - 2 cut small
Red chilly powder - half tspn (adjust to taste )
Black pepper powder - 1\ 4 tspn
Turmeric powder - half tspn
Garam masala powder - half tspn
Cashew - 10
Ginger - half inch piece
Garlic - 2 cloves
Jeera - 1 tspn
Paneer Butter Masala powder - 2 tspn
Kasuri methi - 2 pinches( Dry powder)
Milk - 1/4 th cup
Cream - 1 tbspn
Salt to taste
water for cooking
Oil - 1 tbspn
Butter - 1 tbspn
Coriander leaves for garnish

Instructions

Take a mixer jar & blend the onion, tomato, cashews, ginger & garlic to a smooth paste.
Then take a kadai, put oil & when hot add jeera & after it splutters add the ground paste
Let it cook well. The raw smell should go. Keep stirring continuously. Add butter and cook again
Now add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, paneer butter masala powder, black pepper powder & salt and mix well
In the meantime take a microwave safe bowl and put the green peas in it. Cook for 5 minutes
When it is cooked, add it in the kadhai and Put a little water & cover and cook for a few minutes
Now add cream, milk and cook again
Add paneer cubes in this and mix gently. Check the salt
If required add water & bring to a boil
Put kasuri methi & little garam masala powder
Garnish with coriander leaves & serve hot with rotis

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