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Restaurant Style Matar Paneer

Course Paneer
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 3 -4 People
Calories
Author Debjani

Ingredients

  • Paneer/ Cottage Cheese: 250g
  • Fresh Curd: 4 Tbsp.
  • Green Peas: ½ Cup /75g
  • Tomato: 2 medium
  • Onion: 2 medium size
  • Ginger: 1’’
  • Garlic: 6-7 pod
  • Cumin Seed: ½ Tsp.
  • Cumin Powder: ½ Tsp.
  • Coriander Powder: ⅔ Tsp.
  • Garam Masala Powder: ½ Tsp.
  • Kasuri Methi/ Dried Fenugreek Leaves: ½ Tsp. optional
  • Kashmiri Red Chili Powder: 1 Tsp.
  • Turmeric Powder: ½ Tsp.
  • Sugar: 1 Tsp. optional
  • Butter: 1 Tsp. optional
  • Refined Vegetable Oil: 3 Tbsp.
  • Salt: to taste

Instructions

  • Cut Paneer into 1” cubes and keep that aside.
  • Roughly chop Onion, Tomato, Ginger, and Garlic.
  • Heat 1 Tbsp. Oil in a wok and start frying Onions and add Tomato, Ginger, and Garlic one by one after Onion turned a bit pinkish in color.
  • Add a little salt and continue cooking in medium flame until tomatoes dissolve completely.
  • Switch the flame off and give the spice mix time to cool down completely.
  • Now make a paste of the cooked Onion-Tomato-Ginger-Garlic using a food processor. I have made it after giving the mixture a standing time of 15 minutes.
  • Now add remaining oil to the same pan and heat the oil properly.
  • Temper the oil with Cumin seed and add Turmeric Powder and Kashmiri Red powder and again cook for 1 minutes. This step is essential to give a bright color to the gravy.
  • Now add the Onion-Tomato-Ginger and Garlic paste to the tempering and start cooking on the medium flame for around 3-4 minutes or till water evaporates.
  • Now add Cumin Powder and Coriander Powder and cook again for 1 minute in low flame.
  • Beat curd to make it creamy and add that to the cooked spices and mix vigorously and then cook on low flame to get it mixed properly.
  • Now add some crushed Kasuri Methi and Sugar to the mixture along with 1 Cup of water.
  • Adjust the salt at this stage.
  • Mix properly and add Peas to the mixture and the then cook for 5 minutes after covering the Wok with a lid in medium flame until oil separates from the mixture.
  • Now add the pieces of Paneer and ½ cup of water and then cook for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add Garam Masala Powder and switch the flame off after having a semi-thick consistency of the gravy.
  • Add some Butter and give a careful mix.
  • Enjoy Restaurant style Matar Paneer with Roti/ Nan/ Rice/ Pulav

Notes

Either Frozen or Fresh Peas can be used based on the availability.
Few ingredients I used are optional but gives amazing taste to the Matar Paneer
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