Mattar paneer 2

I made this side dish couple of weeks back. My girls hate eating paneer, but luckily they liked this side dish. I made this as a very rich and creamy side dish. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Paneer pieces - 1 cup (cut it into small cubes)
2. Green peas - 1/4 cup (I used frozen)
3. Tomato - 1 medium sized
4. Onion - 1/2 (if its big)
5. Cashews - 5 or 6
6. Coriander seeds -  1/2 tsp
7. Cardamom - 1
8. Clove - 1
9. Green chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
10. Salt to taste
11. Shredded coconut - 2 tsp
12. Fat free yogurt - 1 tbsp
13. Whole milk - 1/4 cup
14. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
15. Red chillies  powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
16. Ghee - 1 1/2 tbsp
17. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
18. coriander leaves - 2 tsp (chopped)

Thaw the green peas.  Chop tomato and onion. Now take the chopped tomato, onion, cashew, green chillies, coconut, clove, cardamom, coriander seeds and grind it into fine paste.  Pre heat a teaspoon on ghee in a pan, fry paneer pieces to golden brown and keep it aside. In the same pan, preheat remaining ghee, splutter cumin seeds to golden brown, add the grounded masala paste to it. Add 1/4 cup of water, turmeric powder, salt and red chillies powder and let it boil. When the raw smell goes, add the fried paneer pieces along with the green peas and let it cook for another 3 minutes. Now add the whole milk and yogurt and let it bil for 5 to 7 minutes. Adjust water according to the required consistency. Add the finely chopped coriander leaves and enjoy it with hot chapathi/poori.

Mattar-Paneer Masala

This is something I tried to make after looking at the recipe from www.showmethecurry.com. They some lots of wonderful simple recipes and videos. Since this is the first time I am trying, I only made smaller quantity. Also I made few modifications. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Paneer - 15 pieces (cut into small cubes)
2. Peas - 1 small cup ( I used frozen peas)
   
3. Onion -1
   
4. Tomato - 3/4 ( I used 4 cherry tomatoes)
5. Green chillies - 2 (acc to taste)
6. Red chillies powder - 3/4 tsp
7. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
8. Salt to taste
9. Garlic - a small pieces
10. Ginger - a small piece
11. Oil - 3 tsp
    

First pre heat a pan with a tsp of oil and fry the paneer cubes to golden brown. Keep it aside and let it cool. After few minutes soak the cold paneer pieces in room temperature water. Microwave peas to 3 mts (adjust the time accordingly) and keep it aside. In the same pan, add chopped onion, tomato, garlic, green chillies and ginger and saute till it becomes golden brown. Let it cool and grind it into a fine paste. Now heat the remaining oil, add the grounded paste, add water to adjust the consistency, add turmeric powder, red chillies powder and salt and let it boil for 2 mts. Now add the cooked peas to it and cook it for another 3 mts. Now fully drain the paneer pieces and add it to the boiling ingredients. Let everything cook for another 3 mts. Garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve it hot with chapathis.