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Mattar Paneer (without onion & garlic)

Preparation timing 35 minutes

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 200 gms

• Mattar / green peas (frozen) - 1/2 cup or 75 gms

• Ginger - 1 inch ( roughly chopped)

• Tomato - 3 medium size ( chopped)

• Green chilly - 2 slit

• Cashew nuts - 10 to 12 

• Melon seeds - 1 tbsp

• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

• Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1 tsp

• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

• Kitchen king masala - 1 tsp

• Coriander powder - 1 tsp

• Garam masla powder - 1/4 tsp

• Kasuri methi - 1/2 tsp (crushed)

• Ghee - 1 tbsp

• Oil - 4 tbsp

• Sugar - a hint

• Salt to taste

Direction:

• Firstly take a blending jar and put 3 chopped tomato, 1 inch ginger and 2 green chilly and make a smooth puree of it and transfer it into a small bowl.

• Soak cashew nuts and melon seeds for about 15 minutes in normal water.

• Then cut the paneer pieces into small cubes.

• Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the paneer cubes till golden brown in colour.

• When the paneer cubes trurns golden brown take them out from hot oil and keep aside.

•  In the same oil add 1 tsp of red chilly powder and 1 tsp of turmeric powder saute for 5 seconds.

• Further add 1 tsp of cumin seeds fry it till cumin seeds looks little darker in colour, dark brown colour of cumin seeds gives you good taste to the gravy.

• Then add the puree which you have already made  and saute it.

• Additionally add 1 tsp of kitchen king masala and 1 tsp of  coriander powder , a hint of sugar and salt to taste.

• Cover the pan and cook the mixture for 15 minutes till oil get separated from the gravy.

• In the mean while take a blending jar and make a smooth paste of soaked cashew nuts and melon seeds.

• Open the the lid and check if the oil is separated from the gravy then add cashew nuts and melon  puree and 1 cup of water and mix it well.

• Then add 1/2 cup of green peas again cover the pan and cook it for another 2 to 3 minutes.

• Then add fried paneer , 1/4 tsp of garam masala and crushed kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) saute it for another 1 minute.

• Turn off the flame and sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves and Mattar paneer is ready to be served.

~Happy Cooking~