MUTTER PANEER

Mutter paneer is made  with Mutter and paneer cooked in a delicious tomato based gravy, served with rice, roti, naan, paratha etc.  It is a very delicious, simple and easy recipe to cook and tastes yummy.  The paneer can be made at home and keep in fridge.  Similarly, during the season, you can also buy fresh mutter in huge quantities, shell them and put in zip lock bag and put in freezer or you can use the dried green peas by soaking in water overnight.  I always store tomato paste or tomato masala in the fridge hence making tomato based subzi is easy for me.

Making paneer at home: Videos on Youtube:  Paneer 1 , Paneer 2, Paneer 3


Preparation time: 10 minutes
cooking time: 20 minutes
serves: 2

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

75 gms paneer
1/4 cup green peas
1 tbs tomato masala 
or
1 tomato finely chopped
1 onion finely chopped
1/4 tsp chilli powder (as per your requirement, increase/decrease)

1/4 tsp garam masala powder
1/4 tsp dhania powder
a pinch of turmeric powder
1 tsp ghee/oil
salt

Garnishing:

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.
1 tsp fresh cream

Method:

1.  cut the paneer cubes and shallow fry or use as it is.
2.  Heat oil in kadai, add the chopped onion and saute for a minute.
3.  Add the green peas and saute for 3-4 minutes.
4.  Add the chopped tomato and saute till mushy
5.  add the dhania powder, turmeric powder, dhania powder,  chilli powder, saute for 2 minutes.
6.  add one and half cup water, salt and bring to boil
7.  add the paneer cubes and cook  till the gravy thickens.
8.  switch off gas,  add garam masala powder, mix well, garnish with cream and coriander leaves.
9.  Serve with roti, naan, paratha or steamed rice.

Note:  If you are using tomato masala, heat oil, add the tomato masala in it, then continue method  from point no.3