Paneer Mutter masala

Paneer mutter masala is a curry with Indian cottage cheese and green peas. Paneer means Indian cheese and mutter stands for green peas. This is a lesser spicy curry of Indian vegetarian cuisine. Most common among North Indians and admired by all.


I went for shopping yesterday .After seeing Paneer in the shop ,I got tempted and decided to get it immediately though my brother refused for it (as it adds wgt ,,he is trying to loose his wgt :):) ) I prepared this curry for breakfast along with poori. 

Ingredients:
Paneer -200 gm (chopped 2 handful)
green peas (fresh / frozen) - 1 cup
Tomato - 3
onion - 2 (big)
cashew - 5
cinnamon - 2 inch
fennel - 1 tsp
cardamom - 2
cloves - 4
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
garam masal - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
salt - to taste
cilantro + mint leaf - a handful
oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Chop the paneer into 1 inch size cubes. Fry the chopped paneer till golden brown and keep aside.

Then fry the cashews, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves. Add onion and fry till it beomes golden brown. Let everything cool.

Cook tomato with 1 cup water till mushy..Let it cool.

Grind the onion, cashew, spices, tomato together into a fine paste along with the water from cooked tomato.

Heat the pan and fry a bay leaf. Put the ginger garlic paste and fry till we get a nice flavor.

Then add the ground paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masal powder, salt and bring it to a boil. Then add the green peas and cook completely. Reduce flame and cook covered for 10 minutes.

As the raw smell vanishes and oil starts showing up add the fried paneer and mix well.
Keep it in low flame for 5 minutes and switch off.

Garnish with finely chopped cilantro and mint leaf.

Paneer mutter masala is ready!

Serving suggestions:

Serve hot with chapati or paratha or malaysian parotta or poori..