Mutter Paneer

You have loads and loads of paneer varieties. The most popular and wanted dish is Mutter Paneer. Mutter meaning peas. This is similar to paneer butter masala ver I which i have posted. Make slight changes and u get the original mutter paneer taste. Everyone would love this since its quite colorful with paneer adding white and peas adding green. Try this on a casual day and bet it u wud luv it

Serves : 4

Ingredients

• Onion - preferably red onion ( if big 1 or else 2 )
• Tomato - 4 nos if normal
• Peas - Half Cup
• Bay leaf
• Cinnamon stick
• Cloves
• Elakka
• Kasuri methi - an impo ingredient which makes ur dish more tastier
• Chilly powder
• Coriander powder
• Turmeric powder
• Salt
• Paneer
• Ginger garlic paste
• Oil

Method

• Chop the onions and tomato finely
• In a pan, add the required amt of oil... around 3 spn
• Once heated add the dry masalas ( bay leaf ,cinnamon stick ,cloves and elakka )
• Once the smell starts coming add little onion and give a gud fry...
• Then add ginger garlic paste and fry nicely till the raw smell vanishes
• Then add the remaining onion..salt and fry till the onion becomes translucent
• When done add the tomatoes...
• Keep stirring the gravy till the tomato smashes and the oil oozes out from the gravy
• Now add little water to make it luk like a sauce
• When done add 2 tspn red chilly pwdr...  spn coriander powder and half spn turmeric pwdr
• Mix everything nicely
• Take 1 spn of kasuri methi and crush it in ur palms and add it to the gravy
• Keep a cup of warm water near you
• Take little of the warm water... add it 2 the gravy... give it a gud stir and let it boil for a few sec
• Repeat the above process 3 times till the u get the right consistency..
• Chop the paneer and add it 2 the gravy
• Add Peas and give a gud stir
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve

  Mutter paneer ready to be served with hot rotis or naan or jeera rice

Note : -

• If u want u can add cream at the last but that would become different paneer gravy. So its better to quit
• Do not fry the paneer. Just add fresh cottage cheese cut into cubes. I cut as rectangles for a different look. Try that out too ;)
• The reason why we add little onion at first and then the remaining ones cos this will avoid the ginger garlic paste from burning. You can use this tip for any dishes you make using ginger garlic paste.