Methi Paneer Matar Malai is a rich dish made from freshly chopped fenugreek leaves (methi leaves) , green peas, cream and indian spices.serve methi paneer matar malai with naan or parathas or phulka or tandoori roti’s.it also goes well with plain boiled rice or jeera rice.
Ingredients :
- Chopped fenugreek leaves ( methi) – 2 cups
- Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
- Green chillies – 2 to 3
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
- Onion -2 medium size
- Tomatoes – 2 medium size
- Paneer – 200 grams ( small cubes)
- Fried Green peas – 1 cup
- Garam masala – 1 tbsp
- Cooking Oil – 2 tbsp
- Salt as per taste
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coariander powder – 1 tsp
- Cashews nuts ( kaju ) – 2 tbsp
- Poppy seeds ( khus-khus ) – 2 tsp
- Water as needed
Directions :
- Add onion,tomatoes,green chillies ,cumin seeds, poppy seeds, cashews nuts in a grinder and ground into a paste .
- Wash the methi leaves, chop them and add salt. Keep them aside.(you can boiled also )
- Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute .
- Now add the puree and saute till the traces of oil are seen on top .
- Add the spices ,turmeric powder,red chilli powder , coariander powder ,garam masala and salt.let it cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Now add fenugreek leaves ,paneer and fried green peas .
- Mix everything well .
- Finally add cream and let it cook for 10 mins .
- Add water if needed .
- Methi matar malai is ready .served hot !.
Note –
- If you don’t want to add paneer you can skip this .
- If you want to kept it dry you can skip water and serve it .
It looks so tempting. Nice recipe.
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I wish I were near to savour.
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congratulations for the photos and the recipes! Where are you from? I am Italian and I follow you willingly to discover your dishes! You too follow me! Thank you! Alessia from pantoranocchio
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Thankyou soo much ! I’m from India Madhya Pradesh π
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Thanks for the lovely recipe of the delicious Indian dish’ methi paneer matar malai’ liked by almost everyone.
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Thanks for sharing.
On Apr 4, 2019 12:37 PM, “Shrutikas’s food blog” wrote:
> Shrutika Shrivastava posted: “Methi Matar Malai is a rich dish made from > freshly chopped fenugreek leaves (methi leaves) , green peas, cream and > indian spices.serve methi matar malai with naan or parathas or phulka or > tandoori roti’s.it also goes well with plain boiled rice or jeera r” >
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