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Quick 20-Minute Indian Matar Paneer

Quick 20-Minute Indian Matar Paneer is a restaurant-style, weeknight night meal, and vegetarian recipe. It's a peas and paneer curry.
Prep Time2 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: indian recipes, matar paneer, paneer, paneer recipe, paneer recipes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 163kcal
Author: Sarah Mirza

Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients

Soak and Pan-Fry the Paneer Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 lbs paneer
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp kosher salt

Tomato Puree

  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 green peppers

Matar Paneer

  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • 1 cup peas frozen or fresh
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • water

Whole spices

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 5 black peppercorns
  • 4 green cardamoms
  • 2 black cardamoms
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 small cinnamon stick

Powdered spice and salt

Garnish

  • 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves
  • 1 tbsp cilantro chopped

Instructions

Soak and Pan fry the Paneer

  • Cut the paneer in cubes.
  • In a bowl, add water, salt, and paneer. Let it soak for 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, take paneer out on a paper towel and pat dry the paneer.
  • In a non-stick fry pan, on medium-low heat, add 2 tbsp of olive oil and let it heat up.
  • Add your dry paneer to the fry pan.
  • Let it fry on all sides until paneer is golden.
  • Set aside.

Tomato puree

  • 4 tomatoes and 2 green peppers in a blender. Blend until smooth, set aside.

Now let's make Matar paneer

  • In a pot, on medium heat, add olive oil, and let it heat up.
  • Add in the chopped onion and sauté the onion until brown.
  • Next add in the whole spices and saute that for 5-10 seconds.
  • Add in ginger garlic paste mix that for 10 seconds.
  • Now add in powdered spices, salt, and 1 tbsp water and mix well.
  • Add in the tomato puree and mix well!
  • Let it cook for 2 minutes.
  • Now add 1 cup of water and cover and let it cook for 5 minutes.
  • Now add in the pan-fried paneer and the peas and mix well.
  • Cover and let it cook on low for 5 minutes.
  • Now turn off the stove, garnish with cilantro and dried fenugreek leaves.
  • Serve it with some fresh chapati.
  • Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 550mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 456IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 162mg