Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (220)

Matar Paneer Recipe (Punjabi Mutter Paneer)

Name: Matar Paneer Recipe (Punjabi Mutter Paneer)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons oil (or ghee); ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (or ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chilli powder or cayenne pepper or paprika); ¼ teaspoon garam masala (or Punjabi garam masala powder); 1 tablespoon heavy cream (or 1 tablespoon malai (clotted cream) or 2 tablespoons of light cream, optional); 1 cup green peas ( (matar) - fresh or frozen, 130 grams); 1 to 1.25 cups water (for stove-top pressure cooker and 1 cup water for Instant Pot); salt (as required); ½ teaspoon sugar (or add as required - optional *check notes); 250 to 300 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese)); ½ teaspoon kasuri methi (- crushed, (dry fenugreek leaves)); 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro)); ¾ to 1 cup chopped tomatoes (- 120 grams or 3 medium-sized); ½ cup chopped onions (- 60 grams or 1 medium-sized); 1 teaspoon chopped green chilies (or serrano peppers or 1 to 2 green chillies); 1 teaspoon chopped ginger (or 1 inch ginger); 1 teaspoon chopped garlic (or 3 to 4 medium-sized garlic cloves); 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves; 10 to 12 cashews; 4 to 5 black peppercorns; 2 cloves; 1 inch cinnamon ((true cinnamon) or ½ inch cassia cinnamon ); 1 green cardamom (- optional); 1 teaspoon coriander seeds

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

18% of a 2,000 cal day

357KCAL

Protein

14g28% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat22g

28%

Saturated9g

45%

Unsaturated13g

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Total Carbs26g

Fiber3g

12%

Total Sugars19g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch3g

—

Sodium459mg

20%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A classic Punjabi curry of paneer cheese and green peas in a spiced onion-tomato gravy. Flavorful and home-style, served with roti, naan, or rice.

1 ingredient need review. The nutrition shown is the resolved subtotal, not zero.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

3 tbspoil — or ghee
½ tspcumin seeds
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspkashmiri chilli powder — or red chilli powder or cayenne pepper or paprika
¼ tspgaram masala — or Punjabi garam masala powder
1 tbspheavy cream — or malai (clotted cream) or light cream, optional
130 ggreen peas (matar), fresh or frozen — 1 cup
1–1¼ cupswater — 1 cup
salt — as needed
½ tspsugar — optional
250–300 gpaneer (Indian cottage cheese)
½ tspkasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) — crushed
1–2 tbspchopped coriander leaves (cilantro)
120 gchopped tomatoes — medium-sized, ¾–1 cup
60 gchopped onions — ½ cup
1 tspgreen chilies — chopped, or serrano peppers or green chillies
1 tspchopped ginger — 1 inch
1 tspchopped garlic — or medium-sized garlic cloves
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves
10–12cashews
4–5black peppercorns
2clovesNeeds review — excluded from the nutrition subtotal
1 inchtrue cinnamon — or cassia cinnamon
1green cardamom — optional
1 tspcoriander seeds

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Method

30m total

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