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Methi matar malai

Apr-18-2016
Nandita Shyam
30 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Methi matar malai RECIPE

This recipe for Methi Matar Malai It's almost always a hit. Just the thought of flaky Parathas with Methi matar malai can lead to culinary nirvana.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Dinner Party
  • Fusion
  • Sauteeing
  • Side Dishes

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Ginger - inch piece
  2. Garlic - 2 cloves
  3. Green chili - 2, finely chopped
  4. For the cashew poppy seed paste:
  5. Chopped cashew nuts - 3 tbsp, soaked for 15-30 minutes
  6. Poppy seeds 1-1/2 tsp, lightly toasted
  7. Other Ingredients:
  8. Oil - 2 tbsp
  9. Fresh fenugreek leaves - 1 cup or 120 ml, tightly packed
  10. Fresh or frozen green peas 1-1/2 cup
  11. 1 large onion, blanched and pureed
  12. Salt to taste
  13. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
  14. Cumin seed powder - 1/2 tsp
  15. Coriander seed powder - 1/2 tsp
  16. Kasuri methi - 1 tsp
  17. Milk - 240 ml
  18. Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
  19. Grated or crumbled paneer - 1 cup
  20. Fresh cream 2-3 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chilli. Keep aside.
  2. Blend the soaked cashew nuts along with the roasted poppy seed to a fine paste in a blender and set aside.
  3. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and add the ginger garlic green chili paste and fry till the raw smell goes.
  4. Add the chopped fenugreek leaves and the green peas and fry for 5 minutes. Stir in the onion puree and fry for 2 minutes more.
  5. Add the salt, sugar, cumin-coriander seed powder, kasuri methi and mix well. Add the 1/4 cup of water to the mixture and cook covered for 4-5 minutes.
  6. After the peas are completely cooked add the cashew poppy seed paste and mix well. Add milk and allow the mixture to simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
  7. Add the garam masala and the crumbled paneer and allow it to simmer for a 2 more minutes.
  8. Stir in the cream and mix gently and take off the heat. Serve hot with parathas or rotis.

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Shubha chavan
Dec-14-2017
Shubha chavan   Dec-14-2017

Onion puree kab dalni hai woh toh likha hi nahi hain.

Surekha Kulkarni
Oct-07-2016
Surekha Kulkarni   Oct-07-2016

Very nice

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