Recipe- Make Your Quarantine Tome Delicious With Creamy Matar Paneer

This Creamy Matar Paneer Curry is the kind of recipe that will save the day when your paneer cravings strike! Its super quick, yummy and is gluten free! Because everyone needs an easy paneer recipe in their life and this one right here is everything that a good paneer curry should be – creamy, comforting, luscious.Easy to follow recipe for creamy matar paneer curry which is ready in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon Jeera or Cumin Seeds
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
3 Tomatoes, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
1 tablespoon Coriander Powder
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 cup Greek Yogurt or Hung Curd
1 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (optional)
3/4 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
250 grams Paneer (or Indian Cottage Cheese, cut into 1 inch pieces)
3/4 cup par boiled Green Peas (or frozen Matar, thawed and boiled)
Salt to taste

Method

* Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. Once they start to crackle add onions and ginger garlic paste.

* Saute the onions for a few minutes till translucent and add tomatoes, salt and all the spices.

* Mix well, and cover and cook for 5-7 minutes till the tomatoes are cooked through.

* Whisk yogurt in a bowl, and add the onion tomato mixture one tablespoon at a time to the bowl, mixing well after each time.

* After 5-6 tablespoons, transfer the yogurt mixture back into the pan. This method helps avoid the yogurt curdling.

* Switch off the flame and use a hand blender to blend the curry to a consistency that you like. This step is completely optional.

* Switch the flame back on and add the peas, garam masala and kasuri methi.

* Mix and simmer for 5 minutes and then add the paneer. Mix well and simmer for another 2-3 minutes and turn off the flame.

* Serve creamy matar paneer curry hot with parathas and rice.