Matar Paneer (Green Peas with cottage cheese)...:)

Mattar Paneer is a popular main course Indian dish, madewith green peas, paneer, and a creamy blend of spices.This is an excellent and a mouth watering side dish.This is one of my most favorite dish.For this yammy dish  mainly I follow Great Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Matar Paneer recipe.Really this dish is very tasty.so here is a simple and easy recipe for matar paneer .hope you enjoy with this nice recipe.

Ingredients:-

• Whole Milk  -                 4 cups

• Green peas  -      400 grams

• Lemon/butter milk -   one lemon /10-15 big spoon butter milk(some times need more also)

• Ghee      -                2 tablespoon

• Oil         -                to deep fry

• Onions        -           2 large

• Tomato      -             one

• Ginger        -            1 tsp

• Turmeric powder  -    1/4 tsp

• Red chilli powder -    1 tsp

• Coriander powder   -   1 tsp

• Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

• Salt & suger       -         As per taste

Method :-

I use my own homemade paneer .So at first recipe for Home made Paneer :-

1.  At first take the milk in a pan and boil it for once. as the milk rolls to boil, remove from heat and gradually add butter milk /Lemon juice and keep stirring.

2. You can see the water content and solids get separated.

3.   Take the muslin cloth and put the content in it and hang it for 2 to 3 hours.After then excess water to drain away.

4.   Place the muslin with the paneer under a heavy weight to ensure that all the moisture is squeezed out. This will flatten the paneer into a flat round cake when removed from the muslin.

5.  some times I follow another process also.At first need a air tight bowel (little bit flat type).Then put the panner/cottage cheese in the bowel very tightly & closed the cover.After then put the bowel refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours .

6.  When removed the bowel this will flatten the paneer into a flat round cake.Now your cottage cheese/ paneer is ready.

Matar Paneer Method:-

1. Cut the paneer into strips or cubes.
   
   
2. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai/pan and deep-fry till light brown.
   
   
3. Little Tips for soft & nice Paneer-After frying  Paneer put in the cold water(4-5 mins).Then drain the water. 
   
4. Drain onto an absorbent paper.
5. Peel, wash and chop onions,tomato and ginger finely.
   
6. Heat two tablespoons ghee in a pan and add chopped onions ,tomato and ginger. Sauté till lightly browned.
   
7. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and peas and cook, adding a little water, till the peas are tender and a little gravy remains.
   
    
8. Add the fried paneer, garam masala powder and boil for five minutes.
9. Serve hot with chappatis/Parata/Fried rice etc.
   

Enjoy  your's Matar Paneer(Green Peas with Cottage Cheese).....!!!!!!