Matar paneer recipe – Popular North Indian Matar paneer recipe – No onion no garlic version – Matar paneer recipe with full video and step by step pictures.
We usually cook North Indian sabzis with the addition of onion and ginger garlic paste. I have posted no onion no garlic version of the paneer butter masala and paneer makhani recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. Usually, during the Mahalayam and Navaratri time, I post no onion no garlic recipes on the website. This year also planned a few and today sharing the creamy tasty, Matar paneer recipe.
Paneer and green peas cooked in tomato-based gravy pair well with roti, naan, and jeera rice. Even we can have this with pulaos too. I used frozen peas for making this matar paneer, if you are using fresh peas, cook this first and then add to the gravy.
Also, check out our popular No onion garlic side dish for chapati
- Vegetable kurma without onion garlic
- Paneer makhani without onion garlic
- Paneer butter masala – no onion garlic
- Chana masala – no onion garlic
No onion no garlic Matar paneer recipe
Matar paneer recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup paneer
- ½ cup frozen green peas
- 3 tomatoes
- 8 cashew nuts
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp kasoori methi
- ½ tsp dhaniya powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- Salt as needed
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
- Boil the tomatoes and cashew nuts for 10 minutes.
- Once it is cool, drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Filter this and keep aside.
- In a bowl add the red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt.
- Add little water and mix it well.
- In a pan add oil and add this mixture.
- Cook for a minute and add the tomato cashew puree.
- Let this cook for 5 minutes.
- Now add ½ cup water and add the paneer cubes and peas.
- Let this cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the kasoori methi at this stage and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add few chopped coriander leaves.
- Switch off the flame.
- No onion no garlic mutter paneer is ready.
- You can serve this with roti, naan or jeera rice too.
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Notes
- Boil the tomatoes and cashew nuts for 10 minutes.
- Once it is cool, drain the water and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Filter this and keep aside.
- In a bowl add the red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt.
- Add 3 tbsp of water and mix it well.
- In a pan add oil and add this mixture.
- Cook for a minute.
- Add the tomato cashew puree.
- Let this cook for 5 minutes.
- Now add ½ cup water and add the paneer cubes and peas.
- Let this cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the kasoori methi at this stage and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add few chopped coriander leaves.
- Switch off the flame.
- No onion no garlic mutter paneer is ready.
- This can be served with roti, naan or jeera rice too.
- You can add 1 tbsp of yogurt after adding the tomato cashew mixture.
- You can replace panner with other veggies like beans , carrot, cauliflower..
- No onion no garlic mutter paneer pairs well with roti, naan and jeera rice.