Recipe: Mattar Paneer
Total time: 25 mins

Ingredients used in Mattar paneer
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Green chillies (chopped) - 5 piece.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Cumin powder - 10 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Cashewnuts - 5 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Chilli powder - 10 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1 springs.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Oil - 20 ml.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Onion (chopped) - 1 numbers.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Cumin seeds - 5 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Coriander powder - 10 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Whole garam masala ( cardamom, clovers, bay leaf, star anise, mace, cinnamon stick) - 25 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Turmeric powder - 1 pinch.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Tomatoes (chopped) - 1 number.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Peas - 100 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Salt -  to taste.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Paneer indian cheese (cubes) - 225 grams.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Cream - 30 ml.
                                            
                                                                                                                                    
                                                • Kasoori methi - 3 pinch.

Method:
Fry broken cashew nuts, choppedonions, salt,ginger garlic paste, when raw flavours are gone, add chopped tomatoes,turmeric powder.
Then blend all this earlier fried onion, ginger, and garlic, tomatoes, cashew together.
Blend tomatoes into a paste.
Heat oil in a saucepan, add whole garam masala spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick, mace, star anise, bay leaf), cumin seeds and earlier ground masala paste.
Then to it, add chopped green chillies (optional), chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt and continue to fry for another 15 more minutes on medium flame.
After that, add kasoori methi, boiled peas and stir to mix with the spices.
Add water and bring to a boil, cover and simmer on low flame for 5 min.
Add fried paneer and simmer for 10 minutes more. add cream, simmer the flame for 2 minutes.
Finally, garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with chapathis, naan or parathas. Serves up to six people.