Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Mutter Curry

Paneer (cottage cheese) Mutter Curry is a protein rich dish and takes less time to cook.

Serves: Six

Cooking time: approximately 25 minutes.

Ingredients

• Fresh peas or frozen peas (mutter) – 500 gram
• Paneer (Cottage Cheese) – 400 gram
• Tomato – 2 no
• Onion – 2 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 table spoon
• Coriander leaves – few
• Milk – 1/2 cup
• Red Chili powder – 1 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tea spoon
• Coriander powder – 2 table spoon
• Oil – 2 table spoon
• Salt – as per taste
• For seasoning
  • Ani seeds (saunf) – 1 tea spoon
  • Cloves – 4 no
  • Cinnamon – 1 inch long

Method

Step 1

• Chop onion,tomato,green chilli and coriander.
• Cut paneer into square pieces.

Step 2

• Heat a pan, add oil and do the seasoning.
• Now add onions, green chilli, salt; let onions become soft and transparent.
• Add ginger garlic paste and fry; add tomato and cook till tomato is soft.
• Add turmeric,chilli and coriander powder; fry well till oil separates.
• Now add peas and paneer mix well.
• Add milk and 1 cup water; cook till the peas are very soft.
• Garnish with coriander.

Serve hot with Rice, Chapatti, Paratha.

Tips:

• Use fresh paneer for best results.