Paneer and green peas cooked in a rich onion-tomato gravy. One of my non- desi friend wanted an easy recipe for a paneer dish and I had come up something easy for him to try using ready made masalas from Indian stores. This recipe can be called semi homemade… I’ve used sweet frozen green peas, pre-fried paneer cubes, tomato puree / canned crushed tomatoes, half and half cream. Its very easy to make This mild north Indian dish is served with naan or paratha.
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| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1/2 cup | Green peas (sweet, frozen peas or precooked green peas) |
| 10 cubes | Paneer |
| 1 cup | Onion (diced) |
| 2 cups | Tomato puree or crushed tomato |
| 1 teaspoon | Ginger garlic paste |
| 2 leaves | Bay leaf |
| 1 teaspoon | Cumin seeds |
| 1 teaspoon | Kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) |
| 3 teaspoons | Red chilli powder |
| 1 teaspoon | Coriander/dhania powder |
| 2 pinch | Turmeric powder |
| 1 teaspoon | Garam masala powder |
| 4 tablespoons | Fresh cream (half & half) |
| 1 teaspoon | Butter |
| 4 teaspoons | Oil |
| 1 teaspoon | Salt (or to taste) |
| 2 teaspoons | Coriander leaves (for garnishing) |
| 1/4 teaspoon | Sugar / honey |
Some Paneer recipes to try – Paneer Chana Masala Chettinad Paneer Shahi Paneer Paneer Jalfrezi Paneer Butter Masala
- Heat oil and butter in a sauce pan, fry the cubed paneer pieces and keep them aside.
- In the same pan, sizzle bay leaf and cumin seeds.
- Now add chopped onions and saute until golden along with ginger garlic paste.
- Now add pureed tomatoes along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, dhania powder, garam masala, kasturi methi, sugar and salt.
- Cook every thing on low medium flame for few minutes. Cook until the tomato puree thickens.
- Then add half & half cream, green peas and fried paneer.
- Let it simmer until the oil separates from the gravy.
- Garnish with coriander and serve with naan.
Some more Paneer recipes – PANEER PARATHA KADAI PANEER PALAK PANEER
Notes
- Paneer – Indian Cottage Cheese available in all Indian grocery stores in frozen aisle. Its sold as a bar or pre cubed and partially fried.
- Canned tomatoes – Available in regular supermarkets, diced, crushed or whole tomatoes can be used.
- Half & Half – Available in all supermarkets in the dairy aisle. This is half cream and half milk. Gives nice creamy texture to the gravy.
- Kasuri Methi – Dry Fenugreek leaves available in small packets in all Indian grocery stores. Known as Methi leaves.
- Red Chili Powder, Coriander powder, Garam Masala powder, Turmeric powder is available in small packs in Indian stores.
- If using regular fresh tomatoes look for real ripe ones orelse the gravy would taste sour.
11 Comments
i have a question
what is fresh cream?
how to make it
hi
I’m planning to make this for the party.do u know how many people will this recipe do.it would be helpful so that i can double my measurements
thanks
Hi Mullai, Can we use tomato paste instead of puree? If we can,how much to use?
Anitha muthaiyan
Anitha,
Tomato paste is very concentrated, try to use a couple of tsp diluted in water. Check the taste, if its not too sour, then add some more.
Hi mullai,
I tried this recipe. i used two cup of tomato puree too.the taste was more like tomato puree.
i think 1 or 11/2 cup of puree gives better taste.thank U
Anup, try using canned tomatoes(whole, diced, plum), they seemed to be little sweet, suits well for this recipe. Anyways thanks.
i used canned tomato puree.
hi mullai,
can you tell me what kind of measuring cups you are using like 8 oz,16 oz cups or rice cooker cup
In all my recipes its always 1 cup = 8 oz. If there is a change, I shall post it under my recipe in the additional info block.
I use the same size too.thank U
hi,
i have a doubt, 1 cup is equal to 8 oz?
thanks for your recipe.