Ingredients

• 250 g - cottage cheese
• 1 cup - peas (frozen or fresh)
• 1 - onion, medium
• 1/2 cup - tomato sauce
• 1/2 inch - ginger
• 2-3 pods - garlic
• 2 tsp - cream fresh or frozen
• 1/2 cup - curd
• 1 tsp - chilli powder
• 1 tsp - coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp -garam masala
• salt to taste.
• 2-3 tsp - oil

How to Make Shahi Matar Paneer

• You can either make cottage cheese at home by cuddling milk with white vinegar or get ready made cottage cheese.
• In a blender, make a fine paste of onions, ginger, garlic. Heat a wok and add oil to it.
• When the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Now add the above paste.
• And fry till golden brown and oil starts to leave the sides of wok.
• Add tomato paste and fry again till the oil leaves the sides of the wok.
• To this, add the chilli powder, coriander powder, haldi, garam masala and fry for about 2-3 minutes.
• Add curd and keep stirring continuously till it blends well.
• Don't leave stirring otherwise the curd will coagulate.
• Finally, add the cream and stir well.
• Add about 1 cup water, let it come to boil and add peas to it.
• Cover it and let it cook for about 10 minutes.
• Add the pre-cut paneer pieces and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
• Garnish with a little bit of cream and chopped cilantro.
• Serve hot with chapattis or pulao or puri.