Homemade Matar Paneer Recipe with Aloo (Spicy Peas & Cottage Cheese Curry with Fried Potato Cubes)

Matar Paneer Recipe is a very common & easy to make among North Indian Paneer Recipes. I made this with Fried Potato cubes to give it a Bengali touch. You can have it without that also, but I like this Spicy Aloo Matar Paneer form of this recipe. 









Here in this recipe I have used ready made paneer as they give a uniform texture to the curry.

Steps To Make Matar Paneer Recipe at Home

Ingredients:

• 200 gm Paneer  
• 1 cup Green Peas (Matar) 
• 1 big size potato 
• 1 tsp raw garam masala 
• 3-4 green chillies 
• 1 big onion finely chopped
• 1 Tomato finely chopped
• Yogurt/Curd – 1/3 cup
• 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp Kashmiri lal mirch powder
• Salt to taste
• Pinch of sugar
• 1/2 tsp White or Clarified Butter 
• Oil for Cooking

How to Prepare (Step by step Recipe)

At first boil the green peas with 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt. 
Boil them for 10 min and keep aside. 
Deep fry the potato cubes in a pan with little salt & turmeric powder and keep them aside.
Shallow fry the paneer (Cottage Cheese) cubes with little salt. 
In the same pan pour some oil and add crushed Garam Masala.
As the nice smell comes out of the masalas, add the chopped onions with little salt and turmeric powder. Also add the chopped tomatoes.  
Add all other spices, green chillies and ginger-garlic paste. 
Sauté until the oil comes out of the masala paste.
Now add the curd, potatoes & also the boiled peas and mix them well. Add pinch of sugar & salt as required. Sauté for 2 minutes & add the fried paneer pieces & some water.
Allow it to simmer for 10 minutes in medium flame. 
Add 1/2 tsp ghee & remove Matar paneer masala from the heat.
Garnish with coriander leaves and a dollop of salted butter on top. 
Enjoy this Paneer Recipe with chapattis, pooris or Nan.

Few Useful Tips & Info:

• You can also use the Paneer pieces without frying them. For that soak the paneer cubes for 
• 15 minutes in warm water with little salt.
• You can substitute Paneer with Tofu.
• Though Matar Paneer is a side dish with Chapattis, it also goes well with Plain Rice or Sweet Pulao.
• Here in this recipe You can use fresh or frozen Matar (green peas) according to availability.
• You can also use homemade paneer for this recipe.
• Ingredients used in Garam Masala - cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, black pepper