Muttar Paneer

Name: Muttar Paneer
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon garam masala; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 inch ginger, roughly chopped; 1 onion, halved; 227 grams paneer, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 567 grams packets frozen peas; 8 servings Sprinkling of salt; 1 teaspoon tomato puree; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters vegetable stock

Muttar Paneer requires about 40 minutes from start to finish. This side dish has 268 calories, 8g of protein, and 21g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. If you have vegetable stock, paneer, sprinkling of salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat the oil a large skillet and add the paneer cubes, in 2 batches, and fry until they are golden.

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Paneer

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove the golden cubes to a double thickness of kitchen towel. (It is possible to dry fry the paneer cubes in the pan with no oil, to avoid the oil splashing you. Then continue with the recipe below.)

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Paneer

Cooking Oil

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Kitchen Towels

Frying Pan

Pour all but about 2 tablespoons of the oil out of the pan.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Put the onion, garlic cloves, and ginger into a food processor and blitz to a coarse pulp. Fry gently for about 5 minutes with a sprinkling of salt. Stir in the garam masala and turmeric and cook for another 2 minutes before adding the still frozen peas.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Garam Masala

Turmeric

Ginger

Onion

Peas

Salt

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Food Processor

Dissolve the tomato puree in the vegetable stock and pour over the contents of the pan. Stir again and turn the heat down to low, cover with foil or a lid and cook for 15 minutes, tasting to check that the peas are tender. You can cook muttar paneer up to this stage, if you like, uncovering and then reheating gently with the diced, oil-crisped cheese, or proceed directly now.

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Vegetable Stock