A couple of days ago I had some absolutely fresh Paneer at home but did not want to make any of the usual dishes; be it the Traditional Mutter Paneer, Paneer Bhurji, or Mughlai Paneer.
While I was scratching my head wondering what to make, I spied a box of Everest Kitchen King Masala on the shelf and it had this creamy Mutter Paneer on the cover.
I immediately took it down and set about reading the recipe. I had most of the ingredients at home and so it became the dish of the day for dinner!
I made some minor modifications such as reducing the amount of ghee and not frying the paneer pieces, but that was a personal preference. It turned out super yummy and hence this blog post!
Serves: 4
Time: 45 Minutes
Ingredients
- Paneer – 250 gms
- Peas – 1 Cup
- Onion – 1
- Tomatoes – 2
- Green Chillies – 2
- Garlic Cloves – 2
- Grated Ginger – 1 tsp
- Cumin – 1 tsp
- Cashew Nuts – 5
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
- Everest Kitchen King Masala – 2 tsp
- Kasuri Methi – 1 tsp
- Poppy Seeds or Khus Khus – 1 tbsp
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Salt to Taste
Method
- Puree the tomatoes.
- Boil the peas.
- Cut the paneer into 1/2″ cubes.
- Slice the onion.
- Peel the garlic pods.
- Sllit the green chillies.
- In a wok, heat the oil.
- Add the onion slices and fry till transparent.
- Add the ginger, garlic pods, slit green chillies, poppy seeds, cumin seeds, kasuri methi, and cashew nuts.
- Stir-fry for 5 minutes.
- Set aside to cool.
- Once the fried onion-spice mix is cool, grind to a fine paste with a little water.
- In the same wok, heat the ghee.
- Add the paste and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the pureed tomatoes and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add chilli powder, turmeric, and Kitchen King Masala.
- Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the boiled peas and paneer cubes.
- With a gentle hand, mix well.
- Add about 1/3 cup water and salt.
- Mix well and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Serve hot with rotis.
Wow this is one of my favs, sadly the husband n child are no takers. Your curry looks good. Ek dum restaurant serve!!
Wow! Never thought of trying the recipes as mentioned on the masala box. Ma good change for sure.
Absolutely…… I normally ignore the recipes on the boxes I buy. This dish makes me change my mind as it turned out super yummy. Of course, I toned down the ghee/oil requirements.
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Matar Paneer looks delicious Aruna. Although I don’t have this masala box, but I think your description would be enough to make the dish. 🙂
Use regular garam masala but just 1/2 the quantity of specified Kiitchen King Masala
That’s the food of food that I’d love to prepare ! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Matar paneer is one 9 my favourite paneer dish and that looks delightful Aruna. .. :).:).
Cooking this way is always the best. We do it often and try and give it a twist to make it exceptional! This looks very appetising!!
Everest Masala is one of my fav:-) paneer and peas whatva delicious combo. Love the idea of trying recipe from the box
What about salt?
Hi,
Updated the recipe. Thank you for pointing it out. 🙂