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No-Onion No-Garlic Mattar Paneer

Swati
No-Onion No-Garlic Matar Paneer recipe without onion and garlic for festivals like Navratri or for days when we want to avoid onion and garlic in food.

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Indian, North Indian
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker
  • Blender
  • Ladle
  • Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Paneer Cubed(Indian Cottage Cheese or 200 g
  • ¾ Cup Green Peas (Fresh/Frozen)
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  • ½-1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • ½-1 tsp Garam Masala or Kitchen King Masala
  • ½ tsp Dried Fenugreek Leaves/Kasuri Methi
  • 2 tbsp Mustard Oil or any good vegetable Oil

For Tomato Puree

  • 3-4 medium Tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp Melon Seeds
  • 8-10 Cashew nuts
  • 1-2 tbsp Green Chillies or Whole Red Chilies use as required
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cut Paneer into cubes

Prepare Tomato Puree

  • Soak Melon seeds and cashew nuts in warm water for about 20 mins.
  • Blend tomatoes, ginger, green chillies/dry whole red chillies, cashew nuts, melon seeds to fine paste.

Traditional Indian Pressure Cooker

  • Switch on the flame to medium and when oil is hot enough add whole spices and cumin seeds, with tomato puree.
  • When puree thickens, add dry powdered spices and cook for few seconds.
  • Now add pea with add ½ cup water and salt to taste. Close the lid and cook till 2 whistles. Let the pressure go off naturally.
  • Add Kasuri Methi and paneer pieces, mix and cook again for another 1-2 minutes. Adjust water as per the your preferred consistency of gravy. Close the lid, till ready to serve.

Instant Pot Method

  • Plug -in Instant pot, switch on the SAUTE Mode, on HIGH for 10 minutes, whole dry spices and cumin seeds.
  • Once cumin seeds crackle, add prepared tomato puree and cook till it starts it thickens.
  • Add spice powders, followed by peas. Drain water from peas before adding. Mix everything well. Add about 1/2 Cup water.
  • Now, CANCEL the SAUTE Mode, close the lid, set the PRESSURE COOK Mode, on HIGH, for 4 mins.
  • Once , the time goes off, release the pressure using QRP(Quick Release Pressure) and open the lid.
  • Add Kasuri Methi or dried fenugreek leaves, cubed paneer pieces.
  • Set the SAUTE mode on for 1-2 minutes. After that,cancel the SAUTE Mode and close the lid again for 5 minutes, and let the flavours infuse with paneer pieces .
  • Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves before serving.
  • Serve hot with any bread or jeera rice.

Notes

You can lightly shallow fry Paneer pieces in a non-stick pan before adding to gravy.
In case you don't have Kadhai Masala, use 1 tsp of coriander powder, 1/2 tsp of Cumin powder, 1/2 tsp of fennel powder(optional), 1/2-1 tsp of Garam masala.
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