Geethu's Kitchen - Geethu's Mutter Paneer

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Ingredients

  1. 2 packs Tofu, pressed and cubed, sautéed in fake butter until pale brown but still soft (3 pkts)
  2. 1 cup frozen peas or 12 oz.Fry's peas (1.5 pkts)
  3. 1.5 tbsp fake butter
  4. 1.5 tsp jeera
  5. 1/4 tsp hing
  6. 1/2 tsp haldi powder (3/4 tsp)
  7. 1 tsp mirchi powder (1.25 tsp)
  8. 1 tsp kashmir march powder (1.25 tsp) + 1/2 tsp
  9. 2.5 tsp dhania powder (3.5 tsp)
  10. 1 tsp garam masala
  11. 2.5 tsp salt (to taste) (3 tsp)
  12. 1 tsp kasuri methi (optional) (1.5 tsp)
  13. Yogurt - 1/4 cup (optional) (1/2 cup)

  14. 1 small or 3/4 medium red onion, roughly chopped
  15. 6 medium Roma tomatoes, roughly chopped (8 Roma tomatoes)
  16. 4 Thai chilli, roughly chopped (6 chillis)
  17. 10 unsalted cashews (optional) (15 cashews)
  18. 2 tsp. ginger paste (2.5 tsp)
  19. 1 tsp garlic paste (1.5 tsp)

  20. Cilantro - chopped
  21. Cream - 3-4 tbsp (optional)



Method:

  1. Fry diced tofu in fake butter and keep aside
  2. On medium flame, heat 2 tbsp oil and fry chopped onion until slightly translucent and chopped green chilli. Add cashews (optional)
  3. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes
  4. Add chopped tomato and continue to stir until soft
  5. Turn off heat and allow to cool, before grinding to soft puree with yogurt (twice in Blendtec to ensure finely ground )

  6. In kadhai, add 2 tbsp oil
  7. Add jeera and hing
  8. Then add red chilli powder (on Lo), immediately followed by tomato puree
  9. Stir quickly. Then add dhania, haldi powder and 1.25 tsp kashmir mirch powders
  10. Cover and cook on Lo until mixture reduces to half in volume; color will darken and oil will separate out
  11. Add yogurt and mix in, while stirring continuously
  12. Add peas and cover and cook for 5 minutes
  13. Add tofu and 2 tsp remaining salt; after stirring for 10 minutes, add desired amount of water
  14. When right consistency, add garam masala, kasuri methi (optional) and 1/2 tsp kashmiri mirch
  15. Sprinkle chopped cilantro
  16. [Stir in cream and simmer on Lo for 5-7 minutes]