An Easy and Yummy Methi Malai Paneer Recipe Only for You! - 24 Mantra Organic

Methi is a common ingredient that is found in every Indian kitchen. Methi of fenugreek can add a unique flavour to food, and that is the reason one can cook a wide variety of dishes with it. Here, we are going to discuss one of the common yet tasty recipes called methi malai paneer recipe.

List of ingredients

• Vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon of cumin seeds
• 1.5 cups chopped onions
• 2 tablespoon of chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon of chopped green chillies
• ¼ cup of chopped tomatoes
• ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon of Kashmiri red chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon of coriander powder
• ¼ cup of whipped cream
• ½ teaspoon of sugar
• ½ teaspoon of garam masala
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup of chopped methi leaves
• 250 grams of paneer cubes for methi malai paneer recipe

How to prepare methi malai paneer recipe?

• To start with methi malai paneer recipe you need to take a frying pan and place it on the stove. After that, you need to put 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and leave it for a few minutes on the flame.
• Once the oil is heated up, you need to add ½ teaspoon of cumin seeds and let it fry for a few seconds.
• After that, you need to add 1.5 cups chopped onions to it and let it fry until the onion turns brown. While frying, you need to give a frequent stir.
• Once the onion turns brown you need to add 2 tablespoons of chopped ginger followed by 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic, and 1 teaspoon of chopped green chillies. You need to stir fry all these.
• Once the ingredients start releasing their aroma, you need to add a handful of chopped cashews in it and give it a nice stir.
• After that, you need to add ¼ cup of chopped tomatoes and sauté it until the tomatoes soften. While doing so, you need to stir all the ingredients in the pan.
• Once the sauté is done, you need to let the ingredients cool down for a few minutes.
• Once the onion-tomato mixture cools down, you need to transfer them into a grinder jar and make a paste out of it. While making the paste for methi malai paneer recipe, you can add ⅓ cup of water to the mixture to make it smooth and set it aside.
• Now coming to the second phase of methi malai paneer recipe, in the same pan you need to add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and let it heat up a little.
• Then you need to add 1 cup of finely chopped methi or fenugreek leaves which is one of the main ingredients of methi malai paneer recipe and stir fry the leaves in medium flame.
• If the leaves get wilt then, you will know that sauté is completed and you need to add ½ teaspoon of coriander powder, ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder, and ½ teaspoon of Kashmiri red chilli powder. You need to stir all the ingredients so that they bind well.
• After that, you need to add the paste of onion-tomato and stir well and leave it on the flame for 7 to 8 minutes. You need to give it a stir frequently so that the paste does not stick to the pan.
• When the paste starts releasing oil, you need to add 1 cup of water and add salt to taste. You need to stir the broth so that everything is properly mixed.
• On a medium flame, you need to leave the mixture to boil and then add ¼ cup of cream which was whipped previously. You need to stir the broth so that the cream mixes up well.
• After that, you need to add ½ teaspoon of garam masala powder and ½ teaspoon of sugar and give it a nice stir to the gravy.
• Finally, the time comes when you have to add the paneer cubes into the gravy and leave it for 1 to 2 minutes until the cubes are entirely cooked.
• Once paneer cubes are cooked, you can turn the gas off and serve it with chapattis or naan.

Nutritional Facts Of Methi Malai Paneer Recipe

Some Pro-Tips:

So, it is clear that, to prepare this dish from scratch, it will take no more than 30 minutes. While cooking methi malai paneer recipe often it turns bitter due to the methi leaves. So here is a quick tip- after chopping off the leaves, you need to sprinkle some salt on them and keep the leaves in room temperature for at least 20 minutes. Before it goes into the frying pan, you need to squeeze the leaves with hand. It is the best way to remove the bitterness from the leaves.

The Bottom Line

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