Restrictions are growing all around the world to reduce the spread. Complete lockdown and people have to stay home expect for essential needs. School closure almost all part of the world . While ,Kids are doing safe in home , as parents we have to keep eye on what they are eating in a day to keep them healthy.
Made this Peas paneer recipe which include the essential nutrients for this season .It will best one day lunch and dinner recipe for mommies with littles kids. Since kids are in staying home ,reducing kitchen time is best with easy and healthy recipe .
Most of the kids love the tiny green peas and soft paneer along with chapathi .So, Lunch time is not big deal now. This Paneer recipe is rich texture creamy flavoured with peas.
Mom Friendly Recipe:
With young kids , make this kind of simple recipe once in 2 weeks to reduce the kitchen time.
You can make this recipe in morning ,keep it for whole day recipe with idly, dosa, chapathi ,phulka, jeera rice,ghee rice.
or make for lunch along with hot Chapathi ,Pulkha
Number of vessels and washing time is less.
If you are in diet then go for it without oil or less oil,yummy recipe for diet mommy and tasty recipe for kids.
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Equipment
- Kadai & Mixie
Materials
TO FRY AND GRIND
- 4 number ripen Tomato 2 cups
- 2 number medium Onion 1 cup
- 4 number medium Garlic
- 1 tblsp ginger
- 10 to 15 number cashews
FOR PEAS PANEER GRAVY
- 1 tblsp oil
- 1 medium bay leaf
- 3 piece cardamom
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala (used home made )
- 1 tblsp curd
- 2 cup peas
- 250 gms paneer
- 2 tblsp coriander leaves
- 1 tblsp kasuri methi
- 2 tblsp water
- as needed salt
Instructions
- Fry the paneer cube with oil,salt and turmeric.
- Boil the overnight soaked peas .
- Heat tbsp of oil in pan ,add roughly chopped onion,saute them till they turn light golden and raw smells goes off.
- Then add chopped tomato, add salt .Saute till the tomato turns mushy.
- Add freshly chopped garlic and ginger .Saute for 1 min .Finally add the cashews and saute for few seconds and then switch off the stove.
- Cool the mixture completely.Transfer to blender jar.
- Make a smooth puree without adding water.Set it ready for gravy preparation.
Preparation of peas paneer gravy
- Heat pan with 1 tbsp of oil,.Add cinnamon, bay leaf saute them for min.
- Add onion,tomato puree and sute for 3 min with 3 tbsp of water.Then add chilli powder, garam masala,coriander powder,turmeric powder.Mix well all the spice powder with the onion tomato puree.
- Allow the spice powder to cook till the raw smell goes off.
- Add the tbsp of curd to the gravy and mix well.
- Add boiled green peas.I used dried peas ,soaked overnight and boiled till the peas cooked.
- Cover cook the peas with gravy mixture for 2 to 3 min.
- Finally ,add the sauted paneer along with kasuri methi cook for few more min.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with idly for dinner.
- Serve hot with chapati for lunch.
