Matar Paneer

Paneer is also known as cottage cheese and is used a lot in Indian vegetarian dishes. They are rich in calcium. Many gravy dishes as well as sweets are prepared from it in India. Here is a simple paneer gravy dish made along with peas. This is one of the favorite dishes of many vegetarians as well as non vegetarians.

Ingredient
Tomato 2 Medium Sized
Cashew Nuts - 6-7
Kastoori Methi Dry
Paneer 100 gms
Peas 1/2 Cup
Salt to taste
oil 2-3 tsp
Garam masala powder
Kashmiri red chilly powder

Method
Soak the cashew nut in water for 1-2 hrs. Make a fine paste of soaked cashew nuts and chopped tomatoes. Dont put water while making the paste as tomato itself has lot of water.
Cut paneer into cubes and keep aside.
Now heat oil in pan. add the above paste to it and let it cook for 10 - 12 minutes.
When the paste is roasted well and starts to leave oil, add 1 tsp of dry kastoori methi to it. After that add 1/2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder, peas and salt to it and let it cook for 1 min. Now add around 2/3 cup water to it. As water starts to boil add paneer to it and let it cook for 2-3 mins till gravy becomes little thick.
Enjoy it with Paratha or roti.