Methi Matar Malai Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup Onion

  (roughly chopped to diced)
• 1½ inch Ginger

  (roughly chopped)
• 6 medium Garlic Cloves
• 2 Green Chilies
• 15-16 Cashews
• 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
• 2 Green Cardamoms
• 4 Cloves
• 10 Black Peppercorns
• 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
• ½ blade Mace
• 1-1½ cup Water
• 4 tablespoons Oil

  (butter or ghee)
• 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt

  (or to taste)
• 2 cups Fresh Fenugreek Leaves

  (methi leaves- chopped)
• 1 cup Frozen Green Peas

  (soaked in water 10 minutes to thaw.)
• ¾ cup Low-Fat Milk

  (warm, you can use full fat milk)
• ½ cup Low-Fat Cream

  (you can use heavy cream)
• ¼ teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
• ½ teaspoon Dried Fenugreek

  (Kasuri Methi)
• ½ teaspoon Sugar
• ¼ teaspoon Cardamom Powder

Instructions

• 1 In a sauce pan, add roughly diced onions, ginger, garlic, green chilies,
  cashews, cumin seeds, green cardamon, cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon stick,
  and mace.
• 2 Now, add 1 to 1½ cup water into the sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Cook for 5
  minutes. Turn off the heat, drain the water and let the mixture cool enough to
  avoid spilling while blending or grinding.
• 3 Add the boiled onion cashew mixture to the blender jar and blend to a smooth
  paste. You may add 2-3 tablespoons water to grind, if required.
  
  You can make this onion cashew paste a day ahead in advance and store in the
  refrigerator to save time.
• 4 Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.
• 5 Add ground onion cashew paste and stir for 5-6 minutes on a low to medium heat
  until it starts to release oil.
• 6 Then, add coriander powder, salt and cook for another 2 minutes.
• 7 Add chopped fresh methi leaves, green peas and mix well. Cook on 3-4 minutes on
  medium heat.
• 8 Now, add milk and mix. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
• 9 Add ¼ - ½ cup warm to hot water and mix, let it simmer for 2-3 minutes. You can
  skip adding water if you like very thick gravy. Or you can simply replace water
  with another ¼ cup milk.
• 10 Add cream, garam masala powder, kasuri methi and sugar. Simmer for another 2-3
  minutes.
• 11 Finally sprinkle cardamon powder and mix. Turn off the heat. Dish out and serve
  hot with your favorite naan, paratha, roti or rice.

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