Recipe: Delicious Methi Malai Matar (Fenugreek And Peas Curry With Cream)

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Methi Malai Matar (Fenugreek And Peas Curry With Cream). Methi Matar Malai is part of every North Indian Menu. The combination of fenugreek leaves and green peas cooked in cream and milk is simply awesome. The Indian fenugreek peas and cream curry is very creamy textured and tastes great when served with Indian breads.

It is also mild in taste and hence combines well with the other spicy curries.

How to make Methi Malai Matar Recipe - Fenugreek Peas Curry With Cream To begin making the Methi Malai Matar Recipe, firstly we will make the dry masala.

Add green cardamom, cloves, cumin seeds, whole black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, mace and black cardamom in a blender and make ground spice powder and keep it aside.

You can have Methi Malai Matar (Fenugreek And Peas Curry With Cream) using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Methi Malai Matar (Fenugreek And Peas Curry With Cream)

Prepare of medium onions chopped.
It’s of garlic.
Prepare of cashew nuts.
You need of fenugreek leaves (methi leaves) blanched and chopped. I have used the frozen fenugreek leaves and blanched them.
Prepare of milk powder.
You need of butter.
Prepare of oil.
You need of bayleaf.
Prepare of cardamoms.
It’s of cinnamon stick one inch.
It’s of cumin seeds.
It’s of coriander cumin powder.
It’s of kitchen king masala.
Prepare of ginger garlic and chilli paste.
Prepare of garam masala.
It’s of cottage cheese paneer (optional).
It’s of saffron strands.
Prepare of salt.
You need of water.

CREAMY METHI MATAR MALAI (Fenugreek and green peas curry) - a delicious, golden yellow, mildly sweet curry with fenugreek leaves and green peas in an aromatic gravy, perfect with any Indian flat bread or even rice.

Winters bring along with it some special vegetables and two among them are fresh methi or fenugreek leaves and fresh green peas.

A simple recipe for a rich and creamy fenugreek and peas curry or gravy, popularly known as methi matar malai.

Pair it with any Indian flatbread or rice for a delicious meal.

Methi Malai Matar (Fenugreek And Peas Curry With Cream) step by step

In a pan boil chopped onions, cashewnuts and garlic. Just add the water till the onions are just covered. Boil it till the onion, cashewnuts and garlic softens and water is dried. Remove in a plate to get cool. Grind into a smooth paste and keep aside. The colour is dark as I have used red onions..
In a pan heat oil. Add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cardamon stick. Now add the ground onion paste. Saute it for 5 minutes. Add the coriander cumin seed powder and Kitchen King masala to it.Mix well..
Now add milk powder and mix well. See that lumps are not formed. Stir well. (If you do not want to add milk powder directly then just make a paste of it by adding little water and add to the sauted onion paste). Mix them well and saute it for 5 minutes. Now add the blanched fenugreek leaves and cooked peas..
Mix well and add ginger garlic and chilli paste and garam masala. Mix it well and saute for two minutes. Now add the cut paneer cubes to it. Add few strands of saffron (keep aside some for garnishing). Mix well and simmer for 5 minutes..
Add the butter to it. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
Serve hot. Garnish with 2-3 saffron strands. Serve with parat paratha or roti, naan, or rice.

After tomato pickle and zucchini soup , I am happy to share another recipe with my backyard produce.

Methi Matar Malai is a very popular North Indian recipe made with fenugreek leaves (methi) and peas cooked in a soft and creamy gravy.

Methi malai matar gravy has a smooth and delicate texture due to the addition of cream.

You can also add paste of cashews and almonds to increase the richness of the recipe.

Methi Mutter Malai, literally translatted in English is Fenugreek Peas and Cream.