How to Make Homemade Motor (Peas) Paneer (Vegetarian Dish) - Easy to Make Process

In one of my earlier post I have explained about 'Paneer'. Just for my new readers who doesn't know what is 'Paneer' means let me reminder them as "Paneer is nothing but Ricotta cheese in a little different form. In a special way they put Ricotta cheese under high pressure and extract all excess water. Once you do that it becomes solid and just like a cake. At any Indian store you can find this paneer. Paneers are available in a form of block of one or two pounds." Frozen peas will be good for this recipe. This is yet another favorite vegetarian dish of India. This can be made very quickly. It's almost like a ready-made dish but with a homemade essence.

Serving: Serves 4

Time of Preparation: 30 mints

Ingredients: These all ingredients are listed based on four serving plates. If you want to prepare little more or less, you need to adjust the amount of ingredients accordingly.
- Peas (Motor) - 2 pound
- Paneer from Indian store - 1 pound.
- White onions chopped into small pieces - 1 large size.
- Tomato - 1 piece of medium size.
- Green Chilli - 4 in numbers.
- Ginger paste - 1 tablespoon.
- Dry Kasuri Methi (Fenugreek) leaves - 1 tablespoon.
- Cumin seed - one fourth of tablespoon.
- Cumin powder - 2 tablespoons.
- Coriander powder - 2 tablespoons.
- Garam Masala (Mixture of cinnamon, cardamom and cloves) - one-fourth of tablespoon.
- Coriander leaves
- Vegetable oil as required.
- Sugar to taste.
- Salt to taste.

Process: The whole process of preparing this is very easy and actual preparation time is less than 30 minutes.

- Chop the onions and green Chilli into small pieces.

- Smash the paneer.

- Take four tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan and make it hot.

- Put the chopped onions on the frying pan and fry that until it becomes brownish.

- Add one or two more tablespoons of oil and put cumin seed within it.

- Add ginger paste, green Chilli, tomatoes and fry it for 5 mints.

- Add cumin and coriander powder within the pan and stir it until you see the oil is coming out of the mixture.

- Now add smashed paneer and peas and little water (one-fourth of a coffee cup). You also need to add salt and sugar. Let this thing cook for 10 minutes under covered condition and in low flame.

- Once this whole thing is cooked add Garam Masala (Mixture of cinnamon, cardamom and cloves) coriander leaves to enhance the taste. The delicious Motor (Peas)-Paneer is ready to serve.

I am sure you will love this delicious low fat dish. This is a great dish to have with bread or rice.