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Methi matar malai recipe

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I have always wondered how methi in the methi mutter malai could taste and afraid of trying it if it could be bitter. But when I tried last week, there was not even a pinch of bitter taste in the gravy. May be the butter, cream and milk we are using in the recipe. I was thinking how I will like and afraid how Aj will like it. But he loved it! So when ever I get fresh methi leaves, I am gonna make this. Pair it with Naan or roti, you will sure love it! Recipe slightly adapted from here.methi matar malai

Methi matar malai recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 3
Green peas(frozen) – 2 cups

Methi leaves fresh – 1 cup

Cream – 1/4 cup

Milk – 1/2 cup

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric (optional) – a pinch

Butter – 1 tblsp

Kasoori methi(optional) – 2 pinches

Salt – as needed

Jeera – 1 tsp

To fry and grind

Onion – 1

Cashews – 7

Green chilli – 5

Ginger – 1 small piece

Cardamom – 2

Cloves – 1

Method

  1. Wash methi leaves and separate the leaves from stem. Chop it roughly.2-methimuttermalai
  2. In a kadai, heat butter, add cardamom, cloves, onion, green chilli, ginger. Fry until onions are transparent. Cool down and add cashews and place in the blender.1-methimuttermalai
  3. Grind it into a smooth paste. Heat kadai with remaining butter and add jeera.3-methimuttermalai
  4. Add the ground paste and fry well in medium heat.Cook until raw smell goes off with out changing the colour.4-methimuttermalai
  5. Add green peas and methi. Fry until peas gets cooked well.5-methimuttermalai
  6. Add turmeric, garam masala and salt. Fry for 2 minutes. Add milk and mix well. The flame should be medium and cook for 3-4 minutes. Do not boil in high flame.6-methimuttermalai
  7. Lastly add the cream and mix well. Let it be for 2 minutes in medium flame again. Switch off the flame and transfer to the serving bowl.7-methimuttermalai

Notes

    • You can skip garam masala, kasoori methi and turmeric. But it gives some flavour to the gravy.
    • After adding milk or cream never put the stove flame to high.
    • Cashews are important as binding agent for keeping the milk or cream from not curdling. So do not skip it.
    • Pinch of sugar can be added to retain the green colour of the peas while frying.
    • You can pre cook the peas too and then proceed with the preparation.
    • If you are using dried peas, soak overnight or for 12 hours and then pressure cook it for 2 – 3 whistles and then make this gravy.
    • If using fresh ones, cook it before proceeding.

Goes well with roti, naan or any pulavs. I would love to have this with naan. Yummy and creamy methi matar malai!

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  2. Healthy recipe .. Loved the pics.. I am gonna try if methi is available here this week. I ll let u know how it turned out . Your pics are so tempting that makes me to dig in and try them. thanks for sharing this recipe raks 🙂

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  6. Very Nice. To avoid the change in white colour, you can add the wholesome onion in boiling water and then you saute it. If done this way, onion doesn't brown and the dish retains its white colour

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  58. Hai raks,
    Made this yesterday with phulka.. All loved it and happy that my son had methi,which he generally dislikes.. Thanx a lot for this wonderful and healthy recipe…

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  80. This was very tasty. You have mentioned 5 chilies in your recipe, i used only two. But felt that itself was pretty spicy. But turned out to be very very tasty dish.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  86. Hi,

    I tried this. It was very tasty. Thanks for the wonderful recipes. You have mentioned 5 green chillies for the curry which was more. So i used only 3……but it was still a lil spicy………….Nyways the taste was very good……Thanks

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  100. Tried it.. and it came out too good.. my family enjoyed it a lot.. you have given a very simple recipe. before this i browsed too many sites for methi matar recipe.. all of them time consuming and complex. then tried ur simple way and it just worked best.. Thanks..

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