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Yummy! That’s what you would say after eating a first spoonful of this simple and healthy garlic flavored Indian curry. Methi Paneer, one of the best recipes with fenugreek leaves, prepared by this recipe is not only healthy but also has a nice and tasty gravy of cashew-nuts, garlic and onion, whose flavor combines well with fenugreek leaves and paneer, giving it a complex yet rich character. The riot of flavors doesn’t stop here, the addition of milk makes it creamy as well as gives nice subtle flavor.
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Preparation Time:
10 minutes
Cooking Time:
15 minutes
Serves: 2 servings
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Methi Paneer Recipe In Hindi (हिन्दी में पढ़े)
Methi Paneer Recipe In Gujarati (ગુજરાતી માં વાંચો)
| Ingredients: |
| 1 cup chopped Methi Leaves(fresh fenugreek leaves) |
| 1/2 cup Paneer, cubed into 1 inch pieces |
| 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds, optional |
| 1 small Onion, finely chopped (approx. 1/3 cup) |
| 1 small Tomato, finely chopped (approx. 1/3 cup) |
| 6 Garlic Cloves, chopped (approx. 1½ tablespoons)(or to taste) |
| 1 teaspoon Ginger, chopped |
| 2 tablespoons chopped Cashew Nuts or Almonds (approx. 6) |
| 1/8 teaspoon Turmeric Powder |
| 3/4 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder |
| 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder |
| 3/4 cup Water |
| 1/4 cup Milk |
| 3 tablespoons Oil |
| Salt to taste |
Directions:
Heat 1-tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan (kadai) over medium flame. Add cumin seeds. When they start to turn light brown, add finely chopped onion, garlic and ginger.
Stir and cook until onion turns light pink.
Add chopped tomato, cashew nuts and salt.
Sauté until tomatoes turn soft. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl and let it cool at room temperature for 5-6 minutes. Transfer the mixture to the small chutney jar of a mixer grinder and grind to a smooth paste.
Meanwhile, heat 1/2 tablespoon oil in the same pan. Add paneer cubes and stir fry until they turn light golden brown on all sides. Transfer them to a plate. Use non-stick pan to prevent sticking of paneer.
Heat 1½ tablespoons oil in the same pan over medium flame. Add chopped methi leaves.
Stir and cook for 2-minutes. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
Mix well and cook for a minute.
Add onion-tomato-cashew-nut paste (prepared in step-4).
Stir and cook for 2-minutes.
Add 3/4 cup water, mix well and cook for 2-minutes.
Add shallow fried paneer cubes and 1/4 cup milk.
Mix well and cook for around 3-4 minutes or until you get the desired consistency of gravy. Turn off flame and transfer prepared curry to a serving bowl.
Tips and Variations:
- If you don’t like garlic flavor, add only 1-2 cloves of garlic.
- If you are using frozen paneer cubes, then soak them in hot water for 10 minutes and drain before using.
- Shallow fried paneer cubes are used in this curry to get richer experience of paneer methi. However, you can add paneer cubes without shallow frying.
- Use non-stick pan to prevent sticking while shallow frying paneer cubes.
- For simple change, use boiled and cubes potatoes in place of paneer.
- Add 1/3 cup boiled matar (peas) in step-12 to make yet another heavenly and healthy variation.
Taste: Mild spicy with nice taste and flavor of garlic with fenugreek leaves.
Serving Ideas: Methi paneer masala served with butter naan or tandoori roti, sweet lassi and a masala papad is a scrumptious meal.
Author: Foram
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17 Comments
May 28, 2023 by Asha
Made this dish with fresh Methi bhaji from my garden! Was really yummy … only other thing I added was fresh red masala … just to give it a little more strength…. And what’s great is that all basic ingredients were used to make such a lovely creamy dish ! Absolutely tasty.
Apr 27, 2023 by Nick Parkes
Easy to make, mild but really tasty.
Very nice. Increase paneer to 500g and doubled most other ingredients and it fed the four of us with paratha. I also added a teaspoon of palm sugar and a chopped chili. Thanks for the recipe.
Jul 22, 2022 by Chantel
I made this yesterday with some minor tweaks because I couldn’t find fenugreek leaves, but this was amazing. I used coconut oil, added a bit of cardamom powder, and used fennel seeds instead of fenugreek. Not a perfect substitute, but it was close enough! I’m impressed with how easily and quickly this cooked up given the amount of flavor it has. Will definitely make this again.
Jan 05, 2021 by Madhuri
It needed half a teaspoon of sugar. Also, I did it with butter instead of cooking oil. Yummyyyy
Sep 08, 2020 by Bharathi
Hey
I have been following foodviva ever since I started cooking post my marriage
Made this recipe today.
It came out tasty.
Not only dat, it took me very little time to prepare.
Thank you.
Feb 06, 2020 by Lapa
Good in taste. Methi leaves are indeed used in kid-loving preparation.
Jan 20, 2020 by Avishek Dan
This tastes heavenly. One of the best veg recipes I have eaten.
Jan 13, 2020 by erum rahman
Yummy recipe ....I really love it....thanks.
May 03, 2019 by Rem
Hey... I checked several methi paneer recipes online and decided to try yours, only change I did was to add a bit of garam masala, as when I tasted I felt so something was missing, but I liked your version better than a few others. It turned out well. I tried to trick my husband saying I had ordered it from a restaurant, but he guessed I had cooked.
Oct 17, 2018 by S Behera
Very good recipe. Would like to do some tried and tested recipes.Thanks.
Feb 07, 2018 by Sneha Nambiar
I'd been searching for Methi Paneer recipe for a long time. The photo looked good but I wasn't too sure as the recipe was too simple.
Well, I made it and the taste is simply delicious.
Thank you so much!
Jan 25, 2018 by Sujana Pamudurthi
I always struggled to make panneer dishes to get the restaurant taste without adding cream..this recipe is delicious even without cream..thanks a lot
Jan 08, 2018 by Sayani Ghorai
Thanks a ton. I get new recipes of Paneer. It's easy and simple too.
Sep 25, 2017 by Poonam Kapoor
Loved the paneer methi subzi. Very easy to prepare and tastes awesome.
Mar 13, 2017 by Kanchan
Its very delicious. Loved the dish very much. Easy to cook.
Mar 01, 2017 by Singh
Kindly correct the error in Ingredients from 1/4 water to 1/4 milk.
Response: Thank you Singh for pointing out the mistake. Corrected the ingredient now.
Jan 19, 2017 by Rekha
I am a human and I liked methi paneer recipe. It is easy to cook.
