Today I made Methi Matar Malai a very famous recipe of North Indian.
A traditional dish where we use fewer species but, thick, rich and creamy dish goes well with rice or any kind of bread. Generally, the dish is semi-white gravy I used a pinch of turmeric powder to give the gravy a nice golden color, It is optional if you like the gravy to be white.
And the heavy cream is a basic ingredient in north Indian dishes. It gives the gravy the thickness it needs. The methi leaves generally have a slight bitterness that's why heavy cream is added also to subtle down the bitterness.
It can be made without onions. just grind the cashew nuts and saute with the tomato puree to make the gravy.
Ingredients
- Methi - 1bunch(just take the leaves)
- Mutter - 1cup
- Onion - 2medium sizes
- Tomato - 1large size
- Cashew nuts - 5 to 6nos
- Ginger-garlic paste - 1heaped tbsp
- Cumin seeds - 1tbp
- Coriander powder - 1tbsp
- turmeric powder - 1/3tsp
- Garam Masala - 1tsp
- Heavy cream - 1/2cup
- Salt to taste
- oil and ghee as needed
Instructions
- Boil water in a vessel and blanch for 2 to 3 minutes and drain the water from methi leaves, save some drained water.
- Soak the cashew nuts in warm water for 5 minutes and grind the nut with chopped onions into a paste.
- Heat oil and ghee in a pan, splutter cumin seeds.
- Add the ground paste to the oil and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the oil separates on the sides.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, salt, and turmeric powder, Cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Now, add the grated tomato and cook for 1minute.
- Add the cumin powder and garam masala after adding the tomato puree, cook till the oil separates.
- Then, chopped blanched methi leaves and chili powder to the gravy, cook the gravy for 3 minutes.
- Add the blanched methi leaves and cook for 3 to 4minutes.
- Add the heavy cream and cook for just 1 minute.
- Serve with plain rice, ghee rice, rotis or naan.
Cooking Tips
- Generally, methi mutter malai is a white gravy I used turmeric powder to give a golden color to the gravy and it is totally optional.
- You can make the gravy without onion, just grind cashew nut and add to the tomato puree to make the gravy.
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