Methi Paneer | Methi Paneer Recipe - Startup Cooking

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Methi Paneer is a mouth watering side dish recipe of the North Indian cuisine. A healthier, lighter, flavorful and quick recipe made with fresh fenugreek leaves and paneer (Indian cottage cheese). 

With strong flavor of methi leaves, garlic and ginger, this recipe goes well with chapathi, rumble roti, pulao or butter naan. we can add boiled potatoes or peas to the gravy for even more delicious.

You can also make a vegan version of this dish by replacing paneer with tofu. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Methi Paneer. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Try my other paneer recipes

• Palak paneer
• Methi Paneer
• Paneer peas pulao
• Paneer capsicum
• Matar paneer
• Kadai paneer
• Paneer Lababdar

RECIPE FOR METHI PANEER

Coarse        : Side Dish, for chapathi, for pulao

Cuisine       : Indian

Author        : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time   : 15 min

Cook Time  : 20 min

Total Time   : 35 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tbsp oil

• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds

• 1 onion - roughly chopped

• 1.5 tbsp garlic

• 1 tbsp ginger

• 1 small tomato - roughly chopped

• 2 tbsp cashews

• 2 tbsp oil

• 1 cup fenugreek leaves (methi leaves) - chopped

• 1/8 tsp turmeric powder

• 1 tsp red chilli powder

• 1 tsp coriander powder

• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup paneer - cubed into 1 inch pieces

• 1/4 cup milk

• salt to taste

• 1/2 tsp kasoori methi - crushed

PROCEDURE

• heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan

• add cumin seeds and allow them to splutter

• add chopped onion, ginger and garlic

• saute well until onion turn slight transparent

• add chopped tomato and cashews

• saute well until tomatoes turn soft

• cool down completely

• transfer into mixer grinder and grind to a smooth paste and keep it aside

• heat a tbsp of oil in a pan

• add chopped fenugreek leaves

• stir well and cook for 1 minute in medium flame

• then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder

• mix well and cook for a minute

• add grounded paste (onion, tomato, cashew paste)

• mix well and cook for 1 minute

• add water and mix well

• cover and cook in medium flame for 2-3 minutes

• add paneer, milk and salt

• gently combine altogether and cook for around 5 minutes in low medium flame or until you get the gravy consistency

• switch off the flame

• serve hot with Chapathi, roti or pulao

• taste delicious 

• Enjoy 😊 

NOTES

1. if you are using frozen paneer, soak them in hot water before using
2. you can shallow fry the paneer in a tbsp of ghee to get excellent taste of gravy
3. we can add cubed potatoes or peas to make healthy gravy
4. we can replace milk with malai or with fresh cream

Methi Paneer with Step-By-Step Photo Recipe

heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan

add cumin seeds and allow to splutter

add chopped onion, garlic and ginger

saute well

add chopped tomato and cashews

saute well until tomatoes turn soft, switch off the flame and cool down completely

transfer into mixer grinder

grind to a smooth paste and keep it aside

heat a tbsp of oil in a pan

add chopped fenugreek leaves

saute well for a minute

add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder

saute well for a minute

add grounded paste

mix well and cook for 1 minute

add water and mix well

cover and cook in medium flame for 2-3 minutes

add paneer

add milk

add salt

mix well and cook for 5 minutes in low medium flame

Methi Paneer ready

garnish with kasoori methi