Paneer (cottage cheese/Tofu) & Peas Curry

This dish is popularly known as "matar paneer" (or) tofu with green peas!

Main ingredients are.....

1) Paneer or cottage cheese- 400 gms
2) Green peas or matar-150 gms
3) Tomato puree one small packet
4) onion -one big
5) ginger & garlic paste 2 tsp
6)1 tsp of garam masala powder
7) I tsp of ghee and white oil to cook.

Procedure:

First grind the onions in the mixer and keep it aside...if you are using fresh tomato then grind 5 tomatoes to a paste and keep it aside.
Then put some oil in the pan and add 1 tbsp of cumin seeds and a pinch of asafoetida..when smell starts coming add d onion paste and fry till golden brown..then add the ginger garlic paste and tomato puree and fry it further till the oil starts coming up (on the top of the pan)

Whirling the pan.....add 1 tsp each of turmeric powder and chilly powder ( preferably kashmiri mirchi for adding the colour) ......
Fry for them all together for 1 min and add the green peas to the pan.
Then add 2 cups of water...let it boil and let the consistency become a bit thicker...
When it's a bit thicker then add the cottage cheese (paneer/tofu) pieces...let the curry and the paneer boil for another 1 min...before putting the whole thing in the serving dish add garam masala and ghee from top and stir well...add sugar and salt according to your taste buds.

Tips....(Optional) you can also fry the paneer or cottage cheese before adding them to the tomato paste...garnishing with coriander leaves.

                                                                  ~Enjoy~

PS:-

This is the kashmiri mirch i used-

This is paneer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paneer

This is garam masala:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala