Methi Malai mattar is a rich dish with cream and cashews. As it is rich it doesn’t mean that it is a difficult dish to prepare. Once you have your methi cleaned and chopped you can prepare this dish quickly. I am using frozen peas here so it makes it much easier. You can go with fresh peas also. Peas don’t take that long to cook so it doesn’t matter either way. A great dish that goes well with parathas and rotis. Here is the big bunch of methi leaves that I got from farmers market.
Methi-Malai Matar
Ingredients:
- Big bunch of methi – approx. 2 cups
- Frozen Peas – 1 cup
- Heavy cream – ¾ cup
- Oil – 1 tbsp.
- Cashewnut – 10 nos
- Poppy seed – 2 tsps.
- Medium sized Onion – 1
- Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
- Cardamom – 2
- Cloves – 3
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Green chillies – 2
- Water – ½ cup
Steps:
- Remove the methi leaves from the stems, clean them and chop them roughly.
- Soak the cashwenuts and poppy seed in water for 15-20 minutes.
- Heat the kadai and add the half of the oil.
- Once the oil is hot add the chopped onions, slit green chillies, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves
- and fry them till they are golden brown.
- Let it cool and grind them into a fine paste.
- Also grind the soaked cashwenuts and poppy seeds.
- Heat the same kadai and add the remaining oil.
- Now add the grinded onion mixture and cook for couple of minutes.
- Add the peas and sprinkle some water and cook for couple of minutes.
- Then add the methi, mix well and cover and cook for three minutes.
- Now add salt and grinded poppy seed and cashew paste and ¼ cup of water.
- Let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Finally add the heavy cream and after a minute turn it off.
That’s it. Yummy methi malai matar is ready. #Methi
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That’s one very good version with methi..I had enjoyed when I had made it myself..
Yeah.. We all enjoyed it too
Rich and creamy gravy,perfect with rotis…
Thanks
What a creamy & delicious curry with methi & matar.
:-) :-)
Rich and creamy, perfect to go with rotis.
oh yeah.. I love this with rotis.
Very aromatic one, right? We love it too.
yeah totally
Look at this rich and creamy methi malai mattar, makes me hungry.
he he.. I wish I could send some
Delicious rich gravy!
Thanks
Such a creamy gravy! Love methi malai matar :)
Thanks Sandhya
Thats a rich and creamy gravy! Am yet to post this one…
waiting for yours :-)
Very rich and creamy dish. Worth indulging once in a while.
Thanks Annapoorani n welcome here
Sure looks rich and creamy.
Thanks Varada
That bunch of methi looks so inviting; looks like it is homegrown! You have really made the dish sound very simple.
Oh thanks a lot Apsara. So sweet of you. Between I tried contacting Aum Cuisine. Where are they located? When you get a chance let me know. Thanks
I have visited their place only once, in San Jose proper. Did you try contacting through the website? Maybe you could mention that you’re my friend and interested in their food lectures or something.
Yeah I mentioned about you too. Let me check again.
Awesome Sri!!! Rich gravy…
Thanks Malar.
yummy and healthy dish .. methi is good health wise tooo
Thankoooo
Looks delicious
Thanks pa
What a rich gravy with cashews and cream…they look delicious,Vidhya…
Thanks Swapna