You might also enjoy these recipes for Indian-restaurant-style dishes like bhindi masala, baingan bharta and chana masala. Green peas rarely get to shine as the lead in most dishes where they appear, but here’s one classic instance where they get to headline the show with their name in marquee lights: Matar Paneer (pronounced “mutter” paneer). Sure, there’s paneer here jostling for attention, but it doesn’t quite succeed, does it? The peas, with their unique texture and hints of sweetness, dominate the eater’s palate, and who would want to change that? The paneer–tofu in this case–is nothing more than a welcome sideshow. But it’s a delicious one at that, and so is the brick-red sauce, subtly spiced but with lots of tomato-onion flavor. Check to get new recipe updates by email.
You can make this dish with my Tomato Onion Masala Sauce, and it’d take you just minutes to pull it together in that case. But even if you start from scratch, it is not a lengthy nor difficult recipe to make.
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