Mattar paneer (), also known as matar paneer, muttar paneer, and mutter paneer, is a modern restaurant-style and vegetarian
North Indian dish consisting of
peas
Pea (''pisum'' in Latin) is a pulse or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species. Peas are eaten as a vegetable. Carl Linnaeus gave the species the scientific name ''Pisum sativum ...
and
paneer in a tomato-based sauce, spiced with
garam masala.
It is often served with rice and an Indian type of bread (
naan,
paratha
Paratha (, also parantha/parontah) is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, with earliest reference mentioned in early medieval Sanskrit, India. It is one of the most popular flatbreads in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.
...
,
poori, or
roti depending on region). Various other ingredients are often added, such as potato (aloo), corn, yogurt or cream.
Similar dishes
* Chhanar koraishutir dalna is a Bengali style ''chhena'' (cottage cheese) gravy recipe prepared with green peas and potatoes.
* Chhena Matar Tarkari is a dish originating from
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
.
Gallery
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File:Matar Panir mit Chapati - Mutter Paneer with chapati.jpg
File:Matar Paneer 3.jpg
See also
*
List of legume dishes
*
Paneer
References
North Indian cuisine
Cheese dishes
Vegetarian dishes of India
Legume dishes
Tomato dishes
Indian cheese dishes
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