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Crumbled Paneer - Green Peas Subzi

Its raining cats and dogs and you can’t step out of your home to pick up some fresh vegetables from the farmer’s market. So what does one do in a situation like this, with hardly any vegetables and yes, NO onions and a small lump of paneer sitting in your refrigerator? Make a crumbled paneer subzi.

Scrambled paneer and green peas curry

I was lucky to have some frozen green peas, tomatoes and even some fresh coriander. So made a jhat-pat subzi with crumbled paneer without the usual onion-spice base i.e no-onion, no-garlic stuff - saatvic khana that is a good and flavorful and can easily be passed off as a party main course entree. This delightful paneer sabzi with a standard North Indian flair is extremely easy and quick to prepare. You can create your own variations with different vegetables and spice it up to suit your palate. Whatever you do, please do garnish with lots of fresh coriander for that finishing touch.:) Serve with rotis or pita for a nutritious quick meal.

Crumbled Paneer Matar Sabzi Recipe

Recipe Source: My recipe files

Preparation: 20 mts

Serves 3-4 persons

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Ingredients:

1 cup crumbled paneer

1/2 cup fresh green peas

1 tomato, chopped

1/2 cup low fat milk

1/4 tsp garam masala

big pinch coriander pwd (optional)

1/4 tsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)

salt and pepper to taste

1 tsp oil

1 1/2 tbsps chopped fresh corainder for garnish

1 Heat oil in a vessel, add the chopped tomatoes and peas and cook on low heat till soft, approx 3-4 mts. Add salt and combine.
2 Add crumbled paneer and stir well to combine and cook for 2-3 mts.
3 Add pepper, coriander pwd, garam masala and kasoori methi and combine and cook further for another minute.
4 Add the milk and go on stirring constantly till the subzi reaches a semi-wet consistency. This could take approx 7-8 mts. Finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot with rotis.

Paneer Burji - Matar Subzi

Note:

You can add any vegetable of your choice like bell peppers, carrots and beans and onions. The images I have put up above was taken when I prepared the subzi with onions, last week.

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By sailu • Sep 3rd, 2007 • Category: All Recipes, Curries & Gravies, Dairy & Milk, Indian Paneer Recipes, North Indian Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

15 Responses »

  1. Happy Cook on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:11 am:

    A clever thing to do, to prepare dishes with the few things left in our fridge.

  2. nandita on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:51 am:

    LOL! Even i was in the no-onion situation yesterday. Being a Sunday I was in no mood to get out…made Chole without onions or garlic and it tasted super! Sometimes less is more- your sabji looks very delicious

  3. Shammi on September 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 am:

    Agree with Nandita - your subji looks delicious. But photography as fantastic as this would make ANYTHING look delicious, Sailu! :)

  4. Sreelu on September 3rd, 2007 at 4:50 pm:

    Oooh Paneer sabji looks so delicious, so raining heavily hah!! ita about 100 F and very toasty here !!. Pic looks so neat

  5. Arun Shanbhag on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:46 pm:

    very creative!
    Looks like it goes well with the chapattis!
    Thanks for sharing.

  6. Cynthia on September 3rd, 2007 at 8:02 pm:

    You see, great cooks know what to do with the little they have, especially when it’s raining cats and dogs on the outside :)

  7. Vinita on September 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm:

    I do see some onions though..

    Vinita, the pictures I have put up were taken when I prepared the subzi a few days ago (hence the left over paneer:)) when I used onion and there was good enough natural light to take an image. When I prepared the sabji again, this time round without the onions, I didn’t take the pictures due to bad light (dull, rainy day), so had to put up the image taken earlier. I guess I should have mentioned in my post to avoid the confusion.:) I prefer the recipe without onions though.

  8. Dev on September 4th, 2007 at 12:05 am:

    yeah, I too see something tht looks very much like onions… :confused: :)

  9. Jyothsna on September 4th, 2007 at 12:53 am:

    Paneer looks great! I can see you love coriander, so do I :D

  10. Latha on September 4th, 2007 at 4:12 pm:

    Sabji looks delicious Sailu!

  11. mallurecipes on September 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pm:

    lovely recipe
    the paneer looks like scrambled eggs!!!
    thanks for sharing!

  12. Lisa on September 6th, 2007 at 7:29 pm:

    That sounds and looks delicious. I just recently picked up some dried fenugreek leaves and I love paneer and peas, so this is perfect!

  13. sukanya on September 7th, 2007 at 10:13 am:

    Hi….This looks so good…..Nice picture….great idea…

  14. samantha on September 11th, 2007 at 9:29 am:

    I tried this one out…tasted yummy. Thanks for sharing sailu!

  15. Suchitra on March 7th, 2008 at 1:58 am:

    Hi sailu… i love going through ur website…if i am bored at work.. i just browse through ur recipes again and again…

    try paneer capsicum too… but not the traditional one… chop both real fine… and tomatoes and onions also very fine.. add 1/2 tsp whole dhaniyalu in tadka….rest is same process as above… let me know how it turned out…

    Thanks for sharing, Suchitra.

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