Methi  Malai

Methi Malai

Ingredients

Green peas (hara matar), boiled 1 cup
Fenugreek leaves (methi patta) chopped 1 bunch
Onion(payaz) grated 1 large
Asafetida(hing) pinch
Cream (malai) ½ cup
Cumin seeds (sabut jeera) ½ tea spoon
Curd (dahi) 1 table spoon
Butter (makhhan) 3 tea spoon
Green chillies (hari mirch) 2-3 tea spoon
Sugar (chini) 1 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Spices to grind

Cashew nuts  (kaju) 3   table spoon
Cinnamon stick (Dalchini) ½” piece
Cloves  (laung) 2-3 pieces
Green Cardamom seeds (Chhooti elaichi) 2
Poppy seeds (khus khus) 1 table spoon
Ginger(adrakh) ½ tea spoon

Instructions

  1. Dip fenugreek leaves in salted hot water for 5 minutes. Drain and wash well in running water. Press out well to remove as much water as possible to reduce the bitterness of the leaves. Keep aside.
  2. Beat cream till smooth and keep aside.
  3. Make a smooth paste of cashew nuts, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom seeds, poppy seeds and ginger in a grinder.
  4. Heat butter, add cumin seeds and asafetida and stir them for 30 seconds. Add onion and green chilli and fry it till the onion becomes golden in colour.
  5. Add curd and cook it for further 5 minutes.
  6. Add the prepared ground paste mixture and cook it for 5 -7 minutes. Add peas and fenugreek leaves cook it for 5-6 minutes.
  7. Add salt, sugar and water and simmer the gravy till it thickens.
  8. Add cream and serve hot.

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