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Methi matar malai recipe | tandoori roti recipe | how to make restaurtat style methi matar malai and roti

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Resting time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Curry, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For Methi matar malai

  • 3 cup fresh methi leaves
  • 1 cup fresh green peas
  • 2 cup water to boil green peas
  • 4 medium size chopped onion
  • 8-10 garlic cloves
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 4 green chilli
  • 8-10 cashews
  • 2 tbsp watermelon seeds
  • ¾ cup water for gravy
  • 3 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • White gravy
  • ¾ cup water for sabji gravy
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ½ + ¼ tsp sugar
  • ½ cup malai
  • Garnish with coriander leaves

For tandoori roti

  • 2.5 cup wheat flour
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup curd
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp oil
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • Wheat flour for dusting
  • Water
  • 1 tsp butter

Instructions

For methi matar malai

  • Heat ghee in a pan, and sauté methi leaves till it becomes soft.
  • Now boil 2 cups of water in a pan, and add fresh green peas, salt, and sugar. Cook till it becomes soft.
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan; add chopped onion and sauté till onion become soft and slightly golden brown.
  • Add garlic, green chilli, cashews and watermelon seeds. Add ¾ cup of water and cook the mixture till cashew becomes soft.
  • Grind the mixture into a smooth paste.
  • Heat ghee in a pan, and add cumin seeds, cardamom, bay leaf, and cinnamon. Sauté for a minute.
  • Add grinded paste and cook till gravy for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add green peas and methi leaves. Mix well.
  • Add ¾ cup of water and salt. Mix well.
  • Cover and cook sabji for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
  • Now add garam masala, sugar and ½ cup fresh malai. Mix well and cook it for 2 minutes.
  • Serve creamy methi matar malai with tandoori roti.

For tandoori roti

  • a mixing bowl, add 2.5 cup wheat flour and salt. Form a well in the center and add sugar, baking powder, curd, baking soda and oil. Mix well.
  • Start mixing together and add about ½ cup buttermilk to knead a smooth dough.
  • Once the dough is ready, place it into the pot and cover and keep it aside for 1 hour.
  • After 1 hour, the dough becomes double in size and then divides the dough into equal parts.
  • Dust with dry flour and roll the dough ball into a round shape about 1/8 inch thick.
  • Also apple some water on the backside of roti.  Now heat the tawa and place roti on it.
  • Cook roti on medium flame and then flip and cook for 1 minute on the other side, until you see the upper side is fully cooked, and dark brown starts to appear.
  • Remove from the pan and brush roti with some melted butter.
  • Serve hot instant tandoori roti with methi matar malai.

Notes

Methi matar malai
  • sauté methi leaves till it becomes soft and properly cooked.
  • add sugar while boiling green peas help to retain their green color.
  • sauté onion till it becomes soft and slightly golden brown.
  • roasting dry masala in ghee gives a nice flavor to sabji.
  • do not overcook sabji, after adding malai and garam masala.
 
Tandoori Roti
  • when baking powder and baking soda mix with curd, the mixture become frothy.
  • knead the soft and smooth dough for tandoori roti.
  • Rest the dough for 1-2 hours so it will properly ferment.
  • cook roti on medium flame.