{{short description|Indian cheese and peas dish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Mattar paneer | image = Matar paneer dish.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = A dish of mattar paneer | alternate_name = matar paneer, mutter paneer | country = India | region = North India | creator = | course = | type = | served = | main_ingredient = Paneer, peas, tomato-based sauce, garam masala spice mix | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Mattar paneer''' ({{langx|hi|मटर पनीर}}), also known as '''matar paneer''', '''muttar paneer''', and '''mutter paneer''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/mutter-paneer-peas-cottage-cheese-curry-1957971|title=Mutter Paneer - The Popular Indian Curry of Peas and Cheese|work=The Spruce Eats|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/matar-paneer-mutter-masala/|title=Matar paneer recipe {{!}} Mutter paneer recipe {{!}} How to make matar paneer|date=2015-09-26|work=Swasthi's Recipes|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref> is a modern restaurant-style and vegetarian North Indian dish<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaffrey |first=Madhur |title=Tandoori Chicken in Delhi:Partition and the Creation of Indian Food |date=2016 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing |isbn=9781101972588 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=seS1CgAAQBAJ&dq=punjabi+mattar+paneer&pg=PT24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How To Make Restaurant-Style Mattar Paneer? Dhaba Restaurant Shares The Recipe |url=https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/how-to-make-restaurant-style-mattar-paneer-dhaba-restaurant-shares-the-recipe-2236012 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=NDTV Food |language=en}}</ref> consisting of peas and paneer in a tomato-based sauce,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ORy2aVD7cEgC&pg=PA120 The World Religions Cookbook - Arno Schmidt, Paul Fieldhouse<!-- Bot generated title -->]. p.120.</ref> spiced with garam masala.
It is often served with rice and an Indian type of bread (naan, paratha, poori, or roti, depending on the region). Various other ingredients are often added, such as potato (aloo), corn, yogurt or cream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@bestrecipes/health-benefits-of-matar-paneer-be47cd7de082|title=Health benefits of Matar Paneer|last=Bansal|first=Priya|date=2017-11-08|website=Priya Bansal|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034505/https://medium.com/@bestrecipes/health-benefits-of-matar-paneer-be47cd7de082|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianasapplepie.com/blogs/indian-as-apple-pie/7421798-mattar-paneer-spiced-peas-with-homemade-cheese-or-tofu|title=Mattar Paneer - Spiced Peas with Homemade Cheese or Tofu|website=www.indianasapplepie.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
==Similar dishes==
* '''Chhanar koraishutir dalna''' is a Bengali-style ''chhena'' (cottage cheese) gravy recipe prepared with green peas and potatoes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amit |first=Dassana |date=2024-02-23 |title=Chanar Dalna Recipe (Bengali Paneer & Potato Curry) |url=https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/chanar-dalna-recipe/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Dassana's Veg Recipes |language=en-US |quote=So, this is simply a rustic, flavorful slightly sweet and truly a Niramish Chanar Dalna with paneer, potatoes, green peas (optional), green chilies and the choicest of spices.}}</ref>
* '''Chhena matar tarkari''' is a dish originating from Odisha.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-03-23 |title=Cooking Fiesta rediscovers Odia cuisine |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/cooking-fiesta-rediscovers-odia-cuisine/articleshow/19135269.cms |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |quote=Chef Surya Nayak, assisted by chef Bijay, demonstrated his culinary expertise by preparing five popular Odia recipes like chhena matar tarkari }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Links |first=My City |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeHdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |title=My City Links: October 2019 Issue |date=2019-10-01 |publisher=My City Links |language=en |quote=chhena matar tarkari, o dalma, tamato Khajurkhata}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:08 mutter paneer (3357760253).jpg File:Matar paneer.jpg File:Matar Paneer.JPG File:Matar Panir mit Chapati - Mutter Paneer with chapati.jpg File:Matar Paneer 3.jpg </gallery>
==See also== {{portal|India|Punjab|Food}}
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{{Cheese dishes}} {{Indian Dishes}}
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