{"id":7405,"date":"2013-07-03T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T08:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2015-05-30T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:23:19","slug":"methi-matar-malai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/food\/methi-matar-malai","title":{"rendered":"Methi Matar Malai Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7411\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/food\/methi-matar-malai\/attachment\/methi-matar-malai-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7411 size-my-custom-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Methi-Matar-Malai-665x443.jpg\" alt=\"Methi Matar Malai\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Methi-Matar-Malai-665x443.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Methi-Matar-Malai-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Methi-Matar-Malai.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Methi Matar Malai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Methi matar malai<\/em> is another one of the famous north Indian curries. It combines the flavors of three very nutritional ingredients, green leaves of <em>methi<\/em>, the all purpose and all season green peas and the richness of <em>malai<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0What results is an amazing mouth-watering curry dish which goes well with either <em>naan<\/em>\/ <em>roti<\/em> and also with white rice. <em>Methi<\/em> like other green leaves is an excellent source of \u00a0iron. This dish is a good option for your kids. The dish is loved by them as the <em>malai<\/em> covers the slight bitter taste of the green leaves. Bring <em>methi matar malai<\/em> as a regular curry option in your week to give the right proportion of iron to your family. It is also a good option for your lunch or dinner buffet spread when you are hosting guests or just as a stand-alone dish. Here is a simple recipe to make <em>methi matar malai.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients needed for\u00a0Methi Matar Malai<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Methi<\/em> leaves &#8211; 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Peas &#8211; 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<li>Oil &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Onion &#8211; 2 (sliced)<\/li>\n<li>Tomato &#8211; 1 (chopped)<\/li>\n<li>Cashewnuts &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Salt to taste<\/li>\n<li>Red chili powder &#8211; 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li><em>Garam masala<\/em> &#8211; 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Fresh cream -1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to make Methi Matar Malai<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash and chop the <em>methi<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Boil the <em>methi<\/em> leaves and peas with a little water.<\/li>\n<li>Drain and keep aside.<\/li>\n<li>Boil onions in water for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Make a paste of boiled onions, tomato and cashewnuts.<\/li>\n<li>Heat oil in a pan.<\/li>\n<li>Cook the onion paste for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add salt, red chili powder and <em>garam masala<\/em> powder.<\/li>\n<li>Cook for a minute.<\/li>\n<li>Add fresh cream and boiled <em>methi<\/em> leaves and peas.<\/li>\n<li>Cook for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Serve hot with<em> naan<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Methi matar malai is another one of the famous north Indian curries. It combines the flavors of three very nutritional ingredients, green leaves of methi, the all purpose and all season green peas and the richness of malai.\u00a0\u00a0What results is an amazing mouth-watering curry dish which goes well with either naan\/ roti and also with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":7411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3509,3482,3487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"category-main-course","9":"category-vegetarian","10":"category-north-indian"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45820,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions\/45820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}