Chena matar (peas with cottage cheese)

Ingredients

• 1½ cup milk.
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed.
• ½ teaspoon red chilli powder.
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder.
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder.
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds.
• Salt to taste.
• 1 teaspoon sugar.
• Few strands of grated ginger.
• Chopped green chilli to taste.
• 2 teaspoons ghee.

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Preparation

• Boil milk. When it is boiling up add lemon juice and stir. The milk will curdle.
• Take it off gas and strain the cheese(Indian Chena) from the mixture with the help of a strainer or muslin cloth.
• Keep aside and let it cool down. When cold crumble it with hands. Heat a pan and add ghee. When heated add cumin seeds, chopped chilli and grated ginger.
• Sauté for a few seconds. Add crumbled cottage cheese and roast is for 3-5 minutes. Keep stirring.
• Add all the spices, salt and sugar and heat for 2-3 minutes till all the spices are cooked.
• Now add the peas and mix well. Heat for 2-3 more minutes and then take it off gas.
• Serve with warm phulkas.