Matar Paneer (Paneer with Peas)

A favorite dish of mine since I was young, I recently made this dish for a party we had at our house and it was a hit! If you're not familiar with making Indian food, don't worry its not too hard! Simply follow these instructions:

Ingredients:
-1 large onion, diced
-4 tomatoes
-1 serrano (or jalapeno) chili
-ginger
-garlic
--All of the above will be ground together to make the paste for the sauce
-1 lb paneer (a type of cheese, you can find this at an Indian grocery store) cubed
-1 lb frozen peas
-turmeric
-salt
-paprika
-cumin
-coriander
-garam masala (also easy to find at an Indian grocery store)
-oil
-jeera
-fennel
- cilantro (for paste and garnish)

Directions:
1) Blend tomato, onion, chili, garlic, cilantro, and ginger together to make a paste.
2) Lightly pan fry the paneer with oil, drain.
3) Add fennel and jeera to oil.
4) When seeds splutter, add paste, salt, and turmeric.
5) Cover with lid.
6) When gravy and oil separate (check periodically for this) add in peas (and water if necessary, my frozen peas had enough water from being frozen).
7) Add other spices
8) When peas are cooked (not frozen but not mushy) add paneer
9) Mix together.
Enjoy! :-)