Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, palak paneer. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Palak Paneer is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak paneer using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Prepare 1 package spinach
- Get 2 medium tomatoes
- Take 1 medium onion, diced
- Prepare 250 grams paneer, cubed
- Get 1/2 tablespoon oil
- Make ready 1 green chilli, finely chopped
- Take 2 dry red chillies
- Get 3 cloves
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 2 green cardamom pods
- Prepare 1.5 inch cinnamon stick
- Take 1 teaspoon whole cumin
- Make ready 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- Take 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Get to taste red chilli powder
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Take 50 mL fresh cream
- Get to taste Salt
It is very easy to prepare and can be made in so many ways. This is an easy and healthy palak paneer recipe which I finally arrived at after trying so many other recipes. Palak Paneer is a quintessential North Indian vegetarian dish made with cottage cheese and fresh spinach. Just the sight of white cubes of paneer peeping through the emerald green spinach puree will make your mouth water.
Instructions to make Palak Paneer:
- Steam and purée spinach and tomatoes separately. Keep aside.
- Cut paneer into 1/2-inch cubes, fry lightly until one side is slightly golden.
- Heat oil on medium heat, add bay leaves, dry red chillies, cumin, cloves, cardamom pods, and the cinnamon stick.
- Once cumin seeds turn golden brown, add the ginger-garlic paste, followed by green chilli.
- Add onions and a couple of pinches of salt, mix well with the cumin, ginger, garlic, and green chillies. Cover and cook for 2 minutes, or until onions become soft and translucent.
- Pour in the tomato purée and mix well. Add the turmeric, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, and garam masala powder. Add a little more salt if desired - it’ll just help the tomato cook more thoroughly. Remember, all of these spices can be adjusted to your liking!
- Pour the spinach in, and don’t forget to scrape the sides of the blender jar!
- Mix well, and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes to let the flavours incorporate well. Taste for salt. Optionally, 1/4 tablespoon of store-bought Kofta masala can be used.
- Add paneer, mix well, then switch off the flame. Serve with a dollop of fresh cream.
Palak Paneer is one of the most popular paneer dishes. Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) is cooked with spinach and spices in this creamy and flavorful curry. It pairs well with naan, paratha or jeera rice. When we were kids, the only way my brothers would eat spinach was if it was cooked with paneer in palak paneer. Mix in the paneer to coat it.
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