Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palak paneer. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Palak paneer is the authentic Indian dish made with only spinach puree, where saag paneer is made with a mixture of various greens. Saag paneer seems to have been popularized outside of India, however it is still very uncommon in India. In the Punjabi or Hindi language the word 'saag' means greens.
Palak Paneer is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have palak paneer using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Take For Palak Puree
- Take 200-250 grams spinach or 5 to 6 cups roughly chopped spinach
- Prepare 2 green chilies, chopped
- Take 3 cups water for blanching spinach
- Prepare 3 cups water for ice bath
- Take Other Ingredients
- Make ready 1 medium sized tomato - finely chopped
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Take 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
- Prepare 1 pinch hing
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Prepare 1 small to medium tej patta
- Get 200-250 grams paneer
- Take 1/3-1/2 cup water or add as required
- Take 1-2 tablespoons cream
- Prepare 2 tablespoon oil or ghee
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. Blanched and pureed spinach is cooked with select spices and the paneer is tossed in at the end. Palak Paneer is one of the most popular paneer dishes.
Steps to make Palak Paneer:
- Making Palak Puree - Rinse the palak - leaves very well in running water. Tender stem are fine. If the stems are stringy, then discard the stems. - Boil 3 cups water in a pan. Add ¼ tsp salt to the hot water and stir. When the water comes to a rolling boil, switch off the flame. Add the spinach leaves in the hot water. Let the palak leaves sit in the water for about 1 minute.
- After 1 minute, take the leaves. - Immediately transfer palak in a pan or bowl containing ice cold water. This method helps in preserving the green color of the spinach. Just add 8 to 10 ice cubes to 3 cups water to get cold water. Allow the spinach leaves to be in the cold water for a minute. - Then drain the ice cold water. Add the spinach in a blender with green chilies and make smooth paste.
- Making palak paneer - Heat oil or ghee in a pan or kadai. - Add the cumin and let them splutter. - Then add the tej patta or bay leaf. - Add the chopped tomatoes. Stir and saute the tomatoes till they soften. - Once the tomatoes are softened and you see fat releasing from the sides of the mixture. Then add the turmeric powder, red chili powder and hing. - Stir very well.
- Then add the palak puree and mix well. - Add about ⅓ to ½ cup water or as required. Stir again. - Simmer for 6 to 7 minutes or more till the palak is cooked. Season with salt. The gravy will also thicken by now. - Stir and add garam masala powder. - Stir again and then add the paneer cubes. - Stir gently and simmer on a low flame till the paneer cubes become soft and succulent. Cook for about half to 1 minute.
- Lastly, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of low-fat cream. Stir gently again so that the cream gets incorporated in the gravy uniformly. Switch off the flame. - Stir and serve it hot with some rotis or parathas.
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. Mix in the paneer to coat it. Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the paneer for a few minutes until crisp and golden on all sides. This helps to give the paneer soft texture.
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