Palak Paneer
Palak Paneer

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, palak paneer. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook palak paneer using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
  1. Get For the gravy
  2. Make ready 3 cups palak; chopped, blanched and pureed
  3. Take 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
  4. Prepare 1 medium sized tomato, finely chopped or pureed
  5. Take 3/4 tsp salt (or as desired, spinach requires less salt)
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp Cumin
  7. Prepare 1 tsp ginger, garlic paste (less ginger)
  8. Get 1 small green chilli, finely chopped
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp chat masala
  11. Get 1/4 tsp garam masala
  12. Make ready 1/4 tsp kasuri methi
  13. Take 2 tsp cream (or butter and milk)
  14. Take For the paneer
  15. Prepare 1/2 cup paneer
  16. Make ready 1 tsp oil

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:
  1. For the paneer, saute paneer cubes in oil and set aside once done.
  2. For the gravy, add 2 tsp olive oil; add 1/4 tsp cumin seeds when hot.
  3. Once they crackle, add onions and saute till translucent (not brown).
  4. Add the ginger, garlic and chilli; cook till the raw smell is gone.
  5. Add tomatoes and cook till mushy (if using chopped tomatoes) and till oil starts to separate.
  6. Add salt, red chilli powder, garam masala.
  7. Add 1-2 tsp water to prevent the spices from burning.
  8. Add spinach puree and cook for 3-5 min.
  9. Add paneer cubes.
  10. Add kasuri methi and chat masala; boil well.
  11. Add cream (or butter and milk) and mix well; don't cook for too long after adding the cream.
  12. Serve hot with paratha or rice!

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. 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. Palak paneer is a popular dish from North India (Punjab).

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