Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palak paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. 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 popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak paneer using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Make ready 1 kg raw spinach
- Take 1 chopped onion
- Make ready 4 grinded tomatoes
- Get 1 tbsp pure ghee
- Prepare 1 inch grated ginger
- Take 4-6 garlic cloves
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready 1 cup water
- Prepare 250 grams paneer
- Make ready As required oil for deep frying
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. 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.
Instructions to make Palak Paneer:
- Wash the spinach with fresh water for 2 -3 times. Cut the stems & put them in cooker with 1 cup water.
- Cover with lid & give a whistle then slow down the flame & cook for 15 minutes. Let it cool down.
- Put it in the mixer & grind to a smooth paste.
- Heat pure ghee in a karahi & add chopped onions & garlic cloves,cook till they become translucent. Now add all the ingredients. Saute & add tomato puree. Cook till oil spreads from corners.
- Add spinach puree & cook on low flame till water absorbs.
- Cut the paneer in equal portions & add it to cooked spinach and mix them.
- Serve hot.
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. Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the paneer for a few minutes until crisp and golden on all sides. Palak paneer is a popular dish from North India (Punjab).
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