Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, palak paneer. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Palak Paneer is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Palak Paneer is something which I have loved my entire life.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak paneer using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Take 2-3 bunches spinach, chopped
- Prepare 100gms . paneer cubes
- Make ready 3 tbsp oil
- Get 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. asafoetida
- Prepare 1 tsp garlic, chopped
- Make ready 1 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- Prepare 1 tsp tomato paste
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp roasted coriander-cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp garam masala powder
- Prepare 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready to taste salt
- Prepare 1 tbsp kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves), crushed
- Make ready 1 tbsp butter
- Get 1 tsp lime juice
- Make ready 1 tbsp grated paneer to garnish
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 loved North Indian dishes that's eaten with roti, paratha, garlic naan, Jeera rice, Ghee rice or even with plain basmati rice. It is very easy to prepare and can be made in so many ways.
Steps to make Palak Paneer:
- Boil the spinach for 3-4 minutes. Refresh it and grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a non-stick pan and saute the paneer cubes till light brown. Keep aside.
- Heat the remaining oil and temper with cumin seeds and asafoetida. Add the chopped garlic and saute till it changes colour.
- Add the onion and continue to saute till light brown. Now add the ginger-garlic paste, tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder mixed with 2-3 tbsp. water.
- Fry till the oil separates. Add the pureed spinach, salt and kasuri methi. Simmer on low flame for 2 minutes.
- Add the butter and the fried paneer. Continue to simmer till the gravy thickens (4-5 min.). Add lime juice and take off the flame. Garnish with grated paneer and serve hot with naan or tandoori roti.
This is an easy and healthy palak paneer recipe which I finally arrived at after trying so many other recipes. 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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