Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, palak paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Palak Paneer is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Palak Paneer is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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 first prepare a few components. You can have palak paneer using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Take 1 package spinach
- Get 2 medium tomatoes
- Prepare 1 medium onion, diced
- Take 250 grams paneer, cubed
- Make ready 1/2 tablespoon oil
- Take 1 green chilli, finely chopped
- Take 2 dry red chillies
- Prepare 3 cloves
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Take 2 green cardamom pods
- Get 1.5 inch cinnamon stick
- Prepare 1 teaspoon whole cumin
- Prepare 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- Get 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Take to taste red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
- Get 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Take 50 mL fresh cream
- Prepare to taste Salt
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:
- 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.
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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