PALAK PANEER
Palak Paneer is a dish of North Indian origin consisting of palak (spinach) and paneer (cottage cheese) in a thick curry sauce based on pureed spinach with garlic and garam masala. this popular veg main course dish which is a part of every Indian restaurant menu.
Servings Prep Time
2peope 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Servings Prep Time
2peope 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Boil one litre of water in pan, add spinach leaves and boil it for a minute, turn off the flame. Drain the water, take out the boiled spinach in a blending jar and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, fry it for few seconds then add green chilli, ginger, garlic. Add onions and fry it on medium flame till it turns light brown(2-3 minutes) . Add chopped tomato, cook on medium flame till it turns little soft (2-3 minutes). Turn off the flame and let it cool down, take out the fried ingredients in the same blending jar. Add little water and blend it into thick smooth paste, keep it aside. Heat oil in same pan, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder. Fry it for 20-30 seconds, add the prepared paste, keep stirring. Cover the pan and cook it for 2-3 minutes on medium flame. Add fresh cream and paneer cubes, mix it well in gravy. Add garam masala powder and salt to taste, mix it well. Cover the pan and cook it for 2 minutes on low flame, turn off the flame. Garnish with fresh cream and grated paneer and serve hot with roti, paratha, naan and kulcha
Recipe Notes

the paneer cubes can also be lightly fried & then added to the curry .In this case,you don’t need to cook the paneer in the gravy as when frying they are already cooked.