Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a instant dish, palak paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Palak Paneer is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
A delicious Indian dish, good on its own or served with rice or naan bread. Substitute tofu for paneer to make it vegan. 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.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook palak paneer using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Take 1/2 kg fresh palak
- Prepare 250 gms Paneer
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp grated ginger and garlic
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Make ready 2 green chillies
- Make ready 2 medium sized onion
- Take 4 medium sized tomatoes
- Take 1 tbsp / to taste salt
- Take 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- Take 1 1/2 cup water
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp fresh cream
Ingredients of Palak Paneer Recipe: It is basically soft paneer cubes cooked in a smooth spinach curry. This recipe is very easy to cook and can be made for dinner parties as well. Palak= spinach (in hindi) Paneer= Indian cottage cheese. So, this curry is made with spinach and Indian cottage cheese.
Instructions to make Palak Paneer:
- Clean and thoroughly wash the palak and cook in a pressure cooker with 1/2 cup water.Switch off the flame after 1 whistle.When completely cold grind to make a fine puree.Keep aside.
- Make a fine puree of Onion and tomatoes (separate).Add green chillies while making the tomato purée.Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add cumin seeds to it.When the seeds start to crackle add onion paste and grated ginger and garlic to it.Saute for a minute on medium flame and then add tomato purée to it.Add turmeric powder,1/2 tbsp salt and red chilli powder.Cook on low medium flame for about 5-10 minutes.
- Add palak puree to it.Add garam masala and 1/2 tbsp salt.Also add 1 cup water.Let it cook for about 5-7 minutes on low flame.Dice paneer into small cubes and add in palak gravy.Add 1 tbsp fresh cream and cook for 5 minutes.Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with some fresh cream.Serve with hot chapatis.
The spinach is blanched and then pureed. It's then cooked with spices and simmered on low heat with paneer. Cream is added to cut down on the bitterness of the spinach leaves and also make it rich. Palak paneer is a north Indian vegetarian curry with origins in the Punjab region. The dish is comprised of a spinach purée (palak is Hindi for spinach) and fresh-pressed cheese, with an aromatic blend of spices that includes ginger, garlic, and garam masala.
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