Palak paneer (english)

Richa Vardhan
Richa Vardhan @apnirasoi
Mumbai

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Palak paneer is a popular North Indian dish in which paneer is cooked in spinach puree with some spices. It is healthy, nutritious and delicious too. Here is the recipe. Enjoy with rice, naan or chapati.

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Ingredients

20 minutes
4 servings
  1. 200 gramsspinach
  2. 150 gramspaneer cubed
  3. 1large onion finely chopped
  4. 1tomato chopped
  5. 1/2 tspginger paste
  6. 1/2 tspgarlic paste
  7. 1/2 tspgaram masala powder
  8. 1 tspCoriander powder
  9. 1/2 tspkasuri methi leaves
  10. 1 tspbutter
  11. 1/2 tspcumin seeds
  12. 1green chilli
  13. 1 tbspoil
  14. 1 pinchaesfoetida
  15. 1red dry chilli
  16. 2 tbspfresh cream
  17. 1/4 tspturmeric powder
  18. to tastesalt

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 1

    Sort spinach leaves and wash properly and drain well with the help of a strainer.

  2. 2

    Finely chop spinach leaves and keep it aside.

  3. 3

    Heat butter in a kadahi add aesfoetida, green chilli and chopped spinach and cook till the raw aroma of spinach goes off. Keep it aside.

  4. 4

    Now, heat oil in a kadahi, add cumins, red dry chilli. Let it crackle, add onion, ginger-garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and saute till it becomes soft. Now, add cooked spinach, salt and turmeric powder and mix well. Let it cool completely and then blend to a fine paste.

  5. 5

    Then, again put the paste in the kadahi and add coriander powder, garam masala, kasuri methi, fresh cream and paneer cubes. Cover and simmer cook for 2-3 minutes. Mix well and then serve hot with rice or roti.

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