Lasooni Palak Paneer or Garlic Spinach Cottage Cheese Curry

Name: Lasooni Palak Paneer or Garlic Spinach Cottage Cheese Curry
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gms paneer cut into 1/2 inch cubes; 500 gms garden fresh spinach; 1 onion chopped finely; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tomato chopped; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1/4 th tsp turmeric; 1/4 th tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tbsp roasted gramflour; 1 tsp kasoori methi; 1.5 tbsp heavy cream or malai; 1 green chilli; 1/4 tsp asafoetida; 2 tbsp oil; 1 dry red chilli; 7-8 cloves garlic sliced finely; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter); To taste salt; 1/4 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 green cardamoms; 1 small stick cinnamon; 3 cloves; 1/2 tsp garam masala

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Lasooni Palak Paneer or Garlic Spinach Cottage Cheese Curry is a delicious twist to regular Palak Paneer with a generous amount of garlic tempering. It is prepared with fresh paneer and spinach with roasted gramflour and some herbs and spices.It is an onion-tomato based North Indian style curry with loads of garlic and is rich in iron,fiber and protein.It is best served hot in lunch or dinner as a main course meal with tandoori roti, naan, lachha paratha or jeera rice.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 servings

200 gmspaneer cut into 1/2 inch cubes
500 gmsgarden fresh spinach
1onion chopped finely
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1tomato chopped
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1/4th tsp turmeric
1/4th tsp red chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tbsproasted gramflour
1 tspkasoori methi
1.5 tbspheavy cream or malai
1green chilli
1/4 tsp asafoetida
2 tbspoil
For tempering:
1dry red chilli
7-8 clovesgarlic sliced finely
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1 tbspghee (clarified butter)
To taste salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tbsplemon juice
2green cardamoms
1small stick cinnamon
3cloves
1/2 tspgaram masala

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Steps

30 minutes

1

To make this garlic spinach cottage cheese curry, first boil water in a wok and blanch a bunch of spinach in this boiling water.Boil for 1 minute.Drain water and immerse the leaves in ice cold water to stop over cooking and retain the green colour.Reserve some spinach without boiling and chop it finely.
2

Cool and make a fine puree of blanched spinach and a tablespoon of chopped coriander with 1 green chilli and lemon juice.
3

Heat oil in a wok.Lightly saute the paneer cubes till light brown. Set aside.In the remaining oil,sprinkle cumin seeds and half crushed whole garam masala.When they crackle,add asafoetida(hing).Then add finely chopped onion and fry till light brown. Add chopped tomato and sprinkle salt and pinch of sugar to taste.Fry till tomato turns soft and mushy.Add ginger garlic paste,turmeric,red chilli powder and coriander powder.Fry till oil leaves sides.Add finely chopped spinach and saute for a minute.
4

Add kasoori methi,roasted gramflour and spinach puree.Add 2-3 tbsp water. Simmer for few minutes.Also add malai or heavy cream and garam masala.Toss till oil leaves sides.Gently fold in paneer cubes and cook for 2 minutes in low flame.
5

Place the palak(spinach) curry in a serving bowl.Sprinkle few paneer pieces on top.For tempering : Heat ghee (clarified butter) in a tadka pan.Add chopped garlic,1 dry red chilli and when they splutter,add red chilli powder.Immediately pour this tempering over the curry and serve this main course meal in lunch or dinner with tandoori roti,lachha paratha,naan or jeera rice and raita or salad.