PALAK PANEER

PALAK PANEER

Palak paneer is one of the most popular Indian Paneer recipes like Paneer Butter masala or Kadai Paneer. Technically Palak Paneer defined as Soft Cottage cheese cubes cooked in smooth spinach gravy.

S.NO	INGREDIENTS	QTY	UNIT
1	Fresh Spinach	250	gm
2	Green chilly	2 no’s
3	Garlic( Fine Chopped)	20	gm
4	Ginger( Fine Chopped)	10	gm
For Spinach gravy
5	Onion( Fine Chopped)	1	no
6	Tomato ( Fine Chopped)	1	no
8	Garlic( Fine Chopped)	20	gm
9	Cumin seeds	10	gm
8	Turmeric powder	1	Tspn
9	Red Chili powder	40	ml
8	Asafoetida	a	pinch
9	Garam Masala	a	pinch
10	Cottage cheese (Cubed)	200	gm
11	Fresh cream	2	Tspn
12	Ghee	1	Tspn
12	Refined Oil	1	Tspn
13	Salt	To taste

METHOD:

* Wash spinach leaves, Take out stems.

* Boil water, add salt, and a pinch of cooking soda can be added to maintain colour of spinach. Blanch the spinach in hot water, drain in ice cold water, to remain its colour.

* Make a puree out of Spinach, green chili, ginger and garlic by using blender or grinder, make a smooth puree, keep a side.

*Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seed, let it splutter in 10-15 seconds, add sautéed onions, sauté it till golden brown in colour. Add fine chopped garlic and sauté it for 2-3 minutes.

*Add fine chopped tomato until tomatoes get soften; add chili powder, turmeric powder and hing. Stir it thoroughly.

 *Add Spinach puree, stir well. Add around ½ cup of water and put in simmer for 7-8minutes. Spinach will get cooked and gravy become thicken now. Add garam masala powder now, mix it well.

*Add Cottage cheese cubes now, mix it gently until paneer become soft. Add fresh cream, mix it nicely. A spoon of butter can be added also.

*Garnish with tomato wedges and serve hot with Indian bread.

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