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Palak Paneer Recipe or Indian Cottage Cheese with Spinach Recipe

Sumit Malhotra
Palak Paneer Recipe or Indian Cottage Cheese with Spinach Recipe - Palak Paneer or Indian Cottage Cheese with Spinach is a creamily beautiful dish. Palak Paneer is a much loved classic vegetarian North Indian dish. It is quick & easy to make and is incredibly healthy too. Learn to make palak paneer.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Cuisine Indian
Servings 3 people
Calories 320 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 250 Gram Cottage Cheese / Paneer Fresh
  • 350 Gram Spinach / Palak
  • 1 piece Tomatoes / Tamatar Medium Sized
  • 1 piece Onion / Pyaaz Medium Sized
  • 6 piece Garlic Pods / Lehsun
  • 2 Inch Ginger / Adrak
  • 2 piece Green Chillies / Hari Mirch
  • 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds/ Jeera
  • 1 Teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder / Lal Mirch
  • 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Haldi
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Garam Masala
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried fenugreek Leaves / Kasuri Methi Crushed (Optional)
  • 2 Tablespoons Heavy Cream
  • 1 Tablespoon Clarified Butter / Ghee
  • 0.5 Teaspoon Salt Adjust it to your taste

Instructions
 

  • Get your ingredients ready. Cut paneer into cubes of about an inch each.
  • To a saucepan with boiling water, add a little salt and then spinach leaves to it.
  • Blanch the spinach leaves for 5 minutes until wilted.
  • Take them out and put them in ice-cold water to retain colour.
  • Cook the onion for 2 to 3 minutes until soft and translucent.
  • Add the tomato, garlic, ginger and green chillies and cook till rawness goes away.
  • At this point, add turmeric and red chilli powders.
  • Add this masala and spinach to a blender and make a paste.
  • Add a little water (1/4th of a cup), if required.
  • Remove to a pan and let it cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. Keep Stirring.
  • Add garam masala powder and 1/2 of heavy cream.
  • Stir in paneer cubes and coat evenly.
  • Leave it on a medium flame for 3-4 minutes stirring gently.
  • Add the remaining cream and Kasuri methi and mix well.
  • Serve hot with roti or paranthas.
  • Enjoy your meal!!

Notes

  • You can replace the paneer with tofu to make it a vegan Tofu Palak recipe.
  • To make paneer crispy, you may shallow fry the paneer.
  • If going the Jain cuisine way, you can make it without onion and garlic.
  • If you want more heat, add more green chillies to the spinach earlier.
  • Remember to wilt or blanch your spinach. Don’t overcook it or it will lose its beautiful colour.
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