Paalak(Spinach) and Paneer(Cheese) curry
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| Prep Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
- Spinach(Paalak) - 1 lbs
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Paneer(cubed, fresh or fried in ghee) - 1/2 lbs
- Onions(large) - 2 nos
- Tomatoes(large) - 2 nos
- Ginger - 1” piece
- Garlic pods - 4 to
- Yoghurt - 2 tbsp
- Green chillies(or as reqd) - 5 nos
- Red chilly powder(or as reqd) - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Kashmiri red chilly powder(A pinch) -
- Garam masala - 1 tsp
- Cumin powder(Jeerakam) - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
- Cashew nuts - 1/4 to
- Kasoori methi(dry fenugreek leaves) - 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves(A small bunch) -
- Salt(As reqd) -
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Instructions
- Wash the spinach, cut or tear them into big pieces.
- Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan or a kadai.
- SautT the spinach along with the green chillies for a few mins, until they are wilted.
- Let the mixture cool down.
- Meanwhile dry roast cashews lightly.
- Blanch tomatoes and peel the skin.
- :- You can choose not to blanch the tomatoes and just puree them raw, with skin.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan.
- SautT the above prepared tomato mixture for a while.
- Add the prepared spinach puree, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, garam masala, cumin powder and coriander powder.
- :- If your using kasoori methi it can be added now
- Mix well and cook for about 5 mins.
- Mix the prepared paneer into it and cook for a few min longer.
- :- Serve hot with rice or any of the Indian breads.
- :- I use either "Nanak" brand paneer or any brand of queso blanco (you can find it in any of the mexican stores or at costco). Queso blanco (queso = cheese; blanco = white) is paneer but most brands are salted..
- :- I find it tastier if you don¦t fry paneer and it`s also healthier!
- :- You can also substitute paneer with extra firm tofu.
- :-As always play around with the spices to suit your mood!
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16 comments
Its ben easy 4me to make this, i ve ben thinking quite sumtime on making palak paneer, THanks for the posting.V could also substitute POTATO for PANEER
Lekshmi, your receipes are fantastic. Palak Paneer is the best ever I had in my life… what more I made! I shared the palak paneer with all my Indian Colleagues and everyone loved it. You made me a better cook than my wife. Thank You
Excellent Recipe!!!!!!!! My palak Paneer curry finished in 2 seconds…. Really yummy.
Kids love it and I make it over and over again..
I find it little different from other palak recipees. sounds good.Will try today itself.
Can u try my Methi chicken recipe? Thanks
Excellent, Excellent……..
very nice…everybody in my family likes it..
Super Recipe!! After a long time good to taste something totally different.
Thank you for such a ncie recipe…
This was so simple to make and so delicious to taste…
Good Job !!
Excellent recipe…easy to follow…I used to hate the look of Palak Paneer and never tried, but after making this recipe for a trial, I have become a fan…Thanks, Lekshmi…well done…do keep posting more recipes…
I just sauteed all the ingredients together and then ground them in the mixer grinder to make a fine paste except dry roasting the cashewnuts. It was just fantastic… my in-laws , children and my hubby all loved it.
Very good recipe.. I usually don`t like any food which is green in colour. tried this to please my husband who likes north indian food. I really liked it and so did my husband.. thank you..
very good recipe. came out very well.. we skipped the cashew and ghee, and tasted very good. my wife liked this dish a lot. thank you.
hi,my husband liked it so much,thanks a lot for the great recipe.u are a great cook
Dish is excellent. Sorry,didnot get a higher word than “excellent” to Descriptionibe this.My husband showered me with his compliments.Thank u very much Lakshmiji. Also got similar response by my hubby when i tried mushroom rice from this website.I have become fan of this website.I am Checking this web site only for all the recipies now a days.
once again Thanks a lot.
Very good recipe!!