Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry)
Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palak paneer(spinach and cottage cheese curry). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) is cooked with spinach and spices in this creamy and flavorful curry. It pairs well with naan, paratha or jeera rice. When we were kids, the only way my brothers would eat spinach was if it was cooked with paneer in palak paneer. Palak paneer is an all time favorite of everyone.

Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry) is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have palak paneer(spinach and cottage cheese curry) using 19 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry):
  1. Get 3 cups chopped palak
  2. Take 150 gms paneer
  3. Get 1 onion chopped finely
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  5. Get 2 green chillies paste
  6. Make ready 1 tomato
  7. Take 1 tbsp fresh cream
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala
  9. Make ready 7-8 roasted cashewnuts
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  11. Take 1 tbsp kasoori methi
  12. Prepare To taste salt
  13. Take 2 tbsp oil
  14. Get 1 tsp ghee
  15. Prepare 1 tsp ajwain(carom seeds)
  16. Get 3 green cardamoms
  17. Prepare 3-4 cloves
  18. Make ready 1 inch cinnamon
  19. Get 1 tsp kitchen king masala

This mildly flavored dish is super healthy too. Cook till the spinach and fenugreek leaves are soft and like pulp. Mash well into a rough paste. If you prefer, you can also blend this paste in the food processor to get a smoother consistency.

Steps to make Palak paneer(Spinach and cottage cheese curry):
  1. Chop the palak (spinach)roughly.Wash and drain the leaves.Boil 2 cups water with little salt.Just dip the chopped leaves,blanch and drain the leaves.Immediately transfer the leaves to cold water to retain it's green colour.Drain again after sometime.Puree the blanched spinach with 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste,green chillies and chopped tomato.
  2. Heat oil. Lightly fry the paneer. Sprinkle ajwain and half crushed whole garam masala.When they splutter,add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.Add ginger garlic paste and fry.Add little water from the blanched spinach.Now add the pureed spinach,fresh cream,red chilli powder,kitchen king masala and salt to taste.Add the paneer and toss. Sprinkle ghee,crushed kasoori methi and garam masala.Add few broken roasted cashewnuts and serve hot with any Indian flat bread.

Mash well into a rough paste. If you prefer, you can also blend this paste in the food processor to get a smoother consistency. Palak Paneer (Spinach with Indian Cottage Cheese) is a popular North Indian side dish made with spinach sauce, paneer & spices. It pairs well with Naan Breads. This Indian Curry is super quick and simple to make, even more delicious than store bought Saag curry.

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