Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Spinach (Palak)-Paneer Combo

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Spinach (Palak)-Paneer Combo. Palak Paneer is one of the most popular paneer dishes. 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.

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Authentic Palak Paneer (aka Saag Paneer) Smooth & creamy spinach sauce infused with Indian spices -a delicious base for paneer or tofu.

Palak Paneer is a popular Indian dish made with cubes of cheese are simmered in a creamy spinach sauce infused with fragrant Indian spices.

You can cook Spinach (Palak)-Paneer Combo using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Spinach (Palak)-Paneer Combo

  1. It’s 200 gms of Spinach palak or.

  2. Prepare 200 gms of Paneer cubes.

  3. It’s 2 nos of green chillies.

  4. You need 4 nos of garlic cloves.

  5. It’s 1 tbsp of Ginger chopped.

  6. It’s 2 tbsps of oil.

  7. You need 1 tbsps of ghee.

  8. It’s 3/4 cup of onions chopped.

  9. It’s 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

  10. Prepare 3/4 cup of Tomato grated or pulp.

  11. It’s 1/2 tsp of jeerakam.

  12. Prepare 1 tsp of garam masala.

  13. Prepare 2 tbsps of fresh cream / butter.

  14. It’s 1 tbsp of fenugreek leaves.

Palak paneer is one of the all-time most beloved Indian recipes.

Rich with spices, spinach, and fresh-pressed cheese Rich with spices, spinach, and fresh-pressed cheese that squeaks delightfully with each bite, palak paneer is a gluten-free dish packed with flavor and gentle heat from garlic and chilies.

Palak Paneer is creamy spinach dish with paneer.

This is a popular dish among youngsters and served in every indian resturant.

Spinach (Palak)-Paneer Combo step by step

  1. Clean the spinach thoroughly well in running water.Now the blanching of the leaves is made as follows. Boil 3 cups of water and put the spinach in the boiling water for 3-4 minutes.Now drain out the water and put the leaves into ice cold water for refreshing the leaves.Now grind the leaves to a smooth paste adding a pinch of salt and one green chilly.Keep it aside.

  2. Gently saute the paneer pieces in 1 tbsp of ghee till it is slighly brown and keep aside..

  3. Now pour the oil to a pan and saute the jeerakam first, followed by chopped onions, grated -ginger, garlic and one green chilly one by one. Add the turmeric powder, tomato pulp and salt to taste.Mix well and saute till the mixture leaves oil. Add spinach puree with 3 tbsps of water and cook for 2 minutes. Now add the garam masala and 2 tbsps of fresh cream (butter) followed by the fried paneer pieces..

  4. Mix everything well and take out from stove.Decorate with fenugreek leaves or pomegranate.Delicious veggie is ready.Serve Hot with rotis or chappathi..

  5. Hints :I have mixed red and green spinach and hence the colourof the dish is reddish brown. But for pure green colour use palak or green spinach. You can also add 1/2 tsp chilly powder if you need the veggie to be more spicy..

Pot should remain covered until the cooking is finished, otherwise the spinach will splatter.

In this palak paneer recipe, I have not blanched the spinach to prevent loss of nutrients.

In most Indian recipes spinach is not blanched and used directly to make dal palak, spinach paratha, palak rice, spinach omelette, aloo palak and many other recipes as some nutrients are lost when blanched.

Palak paneer or spinach paneer is a popular North Indian recipe.

This version of Palak Paneer contains no cream.