Thursday 14 July 2016

Palak Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy

Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy

Palak Paneer is a popular paneer dish served in road side dhabas and in restaurants. Lightly fried paneer is cooked in a pureed spinach-tomato gravy. Goes well with boiled rice, chapathi or Nan.

Palak Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy
(Recipe adapted from NitaMehta's Paneer All the way)
Ingredients: 
Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) - 200 gms, cut in to 1" cubes
Palak (Spinach) - 1/2kg (1 bunch)
Onions - 2
Ginger - 1" piece
Garlic  - 5 cloves
Tomatoes - 2 medium, chopped
Green chillies - 2, chopped
Red chilly powder -1 tsp
Cardamom powder - ¼  tsp
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:
  • Wash and chop palak. Cook with 1/2 cup water for 10 minutes on low flame after the first boil. Cool and grind to a smooth paste.
  • Grind onions, garlic and ginger together.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a non-stick pan and slightly fry cubed paneer. Drain and keep aside.
  • Heat rest of ghee in the same pan. Add onion paste and cook till onions turns golden and ghee separates.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and green chillies. Cook for 5-6 minutes on slow fire, till ghee separates.
  • Add ground palak, add a little water if too thick.
  • Cook for 6-8 minutes on slow fire. Add salt.
  • Add cardamom powder and fried paneer. Mix well and remove from fire.
  • At the time of serving, heat 1 tbsp ghee,add 1 tsp red chilly powder. Remove from fire and pour this over the heated palak paneer.
  • Mix well and serve at once with Rice,Chapathi, Paratha or Nan
How to make Palak Paneer

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