Restaurant Style Palak Paneer | Palak Paneer | Paneer Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people
- 200 Gm or 3 Cups chopped spinach
- 200 Gm or 1½ Cup paneer cubed
- ½ Tbsp butter
- 1 Tsp jeera
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ Tsp whole black pepper
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 chopped tomato
- ½ Tbsp ginger-garlic-green chilli paste
- ½ Tsp garam masala
- 1 Tsp kasuri methi
- ½ Tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ Tsp turmeric
- ½ Tbsp cream/yogurt on top
- Few julienne'd ginger
- Chopped coriander
- Clean and add spinach in a colander, wash well
- In a pan, boil water
- Add washed spinach and blanch for 40s-60s
- Drain water and let it cool
- Once it cools, grind into paste and keep aside
- In another pan, add butter and let it melt
- Add jeera and let it splutter
- Next add bay leaf and whole black pepper and fry till it turns aromatic
- Add finely chopped onions and fry till they turn translucent
- Add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and fry well
- Sprinkle red chilli powder and turmeric
- Add chopped tomatoes and saute till they turn mushy
- Pour little water and adjust consistency, mash well
- Next add palak paste and mix well
- Season with salt and garam masala
- Sprinkle crushed kasuri methi and mix well and bring the gravy to a simmer
- In another pan, add little ghee/oil and pan fry diced paneer
- Put the fried paneer in palak gravy and mix well
- Lastly add cream and mix well
- Garnish with paneer, cream, julienne'd ginger and chopped coriander
As mentioned earlier, do not overcook the spinach
Add more whole garam masala like a piece of cinnamon, 1 elaichi, shahi jeera etc for extra aromatic flavours
Always add garam masala at last for fresh aroma
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/restaurant-style-palak-paneer/
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