Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palak paneer | indian cottage cheese in spinach sauce. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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 one of the most loved North Indian dishes that's eaten with roti, naan, Jeera rice, or even with Lacha Parantha rice.
Palak Paneer
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have palak paneer | indian cottage cheese in spinach sauce using 16 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer | Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Sauce:
- Take 1 kg Spinach (I used Baby Spinach)
- Make ready 400-500 grams Paneer/Indian Cottage Cheese
- Take 2 Onions Medium (Finely diced)
- Take 4 Tomatoes Medium (Finely chopped)
- Make ready 1 Inch piece Ginger (Finely diced)
- Get 2 Tbsp Garlic Paste
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Coriander powder
- Take 2 Tbsp (Crushed)Kasuri Methi/Dried Fenugreek Leaves
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Deghi Mirch/Red chilli powder
- Prepare 2 Tsp Cumin seeds
- Get 2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- Take 1 Tsp Nutmeg Powder
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Cooking oil
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Desi ghee/Clarified Butter
- Take As per taste Salt
- Get 1/2 Cup Milk
Creamy spinach with tasty paneer makes a delicious main dish. This recipe was one of my first published recipes on YouTube. After so many years of cooking, my family has decided my cooking skills have improved! Palak Paneer is a popular Indian dish made with cubes of cheese are simmered in a creamy spinach sauce infused with fragrant Indian spices.
Steps to make Palak Paneer | Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Sauce:
- Wash the spinach & tomatoes.
- Blanch them together with a cup of water. Let it cool down.
- Take out the tomatoes. Remove the skin.
- Grind the spinach & tomatoes together to a smooth purée, saving the stock.
- Cut the Paneer into thick rectangles.
- Heat oil in a nonstick pan. - Shallow fry the Paneer until golden over medium heat. *Do not overcrowd the pan.
- Remove & soak in hot water with a teaspoon of turmeric & salt each. - *Soaking the Paneer in hot water keeps the Paneer soft.
- Now add the desi ghee in the same pan. - Tip in the jeera seeds. Let them crackle.
- Add the onion & the ginger. Sauté until golden. Add the garlic paste. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the puréed spinach along with the Dhania powder, Degi mirch, Turmeric, Nutmeg powder & salt.
- Cook covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the milk & stock. Adjust seasoning. - Drop the fried Paneer one by one. Stir gently.
- Sprinkle Kasoori methi.
- Serve hot with Roti/Parantha/Naan.
- Enjoy!
After so many years of cooking, my family has decided my cooking skills have improved! Palak Paneer is a popular Indian dish made with cubes of cheese are simmered in a creamy spinach sauce infused with fragrant Indian spices. Fast and easy, this Keto-friendly, vegetarian meal is also Gluten-free! And the wheel goes round and round, and the flame in our souls will never burn out. ~ Palak Paneer is one of my favourite dishes ever since I was a child and now its my children's favourite as well. Along with the richness of protein in the paneer and vitamins and minerals Serve the Palak Paneer Recipe along with hot Phulkas, Jeera pulao and Dal Makhani for a delicious lunch or dinner.
So that is going to wrap this up with this special food palak paneer | indian cottage cheese in spinach sauce recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
