Palak paneer recipe | Restaurant style palak paneer preparation with step by step photos and a quick video. Palak panner is made from spinach puree which brings healthy green color. I am a big fan of Punjabi cuisine and this recipe is just a reflection of that. Fresh cream is added to cut down on the bitterness of the spinach leaves and also make it rich. Paneer( soft cottage cheese cubes) is rightly cooked with spinach and spices in this creamy and flavorful curry. If you overcook panner, it will become hard. Palak panner well with butter naan, paratha, pulka, or jeera rice.
Palak paneer can be made for vegan by substituting paneer with “tofu” and use “cashew cream” instead of fresh cream.
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Palak paneer recipe | Restaurant style palak paneer
Palak paneer recipe | Restaurant style palak paneer preparation with step by step photos and a quick video.
Ingredients
- Palak / spinach -1 bunch
- Paneer / cottage cheese - 1 cup
- Water -4 cups
- Ginger -1 inch
- Garlic -5
- Green chilli -2
- Oil -2 tbsp
- Cumin / jeera -1 tsp
- Onion - 2 ,chopped
- Tomato- 1 ,chopped
- Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
- Cumin powder- ½ tsp
- Coriander powder(daniya powder) - 1 tsp
- Garam masala - ½ tsp
- Water -2 tbsp
- Salt -to taste
- Cream / malai - 2 tbsp
Directions
- Step 1 Take a pot and add water and bring to boil
- Step 2 add spinach leaves to it.
- Step 3 Blanch the spinach leaves for 2 to 3 minutes until wilted.
- Step 4 Take them out and put them into the mixer. Let it cool down
- Step 5 Take a Kadai and add oil
- Step 6 Add jeera
- Step 7 Add garlic
- Step 8 Add chopped ginger
- Step 9 Add green chili
- Step 10 Add chopped onion and saute it for a few minutes
- Step 11 add chopped tomato and saute it well
- Step 12 Once its Cooldown, transfer to the mixer.
- Step 13 Grind it to smooth paste. Keep it aside
- Step 14 Take a pan and add oil
- Step 15 Add turmeric powder
- Step 16 Add red chili powder
- Step 17 Add coriander powder
- Step 18 Add jeera/cumin powder and stir it well
- Step 19 Add the prepared spinach puree and mix it well.
- Step 20 Add water and adjust consistency. Mix it well
- Step 21 Cover the pan and let it cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. The spinach will bubble a lot.
- Step 22 Once the spinach is cooked, add the garam masala
- Step 23 Add salt to taste and mix it well
- Step 24 Add cream and mix it well
- Step 25 Add the paneer cubes and stir it well
- Step 26 Let the curry simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until paneer absorbs flavor
- Step 27 Switch off the flame, add grated paneer and cream for garnishing
- Step 28 Serve restaurant-style palak paneer hot with naan or roti or rice
Palak paneer recipe | Restaurant style palak paneer quick video:
Making of Palak paneer recipe | Restaurant style palak paneer:
1. Take a pot and add water and bring to boil
2. Add spinach leaves to it.
3. Blanch the spinach leaves for 2 to 3 minutes until wilted.
4. Take them out and put them into the mixer. Let it cool down
5. Take a Kadai and add oil
6. Add jeera
7. Add garlic
8. Add green chili
9. Add chopped ginger
10. Add chopped onion and saute it for a few minutes
11. Add chopped tomato and saute it well
12. Once its Cooldown, transfer to the mixer.
13. Grind it to smooth paste. Keep it aside
14. Take a pan and add oil
15. Add turmeric powder
16. Add red chili powder
17. Add coriander powder
18. Add jeera/cumin powder and stir it well
19. Add the prepared spinach puree and mix it well.
20. Add water and adjust consistency. Mix it well
21. Cover the pan and let it cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. The spinach will bubble a lot.
22. Once the spinach is cooked, add the garam masala
23. Add salt to taste and mix it well
24. Add cream and mix it well
25. Add the paneer cubes and stir it well
26. Let the curry simmer for 3 to 4 minutes or until paneer absorbs flavor
27. Switch off the flame, add grated paneer and cream for garnishing
28. Serve restaurant-style palak paneer hot with naan or roti or rice
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