paneer palak

Palak Paneer - Spinach and Indian Cottage Cheese Curry is a glutenfree dish made with minimal ingredients to be served as regular meal.

Palak Paneer - Spinach and Indian Cottage Cheese Curry

Spinach/palak

Water

Cold water with ice cubes as required

Blanched palak

green chillies

Palak puree (recently made)

tbsp desi ghee or butter

cumin seeds

bay leaf

tbsp ginger garlic paste

onion (cut thinly)

tomato (grated)

dry fenugreek leaves

tsp black pepper powder

tsp garam masala

coriander powder

nutmeg

water (optional)

lemon

tbsp malai or cream

Wash spinach/palak very well.

Boil water in a pan and add palak into it. The quantity of water must be sufficient enough to retain palak.

Let palak remain in boiling water for 35 to 40 seconds.

Immediately take palak out of boiling water and transfer to another bowl carrying chilled water and ice cubes.

Let palak remain in chilled water for 2 minutes.

BLANCHING OF PALAK

Take palak out of chilled water, squeeze and add to the grinder.

Add green chillies with palak and grind to a fine puree. Keep aside.

MAKING OF PALAK PUREE

Take a pan and add oil along with desi ghee in it.

Add bay leaf and cumin seeds. Let cumin splitter.

Now put onion and saute till onion turns brown.

Add tomato and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until oil begins to separate from tomatoes.

Add dry fenugreek leaves and saute.

Take up the grinder jar and transfer palak puree into the pan.

Add black pepper powder, garam masala, coriander powder, nutmeg powder and a drop of kewra water. Mix well.

Cook palak for 8 to 10 minutes on low heat. Remember, not to cover the pan at any stage. You can add a little water if consistency of palak is not as per your requirement.

At last add salt, lemon juice and paneer cubes. Gently mix without breaking paneer and let it cook for 2 minutes.

Palak Paneer is ready. Serve hot after drizzling malai or cream.

MAKING OF PALAK PANEER

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