Palak paner recipe
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 people
 
Preparation time: 5 mins Cooking time: 30 mins Palak paneer recipe with tomatoes and spices
Ingredients
  • Spinach / palak - 1.5 cups, chopped
  • Paneer/cottage cheese - 200 gm, cut into small pieces
  • Tomatoes - 2 medium size, puree
  • Onion / pyaz - 1 large size, paste
  • Ginger / adrak - 1 inch, paste
  • Garlic / lahsun - 6-7 cloves, paste
  • Red chilli / lal mirch powder - 2 tsp
  • Cumin / jeera powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander / dhania powder - 1.5 tsp
  • Garam masala - 1.5 tsp
  • Kasuri methi - 2 tsp, crushed properly
  • Lemon juice - 1.5 tsp
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Butter - 2 tbsp
  • Fresh cream - 2 tbsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Water - as needed
Instructions
  1. Heat 1 tbsp oil & 1 tbsp butter in cooking pan and add ginger garlic paste
  2. Now add onion paste, add some salt as needed and fry for 4-5 minutes
  3. Add tomato puree too and cook till it releases oil and color turns darker
  4. Now add all spices powder (cumin, coriander, red chilli and garam masala) and mix with all other ingredients in that cooking pan
  5. Now add spinach/palak puree* and mix with all other ingredients, let it cook in low flame for 7-8 minutes and stir after each 2 minutes
  6. When it will release oil and cooked perfectly then add ½ cup of water and boil for 3-4 minutes
  7. Now add paneer pieces, lemon juice and kasuri methi one by one, adjust consistency, thickness and switch off the flame
  8. Add fresh cream and butter and mix with yummy palak paneer and serve hot
Notes
* Clean spinach/palak leaves and boil in water for 4-5 minutes, drain hot water and add some ice cold water (2-3 tbsp) and blend in mixer grinder
Store drained hot water for further use in this dish or free to use in other dishes as vegetable stock
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