Palak paneer is a delicious authentic Indian curry. Cottage cheese, aka paneer, is cooked in spinach gravy and flavored with aromatic spices in this curry. This curry is vegetarian and gluten-free.
Winter is when we get the maximum amount of green, leafy vegetables. And you get all your nutrition from these healthy superfoods. Spinach or palak is a source of protein and iron. I use homemade paneer for any such dish I make.
Palak Paneer Recipe Restaurant Style
Palak paneer, as the name says it all, the hero ingredients are palak or spinach greens and paneer or cottage cheese. This is a delicious main course item, but it's easy to prepare with essential kitchen ingredients.
It's like some other curry preparation, but the only exception is blanch palak and pureeing it. Then add to the curry paste. Shallow-fry paneer cubes and mix them with the gravy. It doesn't take an extra 10 minutes than regular curry preparation. I do take an extra 20 minutes since I make that to prepare my paneer cubes at home.
Ingredients
Palak (Spinach), Paneer (cottage cheese)
For gravy - onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, green chili
Spices - cumin seeds, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, a pinch of hing, and salt
For garnish - coriander leaves and cream
Instructions
Heat oil and shallow fry paneer cubes (homemade or store-bought). Subsequently, fry them until golden brown. Take out and keep separately for further use.
Wash and blanch spinach leaves for 3 - 5 minutes. Run fresh water on it to stop excess cooking. Transfer to a blender. Add garlic cloves and green chili along with palak. Make a fine puree of this. Keep aside to use in the future.
Heat oil in a pan. Add minced garlic and saute for a minute. Add chopped onion, ginger, and garlic. And saute till translucent. Then add all spices mentioned in the ingredient list and mix well, adding a tbsp of water. Now Add tomato puree and mix well. Cook till it's cooked and leave oil in the surroundingsโseason with salt. Mix well.
Add spinach puree & add 1 cup of water and mix well. Cook for another 3 minutes, and then add garam masala. Now add fried paneer cubes to the gravy. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes more. Palak paneer is ready. Serve hot with roti or rice.
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Palak Paneer Recipe Restaurant Style
Restaurant Style Palak Paneer
Ingredients
- 1 cup paneer cubes
- 2 bunch palak/ spinach leaves
- 2 onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 5 garlic pods
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ยฝ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
Preparing Paneer
- If you are using store brought paneer, dip them in warm water for 5 minutes to make them softer. After remove from water and keep on dry plate for 1 minute before frying.
- Shallow fry the paneer cubes till it's golden in color. Do in low flame.
- Keep aside for further use.
Preparing Palak Gravy
- Wash and clean palak leaves properly.
- Blanch it in hot water for 3 - 5 minutes. Don't over cook.
- Strain out the leaves with help of a colander.
- Wash it with regular tap water to stop over cooking. This will retain the colour of green leaves.
- Then squeeze out leaves lightly and put it in a blender.
- Add 3 cloves of garlic, 1 green chilli and Puree it completely.
- Now heat 4 tbsp oil in a pan and add finely chopped garlic.
- Add finely chopped onion and saute till onion translucent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.
- Then add all dry spices and mix well.
- If required add 1 - 2 tbsp water and mix well.
- Then add tomato puree and saute till it's cooked completely and leaves oil.
- Now add spinach puree to the pan and mix well.
- Add 1 cup water and cook the mixture for another 3 - 5 minutes.
Final Step of Palak Paneer
- Once you see the spinach puree is cooked, add fried paneer cubes to it and cook for a minute or two.
- Add a pinch of garam masala but this is optional. You may skip this step.
- Palak paneer is ready. Serve with naan, roti or even with rice.
Notes
Nutrition
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Restaurant Style Palak Paneer Recipe have their own set of flavor โฆme this Restaurant Style Palak Paneer Recipe recipes looking nice recipe I will try this thanks for sharing