How to Make Homemade Palak Paneer

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, palak paneer. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Palak Paneer is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Palak Paneer is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have palak paneer using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:

1. Take 150 grams Indian cottage cheese
2. Prepare 2 cups palak or indian spinach, tightly packed (100 grams)
3. Make ready 2 tbsp Oil or butter as needed
4. Make ready 2-3 green chilies deseeded
5. Prepare 3/4 cup onions finely chopped or ½ cup paste (2 medium)
6. Take 1 tsp ginger garlic paste or garlic paste
7. Take 1/2 cup tomatoes (deseeded & chopped) or puree (2 small)
8. Take as needed salt
9. Get 8-10 cashewnuts or 3 tbsps cream
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves
12. Take 1/8 tsp cumin or jeera
13. Take 2 green cardamoms or elaichi
14. Take 1 inch cinnamon or dalchini
15. Prepare 2 cloves or laung

Instructions to make Palak Paneer:

1. Check each spinach leaf for worms. Pluck only the leaves and discard the stems as they may leave a bitter taste.
2. Add them to a large pot of water. Rinse them well few times & drain to a colander. Allow the water to drain completely otherwise it will let out lot of moisture.
3. Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Fry green chilies and spinach for 2 to 3 mins until the leaves wilt off thoroughly. immerse in ice cold water. Drain completely.
4. Cool & blend chilies, palak & cashews to a smooth puree in a mixer jar.
5. Add cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves & cumin to hot oil. When they begin to splutter, add onions and fry till they turn transparent.
6. Next add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes away.
7. Then put in tomatoes and sprinkle salt. Fry till they turn mushy. - - Add kasuri methi & garam masala. Saute until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
8. Pour half cup water and cook until the mixture thickens. - - Simmer the flame, add the pureed spinach. Mix well and cook until it begins to bubble for 2 to 3 mins. Add paneer & mix well. Serve palak paneer now!

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