Palak Paneer Recipe

Introduction – Introduction – Hello friends, welcome to the food recipes blob. Palak paneer recipe is a very famous North Indian recipe. Spinach is rich in various vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Folate, so doctors recommend everyone to eat green leafy vegetables, that is why people love to eat this dark green vegetable. Also, paneer is the best source of calcium, which is why this recipe is very beneficial and healthy. You can find this Palak Paneer ki Sabzi on the menu card of Indian restaurants and hotels. This delicious recipe is traditionally made in Indian homes in which spinach leaves are boiled after washing and cleaning and it is ground to make a fine paste and cooked with garlic, onion, tomato and some aromatic spices till it comes to its original form. Paneer cubes are kept raw inside it or you can also fry it lightly as per your choice. Cream and butter are added to develop the taste like hotels and restaurants. Finally, Kashmiri red chili seasoning is done with desi ghee and garnished with grated cheese. So let’s make this delicious recipe.

Preparation Time – 20 – 25 Min
Cook Time – 30 – 35 Min
Total Time – 45 Min
Servings – 3 to 4 servings
Cuisine – North Indian

Palak Paneer Ingredient:

 

• 2 bunches – Palak leaves, cleaned
• 250-300 gm Paneer, (cubes)
• 2 inches ginger, grated
• 10 – 12 garlic cloves, (chopped)
• 2 tbsp –  Butter
• 2 tbsp – Cooking oil
• 2 – Pinch of asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 3 – 4 Cloves
• 2 – Bay leaf
• 2  – Dry red chilies
• 1 inch – Cinnamon stick
• 1 – Onion, chopped
• 1 – Tomatoes, chopped
• ½ tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp – Coriander powder
• 2 – Green chilli
• 1 tsp – Red chili powder (as per taste)
• 1 tbsp – Fresh Cream
• 1 tbsp – Salt (as per taste)
• 1 tbsp – Green coriander leaves (chopped)

Palak Paneer Instructions:

Step 1
First, separate the spinach from thick sticks and wash it thoroughly by adding half a teaspoon of salt to the water. Cut the spinach leaves and put them in the cooker, pour half a cup of water, and keep it on low flame for boiling. Your spinach leaves will be boiled in one whistle, then close the film. When it cools down, put it in a mixer grinder, add chopped ginger and two green chilies, and grind it to make a paste.
Step 2
Cut paneer into Cube size and place a pan on top of the flame, add 2 tbsp cooking oil, and shallow fry the paneer by turning it over. Now we will put a pan on the flame to make Palak Paneer purry. Put 2 tbsp cooking oil in it, when the cooking oil becomes hot then put asafoetida and cumin seeds, by leaf, cinnamon, and clove inside it, when the cumin starts crackling.
Step 3
Add chopped garlic and roast till it becomes golden, after the garlic becomes golden, add chopped onion and roast it till it becomes golden. After the onion is cooked, now we will put chopped tomato inside it and while stirring it slowly, it will soften and add 2 tablespoons of water. When our tomatoes become soft, add coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt inside and stir slowly.
Step 4
Now we will put our spinach paste in the pan and stir it slowly. If the paste looks a little thick, add half a cup of water. Will keep the Flame slow and give it a boil while running slowly. Will boil for 2 minutes. Now we will stir the shallow-fried paneer cubes inside the gravy.
Step 5
After boiling, turn off the flame and put garam masala Fegureek Leaves on both palms. Will also add finely Chopped green coriander and mix everything well. Now we will put a pan on the flame and put 2 tbsp of butter in it, when the butter becomes hot, put two dried green chilies in it after breaking it and roast it, it is well roasted, then we will put Kashmiri red chili in it. Will put and apply this tadka (tempering) to our palak paneer Recipe.
Now we will take out our palak paneer Recipe in a serving bowl Garnish it with some cream and serve it hot. You can eat it with any name or paratha.

Q: Milk can be added to palak paneer?
Ans: You can add milk instead of water to dilute the paste in palak paneer, this also removes some bitterness of spinach.
Q: What to eat with palak paneer ?
Ans: You can serve roti, naan, and paratha with palak paneer, but palak paneer tastes great with rice too.
Q: When should not eat palak paneer?
Ans: Although paneer is a very good source of calcium, paneer curry should not be eaten just before sleeping at night because it is a bit heavy and takes more time to digest.

 

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In Conclusion

Welcome to the Khana Khilana Recipe Blog. Today we have told you about Palak PaneerRecipe. We told you that spinach and paneer are the main ingredients in this recipe. Spinach is cleaned, cut, and boiled, which is prepared into a fine paste and cooked on a low flame with aromatic spices, Paneer cubes are shallow fried and mixed with spinach paste and boiled and served garnished with cream. We hope you enjoy this recipe. Which recipe do you want to know about please write us our next recipe on the blog will be the same. Do write to us for any kind of advice and suggestions. We respect your valuable suggestion. Thank you.