Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, palak paneer. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Palak Paneer is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Palak Paneer is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak paneer using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer:
- Get For Palak Puree
- Take 200-250 grams spinach or 5 to 6 cups roughly chopped spinach
- Make ready 2 green chilies, chopped
- Get 3 cups water for blanching spinach
- Get 3 cups water for ice bath
- Get Other Ingredients
- Prepare 1 medium sized tomato - finely chopped
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
- Make ready 1 pinch hing
- Take 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Make ready 1 small to medium tej patta
- Take 200-250 grams paneer
- Get 1/3-1/2 cup water or add as required
- Prepare 1-2 tablespoons cream
- Prepare 2 tablespoon oil or ghee
Instructions to make Palak Paneer:
- Making Palak Puree - Rinse the palak - leaves very well in running water. Tender stem are fine. If the stems are stringy, then discard the stems. - Boil 3 cups water in a pan. Add ¼ tsp salt to the hot water and stir. When the water comes to a rolling boil, switch off the flame. Add the spinach leaves in the hot water. Let the palak leaves sit in the water for about 1 minute.
- After 1 minute, take the leaves. - Immediately transfer palak in a pan or bowl containing ice cold water. This method helps in preserving the green color of the spinach. Just add 8 to 10 ice cubes to 3 cups water to get cold water. Allow the spinach leaves to be in the cold water for a minute. - Then drain the ice cold water. Add the spinach in a blender with green chilies and make smooth paste.
- Making palak paneer - Heat oil or ghee in a pan or kadai. - Add the cumin and let them splutter. - Then add the tej patta or bay leaf. - Add the chopped tomatoes. Stir and saute the tomatoes till they soften. - Once the tomatoes are softened and you see fat releasing from the sides of the mixture. Then add the turmeric powder, red chili powder and hing. - Stir very well.
- Then add the palak puree and mix well. - Add about ⅓ to ½ cup water or as required. Stir again. - Simmer for 6 to 7 minutes or more till the palak is cooked. Season with salt. The gravy will also thicken by now. - Stir and add garam masala powder. - Stir again and then add the paneer cubes. - Stir gently and simmer on a low flame till the paneer cubes become soft and succulent. Cook for about half to 1 minute.
- Lastly, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of low-fat cream. Stir gently again so that the cream gets incorporated in the gravy uniformly. Switch off the flame. - Stir and serve it hot with some rotis or parathas.
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