Healthy Palak (Spinach) Paneer Recipe!

Prepare the nutritious Palak Paneer at your home. View the recipe video here: Palak Paneer Recipe!

Ingredients:

• 2 bunches of Spinach
• 200 gms Paneer (You can substitute this with Tofu)
• 1 finely chopped Onion
• 1 finely chopped Tomato
• 4 cloves garlic crushed for Tadka
• 2 finely chopped Green Chillies
• 1 teaspoon Salt (or as per taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon Coriander powder
• 4 tablespoons oil to shallow fry paneer
• 1 tablespoon Kasuri Methi (dry fenugreek leaves)
• 1 tablespoon Coriander powder
• 1 tablespoon oil for Tadka

Method

• Chop spinach into small pieces and wash it in a strainer.
• Put the chopped spinach in a pressure cooker/covered vessel along with chopped onions, chopped tomatos, kasuri methi, green chillies, salt, turmeric and corriander powder.
• Cook it on a high flame till steam is let out twice (2 whistles).
• Reduce the flame to low and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove the pressure cooker and open the lid.
• Blend this mixture with a blender till it is a smooth paste.
• Cut paneer into small cubes Shallow fry paneer in 4 tablespoons on oil.(This is an optional step)
• Add the paneer cubes to the palak gravy.
• Take 1 tablespoons of oil in a small saucepan and add crushed garlic to it..
• Heat this on a low flame till the garlic turns brown in colour.
• Pour this mixture over the palak. (This is called as tadka).
• Your palak paneer is ready to be served.

Recipe taken from Recipe Network
Picture taken from sezari.com

The best Spinach Recipe – Palak Paneer

Ok, I am biased when I say Palak Paneer is the best spinach recipe ever but then I am a big curry fan and this curry like dish of spinach is so different from other spinach dishes like Spinach dip, Spinach rolls, Spinach salad, Spinach quiche etc.
Don’t believe me, try it out for yourself:

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