Ingredients:
Palak / Spinach- 1 big bunch
Paneer – 20 small pieces
Jeera/ cumin – 1 tsp
Garlic – 8-10 cut into pieces -(not chopped)
Red onion – 1 sliced
Green chilies – cut into round
Chili powder- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Lime juice – of 1/2 a lime
Kasuri methi – a small pinch
Method:
1.Clean the spinach and wash it many times changing the water.
Heat a big pot of water when it boils add palak/spinach let it boil for 5 minutes once the color becomes nice green immediately take it out with tongs or with the help of two spoons and immerse it in cool water after two minutes remove and drain excess water keep aside to cool (this keeps the green beautiful and stops the cooking process)
Grind it to paste when cool.(Do not over cook mere wilting is enough)
2. Heat a pan with 2-3 tsp of cooking oil in it. Add cumin when its color changes add the garlic saute for few minutes add the green chilies and onion when the onion becomes translucent add salt red chili powder,turmeric powder and Coriander powder .Saute this until a nice aroma comes now add the palak paste little bit of water and when when it begins to boil add kasuri methi and the paneer pieces.Let it boil for one more minute then switch off flame.
While serving put a dash of fresh cream on top. I have skipped it.
Serve it hot with chappathi, phulkas, naan or plain white basmathi rice and a dollop of ghee or butter on the side wahhh wahh…. is the only words u will want to utter after that. :))
Note : Do not boil for too long after adding palak paste as the fresh greenish color will fade off.
I have served it here with spicy pan fried potatoes.
Hope you like it.
Meena
Looks simply wonderful !
Looks very delicious and healthy . Love it
Mine like spinach too and not puree, always chopped and make this, Looks very tempting
one of my favorites but kids don't nod a big yes to the greeny color though and I have to cook up stories to make them eat…looks yummm 🙂
Btw,loved the new header too dear !!
Healthy and delicious one…….. I love to prepare this often…….
Its not only delight but extremely heavenly. My all time fav but over here we use more of tofu instead of paneer. That too will be good in such a dish.
aah.. lovely green color that gravy has got .. tempting it looks
wow my favorite one.yummy
yummy and my fav one
Palak paneer looks delicious my favorite.
Lovely palak paneer 🙂 Superb color !
One of my fav dish ..nice color n clicks.
Looks great! How many does this recipe feed?
Thank you Joanna. This is good enough for 3 people.