Palak Paneer
A delicious north Indian dish with pureed spinach cooked in onion, ginger, garlic warm spices and paneer cubes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ pound Spinach
- 1 cup cubed paneer
- 1 to 2 green chilies
- ½ yellow onion (finely diced)
- 4 garlic
- ½ inch ginger
- 2 cloves
- 4 peppercorns
- 2 small pieces of cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- 1
Boil 3 cups of water in a medium sized pot. Add spinach in it, cook for a minute and take it out in a colander. Pour cold water over it.
- 2
Clean and dry the same pot and add ghee to it. Add onions and sauté. Cook covered for 2 mins on low to medium heat.
- 3
Grind cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns, ginger, garlic and green chilies to fine paste. Add this paste to the onions and sauté for another minute.
- 4
Add paneer to the pot and mix it gently with the onions.
- 5
In a blender make fine paste of the blanched spinach. Add it to the pot. Add ½ cup of water. Add salt to taste and mix well. Cook uncovered for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.
- 6
Serve with Rice or Parathas.