Who doesn’t love Palak Paneer? It’s cottage cheese cubes /Paneer in creamy, spicy spinach gravy and this is so flavourful that people who are not a big fan of spinach also eat with utmost delight.

At my home both my kids love to eat this and is one of their favourite vegetarian gravies. After a long time of cooking it traditionally a few years back, I developed a recipe which is foolproof, easy and gives beautiful texture and colour. So do try this and see for yourself…

INGREDIENTS-

Fresh Spinach-6 cups

Paneer/Cottage cheese cubes-1-1/2 cup

Medium onion-1

Tomato-1

Garlic cloves-4

Ginger-1 small piece

Green chilli/red chilli-2

Kashmiri red chilli powder-1 teaspoon+1 teaspoon for tadka

Turmeric-1 teaspoon

Asafoetida/Hing- A pinch

Cumin seeds-1 teaspoon

Ghee or butter-1 tablespoon +1 tablespoon for tadka

Salt -according to taste.

 

 

Method-

Take a pan/wok

Add oil/ghee/butter

Add onion

Add ginger & garlic

Add tomato

Add spinach

Saute for 5-6 minutes till all the veggies are cooked.

Cool it down

Grind  it

 

Take a pan

Add all the spinach paste.

Add red chilli powder, turmeric and salt.

Saute for 3-4 minutes.

Mix paneer cubes.

Saute for 2-3 minutes.

Tadka-

In a small tadka pan, add ghee/butter

Add asafoetida.

Add cumin seeds

Let it crackle

Pour it over the paneer

Sprinkle some chilli powder.

Serve it with a side of your choice.