Punjabi cuisine coupled with just about any kind of spinach may turn your mental season clock to winter but guess what? It’s totally legit to savor some palak paneer and hot parathas even in peak summer. Now, a dhaba-style palak paneer may contradict this school of thought because lets be real, no one likes to eat at a dhaba when the Sun is smiling down at us.
But how about we get that dhaba dish, crank it up to a fancier restaurant version and make it right in our own kitchen? Excited much? Follow this recipe and whip up a delicious kadhai of palak paneer at home!
Paneery Heaven
A creamy spinach and cottage cheese preparation.
Servings5
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 bunches spinachchopped
- 225g paneer
- 2tbsp Cream
- 1 onionchopped
- 1 tomatochopped
- cup ¼Coriander Leaves
- ½” gingergrated
- pinch aof nutmeg powdergrated nutmeg
- 5-6cloves garlicchopped
- 1 green chilichopped
- 2 bay leaves
- tsp ½cumin seeds
- cup ¼yogurt
- 1tbsp Oil
- tsp ½cumin powder
- tsp ½Coriander powder
- tsp ½red chili powder
- tsp ¼turmeric
- tsp ¼sugar
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and crackle the cumin seeds. Then add the bay leaf, grated ginger, chopped garlic and green chili. Stir well.
- Once slightly cooked, add one roughly chopped onion and stir.
- Add little bit of salt and cook till it goes pink.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till they are mushy.
- Switch off the flame and let the pan cool a little bit. Then add in the smooth yogurt and stir well for about a minute.
- Add the turmeric, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder and nutmeg.
- Start the flame, stir well on low heat and cook until starts getting a simmer.
- Add the sugar and mix well.
- Now add the chopped spinach and keep stirring and cook till the volume reduces, and the spinach is slightly wilted. Cook for another minute and then switch off the flame.
- Add the coriander, mix well into a homogenous paste.
- Heat up a pan, add the paste and get it to a simmer.
- Add more salt if required and add the cream. Mix well.
- Grate about 25-30 grams of paneer straight in the pan, and chop rest.
- Mix well and serve.
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