Palak Paneer / Spinach Cottage cheese

Words
267
Reading
2 min
Listen
Play
5y

Hello beautiful foodies! Palak paneer is a vegetarian dish mainly consist of cottage cheese and pureed spinach mildly infused with fragrant spices. However, this luscious sauce can be accompanied with tofu if paneer is unavailable.
Today I am going to share how I cook my palak paneer.

Beforehand, my heartwarming thank you to the team of #naturalmedicine #plantbased #vegan @justinParke riverflows@riverflows for this wonderful Plant Power challenge.

IMG_20210408_102240.jpg

Ingredients:

Spinach 2bunches
Cottage cheese / paneer 200grms
Onion 1 big
Ginger, turmeric, garlic paste 1tspn
Tomato 1med.
Fresh cream 2-3 tbspn
Curry leaves (optional)

Spices:

Coriander powder 1/2 tspn
Chili powder 1/2 tspn
Cumin seeds (coarse )1/4 tspn
Turmeric 1/4 tspn
Nutmeg powder a pinch ( optional )

Methods:

IMG_20210408_094158.jpg
Heat oil in a pan. Add in cumin & onion saute till translucent.

IMG_20210408_094519.jpg
Add in ginger garlic paste. Continue to saute till raw smell goes off

IMG_20210408_094554.jpg

IMG_20210408_094837.jpg
Add in to tomato. Put to lid. Cook in low fire.
Stir occasionally.

IMG_20210408_100033.jpg
Add in salt coriander, chili, turmeric powder
Continue to saute till raw smell is gone.

IMG_20210408_100324.jpg

Add in paneer cubes. Coat with the masala, adding a 1cup of water.
Put to lid. Cook for 3min.

IMG_20210408_100854.jpg

IMG_20210408_100944.jpg
Pour in pureed spinach. Stir.

IMG_20210408_101130.jpg

IMG_20210408_101257.jpg
Add in Fresh cream, stir. Cook for 2min more.

IMG_20210408_101402.jpg
Lastly add in nutmeg powder. Stir. For 1 minute. Then switch off flame.

This is fast and easy to cook, and we accompanied it with rice or dosa.

IMG_20210408_102319.jpg

Note:
I have blanched the spinach before I pureed
I used 2 bunches of spinach to achieve that greenish beautiful colour of the sauce

Thank you very much for dropping by!
Stay safe and healthy!