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• Jul 14,2008
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Palak Paneer recipe

Palak paneer is a very common North Indian dish made with spinach and Paneer(Indian cheese). Spinach, needlees to say is a very healthy and nutritious food. This is a recipe adapted from sanjeev Kapoor’s website. It is easy to make with lots of spinach and less spices so that the u get the flavour of the spinach very well.

Ingredients

Spinach- 1 large bunch
paneer- 3/4 pack chopped into cubes
cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
garlic- 3 cloves chopped fine
milk- 1/2 cup
salt to taste
oil/butter- 2 tbsp
heavy cream(optional)- 1tbsp
green chillies-3- 4 green chillies
bayleaves- 2
kasoori methi- 1/4 tsp

Method

Heat 2 tsp of oil/ butter in a pan and add cumin seeds,chopped garlic and green chillies. when it turns golden brown add washed and chopped spinach. saute for 2 mins .Grind this into a fine paste when cool.
Heat the remaining oil/butter in the same pan and add bay leaves and the ground paste. Add the milk to it. Let it boil and add salt , kasoori methi and chopped paneer cubes. Simmer the flame and cook for 6 to 8 minutes. Garnish with cream.

Note

U can replace paneer with Tofu
U can fry the the paneer in butter/oil and soak in hot water too. finally squeeze the water and add to the gravy.
U can add onions , tomatoes, chilli powder and coriander powder to get more gravy.