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Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, palak paneer | indian cottage cheese in spinach sauce. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Sauce is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Palak Paneer

Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) is cooked with spinach and spices in this creamy and flavorful curry. It pairs well with naan, paratha or jeera rice. When we were kids, the only way my brothers would eat spinach was if it was cooked with paneer in palak paneer.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak paneer | indian cottage cheese in spinach sauce using 16 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer | Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Sauce:

1. Get 1 kg Spinach (I used Baby Spinach)
2. Get 400-500 grams Paneer/Indian Cottage Cheese
3. Get 2 Onions Medium (Finely diced)
4. Make ready 4 Tomatoes Medium (Finely chopped)
5. Make ready 1 Inch piece Ginger (Finely diced)
6. Take 2 Tbsp Garlic Paste
7. Make ready 2 Tbsp Coriander powder
8. Prepare 2 Tbsp (Crushed)Kasuri Methi/Dried Fenugreek Leaves
9. Prepare 2 Tbsp Deghi Mirch/Red chilli powder
10. Prepare 2 Tsp Cumin seeds
11. Make ready 2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
12. Get 1 Tsp Nutmeg Powder
13. Prepare 2 Tbsp Cooking oil
14. Get 2 Tbsp Desi ghee/Clarified Butter
15. Make ready As per taste Salt
16. Get 1/2 Cup Milk

Use the flavorful spinach sauce over tofu, roasted veggies or even pan-seared chicken or fish. Palak Paneer, or Saag Paneer, is a popular north-Indian curry made by simmering soft paneer cubes (Indian cottage cheese), in a flavorful spinach gravy. Traditionally, Palak Paneer is made with large spinach leaves, that come in bunches. They are dark green in color and have an earthy taste.

Instructions to make Palak Paneer | Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Sauce:

1. Wash the spinach & tomatoes.
2. Blanch them together with a cup of water. Let it cool down.
3. Take out the tomatoes. Remove the skin.
4. Grind the spinach & tomatoes together to a smooth purée, saving the stock.
5. Cut the Paneer into thick rectangles.
6. Heat oil in a nonstick pan. - Shallow fry the Paneer until golden over medium heat. *Do not overcrowd the pan.
7. Remove & soak in hot water with a teaspoon of turmeric & salt each. - *Soaking the Paneer in hot water keeps the Paneer soft.
8. Now add the desi ghee in the same pan. - Tip in the jeera seeds. Let them crackle.
9. Add the onion & the ginger. Sauté until golden. Add the garlic paste. Cook for 2 minutes.
10. Add the puréed spinach along with the Dhania powder, Degi mirch, Turmeric, Nutmeg powder & salt.
11. Cook covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
12. Add the milk & stock. Adjust seasoning. - Drop the fried Paneer one by one. Stir gently.
13. Sprinkle Kasoori methi.
14. Serve hot with Roti/Parantha/Naan.
15. Enjoy!

Palak Paneer is likely the most popular paneer dish from North India. Creamy spinach with tasty paneer makes a delicious main dish. This recipe was one of my first published recipes on YouTube. After so many years of cooking, my family has decided my cooking skills have improved! I Love Palak Paneer (Spinach and Cheese Curry).

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