Get the best taste of your Paneer!!

We have always fried and cooked our Paneer the traditional way only. I tried this method and loved it. It was so soft and delicious that it almost melted in the mouth. So, watch this video and follow these steps and trust me, you will follow this step going forward when you cook your Paneer.

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Palak Paneer- The Famous North-Indian vegetable curry

Palak Paneer

As I keep continuing with my journey of cooking various Indian recipes in a different and unique way, this time I wanted to cook one of India’s most loved vegetarian recipe, Palak Paneer. Palak Paneer is a very popular North Indian dish prepared with spinach and Paneer. This traditional and popular green vegetarian recipe is a rich, smooth and creamy curry where the paneer cubes are cooked with onion, tomato and spinach with the addition of rich Indian spices. This creamy curry makes a great accompaniment with rotis, paratha, naan or hot steamed rice. It tastes the best with butter naan or butter parathas.

After having cooked this popular recipe, I advanced one more step and gained more confidence in cooking vegetarian recipes as I have always been into cooking non-vegetarian recipes. So this is just the beginning as I will come up with more vegetarian recipes for all the vegetarian lovers but in my own unique way.

Ingredients:

• Paneer – 250 gm (I gave it a triangular shape)
• Spinach – 2 big bunches(discard the coarse stems) – blanch in hot water for 2 minutes and make a paste
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Onions – 2, finely chopped
• Green chillies – 4, finely chopped
• Ginger paste – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Roasted Cumin-Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Tomatoes – 2 big (blanched in hot water, peeled and pureed)
• Garam masala powder  – ½ tsp(make a powder of 2 cloves, 1 cardamom and 1” cinnamon stick)
• Kasuri methi – ¼ tsp
• Butter- 100gms
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Add oil in a heavy bottomed vessel and add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add the onions and green chillies. Sauté them till light brown. Don’t burn them.
• Add garlic paste and fry further for 3 minutes. Add red chilli powder and roasted cumin-coriander powder and combine well.
• Now add the tomato paste and let it cook for 5-6 minutes on medium heat. Add the palak paste and let it cook further for another 4-5 minutes.
• Add the sliced paneer cubes and combine. Cook covered on low heat for 3 minutes. Add the palak water and salt and cook on medium heat for 10-12 minutes.
• Finally add the butter, garam masala powder and kasuri methi and mix well. Reduce flame, cover and cook for 2 minutes.
• Serve hot with butter naan or rotis or steamed rice.

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