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Palak paneer is healthy as well as nutritious dish. Palak paneer is a vegetarian dish originating from the Indian subcontinent, consisting of paneer in a thick paste made from puréed spinach and. Palak paneer / Spinach pesto with indian cottage cheese enriched with goodness of cashews and green peas.
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The ingredients needed to make Palak Matar Paneer (Cottage Cheese & Peas in Spinach Gravy)- Green Vegetable Curry:
- Take 200 gms Cubed Fresh Paneer
- Take 2 bunches Spinach
- Make ready 3/4 cup Fresh Peas
- Take 1 Finely chopped onion
- Make ready 2 Finely chopped tomato
- Make ready 2 tbsp Finely chopped garlic
- Get 1 inch Finely chopped ginger
- Prepare 1 Finely chopped green chilli
- Take 3 tbsp Maize flour
- Get 2 tbsp Oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp Ghee
- Get 1 tsp Cumin
- Get 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- Take 1 tsp Coriander powder
- Take Juice of half lemon
- Get to taste Salt
Spinach n Peanuts Sauté (Palak Mungfali) Paneer is cottage cheese made by curdling milk. The sweet and delicious green peas combine very well with spinach and add munch & flavor to this dark green colored dish. Spinach is ground into a thick paste and cooked with Peas, Indian spices and condiments in a tomato gravy resulting in a smooth texture and perfect flavor. Palak= spinach (in hindi) Paneer= Indian cottage cheese.
Steps to make Palak Matar Paneer (Cottage Cheese & Peas in Spinach Gravy)- Green Vegetable Curry:
- Boil peas with 1 cup of water on medium-high flame for 5 minutes. Then drain and keep them aside. - Remove stems from the spinach and wash thoroughly in running water. Blanch in salted boiling water for two minutes. Now transfer boiled spinach into ice-cold water to retain the green colour. Squeeze out excess water and grind it into a smooth puree. - Now heat 1/2 tbsp of ghee in a nonstick pan and lightly fry the paneer pieces till they turn sightly golden. Transfer them to a plate.
- Now in the same pan add 1/2 tbsp of ghee and add boiled peas and saute them for 2-3 minutes on low flame. Transfer them to a plate. - Heat oil in the same pan on low flame and add cumin. Allow it to crackle. - Then add chopped onions and sauté on a medium flame until translucent. Now add ginger, garlic, green chilli and cook for 5 minutes on the medium-low flame.
- Add coriander powder, red chilli powder with tomato puree and cook until masala leaves oil. - At this stage add maize flour and stir constantly to roast. - Now add puree spinach, saute paneer, peas, lemon juice and salt into the cooked masala. Mix well.
- Now add 1 cup water and cook on low flame for 10 to 12 minutes. Do stir the sabzi after every 1 to 2 minutes. - Switch off the flame and add ghee. Stir it once. - Serve hot with paratha or chapati.
So, this curry is made with spinach and Indian cottage cheese. The spinach is blanched and then pureed. It's then cooked with spices and simmered on low heat with paneer. Cream is added to cut down on the bitterness of the spinach leaves and also make it rich. 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.
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