Who hither has non heard of the pop Indian dish palak paneer ??Palak agency spinach as well as paneer is Indian cottage cheese.Which Indian hither does non similar palak paneer?? Well, at that spot may hold upwards a few.. virtually Indians withal similar palak paneer. It is also a corking way to sneak spinach into kid's meals. Speaking of spinach, how many of y'all purchase spinach amongst the intention of making something, function on it inward the fridge for days as well as i fine 24-hour interval y'all run across that the spinach has gone bad as well as y'all toss it into the garbage!! Well, my this recipe volition assistance y'all forestall that from happening again.
How many of y'all detect the persuasion of making palak paneer irksome ?? You cause got to ready the palak, cool it as well as thus purée it. You cause got to sauté onions, garlic, tomatoes, cool it as well as purée it.. Yes, I agree.. It tin hand notice hold upwards rather tedious!! Well, this recipe tin hand notice assistance laid upwards that too! This recipe was inspired yesteryear the clever persuasion shared yesteryear Shikha Kapoor on CAL, a expert grouping I belong to on Facebook. I tried it as well as institute it to hold upwards perfect!! It helped me solve several of my palak paneer problems at the same time! I loved it! Ever since, I cause got been using this recipe to brand palak paneer. It is thus easy, y'all tin hand notice brand palak paneer whenever y'all desire inward a jiffy!! Serve it with peas as well as carrot pulao rice as well as y'all volition cause got eating theater mode repast ready inward minutes!
The persuasion is so: whenever y'all purchase spinach or cause got excess of it, construct clean it as well as ready it amongst a footling water, chopped onion , ginger,garlic, light-green chillies as well as tomato. When it cools down, purée it as well as freeze it. When y'all experience similar eating palak paneer, y'all simply develop a tempering ( tadka) as well as add together the purée, oestrus it as well as thus add together the pan fried paneer.You are all set! Now wasn't that tardily peasy?? Try it as well as y'all volition never become dorsum to making palak paneer the regular way again!!
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients:
Spinach( palak): 1 medium bunch
Onion: i medium
Tomato: i medium
Green chillies: 2
Ginger : i inch
Garlic: 3-4 cloves, chopped ,
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Onion: i small
Water: 1 cup
Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder/ haldi: 1/2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Kasuri methi( dry out fenugreek leaves): 1 tbsp
Oil: 1 tbsp
Pan-fried paneer cubes:200 gms or six oz
Fresh Cream: 1 tbsp ( optional,for garnishing).
Method:
Wash as well as construct clean the spinach thoroughly. Chop it roughly. Take it inward a pot. Add 1/2 loving cup water.Chop the onion, ginger, garlic,green chillies, tomato. Add this to the pot containing spinach as well as ready it until the spinach is tender, roughly 8-10 mins.
Let it cool downward completely. At this indicate y'all tin hand notice select to shop it inward the fridge/ freezer inward an airtight container or y'all could blend/ purée it using an immersion blender or inward the regular blender as well as thus freeze it.
Whenever y'all experience similar having palak paneer, simply accept the purée out of the fridge/ freezer.
Make a tadka yesteryear heating crude on medium oestrus inward a sauté pan. Add finely chopped onion as well as sauté for a few seconds until the onions plow slightly golden inward color.
Now add together haldi powder, cherry-red chilli powder, garam masala as well as sauté for a few seconds.
Add the spinach purée as well as permit it ready for ii mins until it warms up.
Add pan-fried paneer as well as kasoori methi to this. Let it ready for five mins thus that the paneer tin hand notice absorb some of the sauce.
Garnish amongst fresh cream earlier serving.
Serve amongst apparently rice or peas as well as carrots pulao similar I have! For the recipe for the pulao, become here.
Enjoy! I am bringing this to Angie's Fiesta Fri #69! Juju@cooking amongst aunt Juju as well as Amanda@ The Chunky Chef are co-hosts this week!! Yay!!
Cooking made easy:
Similar tricks tin hand notice hold upwards used spell making Chana masala or Chole too. Just add together chopped onion, ginger, garlic as well as Lycopersicon esculentum spell cooking the chick peas as well as thus simply temper inward amongst the spices. These are short-cuts to the traditional method of making these dishes which tin hand notice hold upwards rather fourth dimension consuming as well as tedious.
Tip for salubrious living:
We all know that nosotros must include greens inward our diet. There are hundreds of wellness benefits of eating atleast 2-3 servings of greens daily. Spinach is i of the easiest greens to eat/cook.Some of the wellness benefits of light-green leafy vegetables is that they are rich inward folate as well as assistance forestall anemia. They also are a corking rootage of both soluble as well as insoluble dietary fibers.
Food for thought:
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