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Palak Paneer – Indian Spinach Curry with Homemade Fresh Cheese
Recipe video above. A dish this iconic demands to be made properly – from scratch, with lots of fresh spinach and homemade paneer (Indian fresh cheese!) This is a magnificent vegetarian curry, packed with an extraordinary amount of nutrition and goodness!
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 10m⏳ Prep: 45 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●blender
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Saute onion & spices: Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, fenugreek, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper. Cook for ⏱️ 3 minutes until onion is softened but not golden.
ground cumin1 tspground coriander1 tsp
2
Add garlic and ginger, cook for ⏱️ 2 minutes.
ginger (, finely grated (20g))2 tsp
3
Add the tomato and chilli, cook for ⏱️ 3 minutes on a medium heat.
4
Add spinach: Add about 1/3 of the spinach – or as much as you can handle in the pot (!) – and stir until wilted. Then add more spinach along with the water, cook again until wilted. Repeat until all the spinach is wilted.
5
Cook ⏱️ 10 minutes: Cook, stirring every now and then, for ⏱️ 10 minutes still on a medium heat.
6
Cream & lemon: Add the cream and lemon juice. Cook, stirring gently, for ⏱️ 3 minutes.
lemon juice1 tbsp
7
Puree half spinach: Remove half the spinach into a tall container and blend it to a puree using a stick blender. Pour pureed spinach back into the pot, and stir to combine.
8
Add Pan Fried Paneer: Gently stir in golden pan-fried paneer (see below). Stir gently to mix through.
9
Serve over basmati rice with fluffy, chewy homemade naan on the side!
10
Golden Pan-Fried Paneer (Note 8):
11
Cut paneer into 1.25cm / ½" thick slices. Then cut each slice into 2.5cm x 2 x 1.25cm thick pieces / 1 x ⅘" x ½" pieces – approximately!
12
Melt half the ghee or butter in a non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
13
Place half the paneer in the pan and cook for 1 - 1 1/⏱️ 2 minutes until light golden - I tend to make it deep golden because colour = more flavour, but traditional is just a hint of gold Turn, then cook the other side until light golden.
14
Remove onto paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining butter and paneer. Use per recipe.
Nutrition Facts
calories
510 kcal
fat Content
39 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
20 g
sodium Content
647 mg
protein Content
16 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
127 mg
carbohydrate Content
27 g
saturated Fat Content
24 g
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