Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce
Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce

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Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce is something that I have loved my entire life.

Palak= spinach (in hindi) Paneer= Indian cottage cheese. So, this curry is made with spinach and Indian cottage cheese. The spinach is blanched and then pureed.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have palak paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce:
  1. Get 4 cups packed spinach
  2. Prepare 2 onions chopped
  3. Get 1/2 inch ginger cut to pieces
  4. Get 7-8 cloves garlic
  5. Get 2 green chillies
  6. Get 1/2 teaspoon whole cumin
  7. Make ready 1 small tomato
  8. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
  9. Take 1/4 cup cream
  10. Make ready 1 teaspoon heaped turmeric powder
  11. Prepare 2 teaspoons oil for cooking
  12. Prepare 1 1/2 tablespoon coriander powder
  13. Prepare 1 tablespoon garam masala powder
  14. Take 1/4 cup cream
  15. Get 300 grams paneer

This Instant Pot Palak Paneer, is a quick, and healthy, one-pot version to this classic dish. Palak Paneer is a very common North Indian side dish. It is a beautiful combination of Paneer (Indian Cottage cheese) in a creamy spinach sauce. Cottage cheese is slightly fried to get that golden colour from outside yet tender and just inside.

Instructions to make Palak Paneer/ cottage cheese in spinach sauce:
  1. Blanch the spinach in hot water and then put immediately in ice-cold water. You can also use unblanched spinach if you like. Keep the spinach aside.
  2. Take a pan. Add oil to it. Once the oil is hot add whole cumin. As the cumin starts spluttering, add the chopped onions, ginger, tomato and green chilies.
  3. Also add the cumin powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder and salt and add a splash of water.
  4. Saute all the ingredients in the pan for about 5 minutes. Turn off the flame and let it cool.
  5. Transfer the blanched spinach and the ingredients of the pan to a mixer.
  6. Blend the mixture to a smooth paste.
  7. Add oil to the same pan and heat it. To the hot oil add the spinach mixture.
  8. You can add little water to transfer all the spinach from blender jar to the pan.
  9. Now add the paneer and garam masala to the pan and simmer the mixture till you achieve the desired consistency. Avoid overcooking.
  10. Now add the cream to the pan and turn off the flame. Serve with steamed rice, roti or naan.

Then it is simmered in that vibrant smooth less spicy spinach sauce…. Add heavy cream, garam masala powder and chopped cilantro and mix well. 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. Palak Paneer is a popular Indian dish made with cubes of cheese are simmered in a creamy spinach sauce infused with fragrant Indian spices. Fast and easy, this Keto-friendly, vegetarian meal is also Gluten-free!

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