Jan 11, 2008

Recipe - Palak Paneer (Spinach tofu)



Serves: 4 to 6 persons
Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients:
1. 500 gms fresh palak (saag or spinach)
2. 200 gms paneer (cut them into cubes)
3. 2 medium sized onions (finely chopped or cut them into long ones)
4. 2 spoons of Ginger, garlic paste
5. 1 tsp of pure ghee
6. 1 tsp Garam masala powder
7. Red chilli powder
8. 1 tsp cumin powder (if you do not have cumin powder, no worries. You can dry roast the cumin seeds and then grind them)

Method:
1. Clean the spinach with water to remove the mud/sand
2. Boil the spinach and then let it cool. Mash the spinach in the mixer and keep it aside
3. Roast the paneer cubes in pure ghee until it turns golden brown and keep it aside
4. Heat oil in the pan. Add onion to the oil. Saute until golden brown
5. Add ginger garlic paste to the mixture and fry for a minute
6. Add the spinach to the mixture and add little water as required and cook for 5 minutes
7. Add the roasted paneer to the mixture and cook again for 3 minutes
8. You are done! Move the palak paneer to a bowl
9. Take 2 tsp of ghee in a small pan and when the ghee gets hot add required amount of red chilli powder to the ghee and pour it immediately into the palak paneer. Stir well
10. Garnish the dish with ghee

Happy cooking! You can have it with Roti and bread. Try and let me how delicious the dish was.

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