Palak Paneer
Palak Paneer is a delicious dish that is made with Spinach and a Soft Cheese that is popular in India.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 450 grams Spinach - Palak, Frozen and chopped
- 100 gram Cottage cheese - Paneer, Cubed
- 3 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tsp Butter
Vegetables
- 3 Garlic cloves – minced
- ½ cup Tomato - Finely chopped
- 1 Medium Onion – Small cubes
Seasonings
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- ½ tsp Chili powder
- 1 Dried Red chili
- ½ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables: Rinse the tomatoes, garlic cloves and onion. And then chop the tomatoes, mince the garlic cloves and cube the onion.
- Sauté the onion and garlic: Preheat a pot on medium high heat, drizzle the olive oil and add the garlic, onion and dried red chili. Sauté the ingredients for three minutes or until browned. Add the tomato and cook for two more minutes. Make sure to stir to prevent burning. Add more olive oil if necessary.
- Blend and cook the spinach (Palak): Add the spinach in the processor, or blender, or mixer and spin to make the spinach more smooth and refined. Thereafter, add the spinach in the pot, as well as the butter. Stir to mix and cook the spinach for fifteen minutes on medium-high heat.
- Roast the cottage cheese (Paneer): While the spinach base is getting cooked, lightly roast the cheese on a preheated pan. The temperature of the pan will be high. Drizzle the olive oil and add the paneer. Cook all the sides for thirty seconds or until brown.
- Mix palak and paneer together: When the cheese is done roasting, add them in the pot and stir gently to coat the cheese with the spinach base. Serve with your favorite side dish.