PALAK PANEER CURRY

Hi readers, I am back with another interesting Punjabi recipe "PALAK PANEER CURRY". It goes well with Rotis or nans or parathas or chapatis. Yesterday night I made this curry for parathas. It turned out super yummy!! I have taken pics to share the recipe in my blog. There are two versions in palak paneer making 1. restaurant-style 2. Homely version. Yesterday I did try the homely version !! Let us go through the recipe...

Ingredients :

1. Paneer:   250gms
2. Palak/Spinach :    3 bunches
3. Green chillies:   6 - 8
4. Garlic cloves :    6
5. Ginger piece  :    1 small piece
6. Onion         :   3 , finely chopped
7. Tomato    :  2 big size, finely chopped
8. Oil or butter  :   3 table spoons
9. Cumin seeds   :   1/4 table spoon
10. Turmeric powder   :    1/4 table spoon
11. Garam Masala powder :    1/2 table spoon
12. Salt             :     to taste
13. Fresh cream :    2-3 table spoons
14. Water          :   1/2 or 1/3 cup for boiling

Procedure :

•  Wash the spinach leaves in water. Chop spinach leaves roughly and keep them aside.

•  Take a vessel, add water and allow it to boil, then add chopped spinach leaves and add turmeric powder. So that the spinach leaves colour will not change.

•  After 3- 4 minutes, strain the water from Palak leaves.

•  Once Palak leaves gets cooled, grind it into a fine smooth paste and keep aside.

•  Heat a pan with the required quantity of oil(3tablespoons enough) fry Paneer cubes till light golden colour, drain the fried paneer cubes on kitchen paper towels.

•  In the same pan, add finely chopped onion slices, green chillies, ginger and garlic cloves. Stir fry on medium flame till onions become a little brown. Then remove from the vessel, shift to a mixie jar and grind it into a fine smooth paste.

•  Now add finely chopped tomatoes to the same pan and fry for a few minutes till tomato pieces become soft and mushy. 

•     Grind cooked tomato pieces into a fine smooth paste.

• Heat another pan, add oil, add cumin seeds and allow it to pop. Once they start to splutter, then add Onion mix paste and stir fry for a few minutes.

•  Add tomato paste, fry till the raw smell of tomatoes goes away.

•  Now add Palak / Spinach puree and add the required amount of salt,  a pinch of turmeric powder, garam masala powder and mix well. Let it cook for 5-6 minutes on low flame till it oozes out oil. Adjust the 

•  Palak consistency, if needed add water. Check salt levels.

• Now add fried Paneer cubes to this gravy and garnish with fresh cream and mix well. Yummy Palak - Paneer Curry is ready to serve.

• Transfer this to a serving bowl and serve it hot with Rotis or naans or  Chapatis or Parathas.

Try this Palak Paneer curry, the result will be amazing and surely it will become your favourite too,will meet you all with another interesting recipe, till then bye