Palak Paneer - Spinach With Cheese

Yummy Palak paneer - Cheese with Spinach

This recipe is quite easy and is one of my favourite.if you are craving for a restaurent taste make sure to use ghee for cooking and heavy cream.You can also fry the paneer pieces in butter before adding to the spinach gravy.

Ingredients

1 10z pck Spinach roughly chopped ( 2-3 bunches)

3 tomatoes

1/2 lb paneer diced

2 green chillies chopped

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1 onion very finely chopped

1 tsp gingergarlic paste

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp dried fenugreek (methi)

1/2 cup heavy creaam

1 tsp cooking oil

1 tbsp butter

Method

Heat the cooking oil in a pan .Add the green chillies and saute . After that add the spinach in batches and stir fry til the whole spinach wilts down.Let it cool down . Grind to a smooth puree.

Blanch the tomatoes in hot water for 3-4 minutes .Remove the skin and puree them.

Heat butter in a pan . Add cumin seeds and stir . After that add the onions and ginger garlic paste . Saute well for 5-6 minutes.Then add the chilli powder and coriander powder and stir fry for another 4-5 minutes on low fire.

Then add the tomoato puree and stir fry for 3-4 minutes .

Add the spinach and stir well .Simmer for sometime and add cream , garam masala and methi.[At this point you can add milk if you want to thin out the gravy]

Lastly add the cubed paneer . Stir well and serve with roti or rice.