Palak Paneer/ Spinach with Cottage Cheese Recipe

Palak Paneer is an extremely popular dish in the Indian cuisine. Mildly spiced , it has a rich , creamy and smooth texture from spinach and paneer, its ideally served with a variety of indian breads.

Serves -2
Ingredients:-

1. 2 bunches of spinach
2. 125 g cottage cheese/ paneer cut into cubes.
3. 1 onion small chopped
4. 1 tomato chopped
5. 1/4 tsp haldi
6. 1/2 tsp chilli powder
7. 1/2 tsp coriander powder
8. 1/2 tsp garam masala
9. 1 green chilli chopped
10. 2 tsp oil
11. 1 tsp cumin seeds.
12. 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
13. 2-3tsp fresh cream for garnish

Method:-

1. In a sauce pan a,add 4-5 cups of water and bring to a boil.
2. Wash the spinach leaves and add it to the boiling water. Cook for 5 minutes.
3. Drain the spinach leaves and cool it.
4. In a blender, blend the spinach leaves,add only a tsp of water if needed for blending.
5. In a non-stick pan, turn the heat to medium.
6. Add oil and let it turn hot.
7. Add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
8. Now add the onions and saute for 2 minutes.
9. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute.
10. Add the tomatoes and green chilli.
11. Now add the tumeric, chilli powder, corainder powder and garam masala.
12. Add 2 tsp of water top avoid the masalas from burning.
13. Add salt and mix the gravy.
14. When the oil begins to separate form the sides, the masal is ready.
15. Add the blended spinach and mix.
16. Add the paneer cubes to this. (You may fry the paneer cubes separately and add or just add them as is)
17. Let it cook on a simmer for 4-5 minutes.
18. Drizzle some fresh cream and a tsp of butter.
19. Enjoy!

Tip:
You can replace Paneer/Cottage Cheese with corn to make Corn Palak or potatoes to make Aloo Palak.Just make sure you add boiled corn or boiled potatoes to the spinach .