Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (289)

Palak Paneer Recipe

Name: Palak Paneer Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 250 grams spinach (or 5 to 6 cups roughly chopped spinach); 1 to 2 green chilies (or 1 Serrano pepper or 1 to 2 Anaheim peppers - chopped); 1 to 2 small to medium garlic cloves (- roughly chopped (optional)); 1 inch ginger (- roughly chopped); 3 cups water (for blanching spinach); 3 cups water ( for ice bath); 2 tablespoon oil (or ghee (clarified butter) or butter); ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 small to medium tej patta ((Indian bay leaf)); ⅓ cup finely chopped onions (or 1 small to medium sized onion); 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic (or 4 to 5 small to medium garlic cloves); ⅓ cup finely chopped tomatoes (or 1 small to medium sized tomato); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper or paprika); 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing) - optional); ½ cup water ( or add as required); ¼ or ½ teaspoon garam masala (- add more if required); 200 to 250 grams paneer (or tofu); 2 tablespoons low fat cream (or 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream); 1 teaspoon kasuri methi leaves; salt as required; 1 to 2 teaspoons cream ((low fat or heavy cream or cooking cream) or butter for garnish - optional); ½ to 1 inch ginger (- julienne); lemon (or lime wedges or slices)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

14% of a 2,000 cal day

276KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat17g

22%

Saturated8g

38%

Unsaturated9g

—

Total Carbs21g

Fiber3g

Total Sugars15g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch3g

—

Sodium395mg

17%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A creamy North Indian spinach and paneer curry with mild spicing. Smooth, earthy, and rich from spinach and cream, served with roti or rice.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For spinach puree

250 gspinach — roughly chopped, 5–6 cup
1–2green chilies — chopped, or Serrano pepper or Anaheim peppers
1–2small to medium garlic cloves — roughly chopped, optional
1 inchginger — roughly chopped
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3 cupswater

Other ingredients

2 tbspoil — or ghee (clarified butter) or butter
½ tspcumin seeds
1tej patta (Indian bay leaf) — small to medium
⅓ cupfinely chopped onions — or small to medium onion
1 tspfinely chopped garlic — or small to medium garlic cloves
⅓ cupfinely chopped tomatoes — or 1 small to medium-sized tomato
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper or paprika
1 pinchasafoetida (hing) — optional
½ cupwater
¼–½ tspgaram masala
200–250 gpaneer — or tofu
2 tbsplow fat cream — or heavy whipping cream
1 tspkasuri methi leaves — dried
salt — as needed

For garnish

1–2 tsplow fat cream — garnish, or heavy cream or cooking cream or butter, optional
½–1 inchginger — julienned
lemon — or lime

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Method

40m total

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