Palak Paneer | Punjabi Palak Paneer Recipe

Palak Paneer | Punjabi Palak Paneer Recipe

Palak Paneer is a Punjabi main course recipe, fried paneer(cottage cheese ) cubes are simmered in gravy made from onion tomatoes and pureed spinach.
Palak paneer goes well with rice as well as roti, to enhance its taste soya methi leaves are used in winter and in summer kasoori methi is used.
Adding cream is optional, in my day2day cooking I don’t use cream in it but if cooking for guests or on certain occasions cream is added. In this recipe I used soft spinach leaves small in size also known as desi palak.
Ingredients required and detailed instructions for the recipe are as follows:

Preparation Time : 10 minutes | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves :4
Recipe Category: Main Course | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients:

Spinach or palak leaves-300gms
Paneer or cottage cheese-200gms
Onion-1 big
Tomatoes-4
Soya methi leaves- 1/2cup
Red chilli powder-1/2 teaspoon
Ginger-1 “ piece
Garlic-6-8pods(crushed)
Coriander powder-1tablespoon
Garam masala powder-1/4 teaspoon
Turmuric powder-1/4 teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Oil- 2 tablespoon for gravy+extra for deep frying paneer

Method:

1. Roughly chop onions
2. Chop tomatoes and green chillies, grate ginger.
3. Clean and wash palak and soya methi leaves
4. Cut paneer in cubes and deep fry them
   
5. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a pressure cooker, roast onions in it till golden brown in color, add crushed garlic roast for a minute , add redchilli powder, tomatoes, green chillies and ginger mix well.
6. Add turmeric coriander powder and salt to it.
   
7. Add washed greens mix well cook on high flame for 2-3 minutes, add 1 tablespoon of water ot it, cover the lid and let is cook for 3 whistles. Let it cool.
8. Open the lid of pressure cooker with the help of hand blender blend it to smooth puree.( if not using hand blender you have to grind it till smooth paste.)
9. Add the fried paneer cubes to it, mix gently, simmer the flame and let it cook for 5 minutes with lid covered(don’t lock the lid simply place over it)
   
10. Finally sprinkle garam masala powder over it, palak paneer is ready to serve.

Notes:
soya and methi leaves add flavor to this dish.
You can also add raw paneer cubes without frying them.

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Palak Pakora | Spinach Fritters

Palak Pakora|spinach Fritters

Sandhya Khattri
April 5 2013
Palak Pakora is an easy snack recipe, I
usually serve this with evening tea, it is tasty and healthy as well, doesn't
requires extra preparations, hence prepared very quickly. Ingredients required
and detailed instructions are as below

Pictorial Instructions for preparing Palak Pakora:

RecipeType: Snacks

Author:Sandhya Khattri
Serves:4
PreparationTime: 5 Minutes.
cooking Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 15Minutes.
Ingredients:
Palak or Spinach : 1 cup cleaned, finely chopped and washed
Besan -1/2 cup
Ajwain- ¼ teaspoon
Salt- to taste
Refined oil- 1tablespoon
Oil extra- for frying
Garlic- 4-5 pods crushed
Green Chillies-2Nos. finely chopped
Rice flour-1tablespoon if unavailable substitute it with 1 teaspoon cornflour
Method :
Take chopped palak in a bowl, add crushed garlic, salt, ajwain, green chillies, rice
flour and besan in a bowl, mix all the ingredients properly, gradually start adding water to the mixture, as washed palak has a lot of moisture in it, the consistency of batter should be thick, mix continuously for one to 2 minutes as batter turns to fluffy and soft.
Heat oil in a kadhai or pan to smoking point, reduce the flame, take one tablespoon of oil from it
and add this oil to the batter, mix well.
With the help of spoon drop small sized pakoras in oil, fry them on medium heat from both sides till golden brown and crisp.
Remove them from pan and place them on tissue paper.
Serve hot with the sauce or chutney of your choice.
This recipe is my entry to Sumees' culinary bites event

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