“Restaurant Style Palak Paneer with Step by Step Pictures. Recipe with Step by step pictures to get perfect restaurant style palak paneer at home. Creamy spinach curry which has soft milky pieces of paneer”
Palak paneer is a popular north indian delicacy made using palak or spinach leaves and paneer. This dish can be served with naan bread or roti as you like.
I have shared a version of palak paneer, this is a updated and better version.
HOW TO GET SOFT PANEER
- Take a sauce pan with water and boil it. Once it starts to boil, take it off the heat.
- Add paneer pieces and set aside till needed.
- When needed, strain and paneer and add it into the curry.
- This way your paneer stays soft and moist.
- Usually store bought paneer needs this treatment.
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Ingredients
- 4 cups Palak / Spinach
- 4 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 Piece Cinnamon Stick
- 4 Cardamom Pods
- 2 large Onion chopped finely
- 2 large Tomatoes Pureed
- 2 Green Chillies chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tbsp Chilli powder
- 2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander powder
- 200 grams Paneer
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 tbsp Kasuri Methi Leaves
- Salt
Instructions
- Bring lots of water to a boil. Add in spinach leaves and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Remove from water and add it to a blender. Puree till smooth.
- Heat butter in a pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon and cardamom and let them sizzle.
- Add in finely chopped onions, green chillies and cook till golden brown.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mins or so.
- Add tomato puree and mix well. Cook for 5 mins or so.
- Add in spice powders and cook for further few minutes.
- Add in the spinach puree and mix well.
- Simmer for 10 mins or so.
- Add in paneer and mix well.
- Now add in kasuri methi leaves and cream and mix well.
- Serve hot with naan or roti.
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Notes
- Don't boil the spinach too much, else it may loose its colour.
- Use fresh paneer or store bought paneer as you like.
- If you are using store bought paneer, cut it into small pieces, soak it in warm water for 10 mins until needed.
- If you don't have cream, use milk mixed with little cornstarch for thickening.
- Once you add spinach puree, don't cover the pan when cooking. Else it may lose its colour.
Nutrition
Pictorial:
1)Blanch spinach in boiling water
2)Take it in a blender and puree till smooth
3)Take butter in a pan
4)Add in cumin seeds
5)Add in a cinnamon stick
6)Add in finely chopped onions
7)Saute till light golden
8)Add in finely chopped green chillies
9)Add in ginger garlic paste
10)Saute till cooked.
11)Add in pureed tomatoes
12)Cook till the masala is done.
13)Add in spice powders.
14)Mix well and cook till the raw smell from the masala leaves.
15)Add in spinach puree.
16)Add in water
17)Mix well and simmer this for 10 mins.
18)Simmer and cook.
19)Add in cubed paneer pieces
20)Mix well.
21)Add in kasuri methi leaves
22)Add in fresh cream
23)Mix well
24)Serve
25)Add extra cream and mix well.
Thanks for shảing such a great recipe. I love it do much!
Significant piece of work, Thank You!!
Palak Paneer is my favorite dish. Thanks for sharing
I tried this recipe yesterday and it was very delicious. You made my day. Thanks
That’s really delicious recipe, but I tried so many times but the color of the dish always turns out a little dark, can you suggest how to get the perfect color of the dish.
And one more doubt mam, what is blanching ??
Blanching is just putting the spinach leaves in hot water for few seconds to make it more bright in colour. Don’t over cook the spinach. Also don’t close the lid when cooking