Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer is one of the best dishes of traditional Indian cuisines. Its good for all age group people even doctor recommend the healthy and green vegetables to eat in daily life and this one is the best food for the children and as well as the aged persons.

It is nutritious and delicious recipe having a lot of proteins. Even soup of spinach is also healthy for the growing children.

Ingredients :

* 3 bunches of spinach
* 3 medium size onions finely chopped
* 3 tbsp. tomato paste
* Half pound paneer
* 2 tsp. garlic paste

* 1 tsp. ginger paste

* 1 tsp. cumin powder

* 1 tsp. coriander powder

* ½ turmeric powder

* ½ red chilli powder

* 2 tsp. fresh cream

* 3 tsp. Vegetable oil

* Salt to taste

Method :

 Cut the fresh palak. Steam the palak with water in the pressure cooker for about 10 mins.

After that drain the extra water from palak and let it cool.

 Blend the steamed palak to thick paste.

Keep this paste aside. Cut the paneer into desired cubes.

 Heat the vegetable oil in pan and fry the paneer till light golden brown color. Reserve the paneer on the paper napkin.

 Now add 3 tsp. oil to the pan and add onion. Fry the onion till it soft.

 Add ginger and garlic paste and fry for a minute.

 Add tomato paste and fry till the all the mixture cook well.

 Simmer the flame and add turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder into the mixture, then salt to taste and stir all the mixture well.

 Now add some water and boiled palak into the pan and let the gravy cook for a while with all the spices for about 2 – 3 minutes on medium flame.

 Add the paneer to the gravy and stir well. Now cover the pan and cook palak paneer for 7 minutes.

 Remove the palak paneer from flame and garnish it with cream.

 Serve hot healthy palak paneer  with rice and chapattis