Thursday, September 2, 2010
PALAK PANEER | PANEER RECIPES | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI
I used to hate palak paneer until I tasted at The Mango tree restaurant here in Singapore. So I have never tried at home too obviously. This is the first time I am trying this. Now I am liking slowly. Since my kiddo loves paneer, this is a nice way to make him eat spinach…he eats palak poori though…
To get a perfect palak paneer,we must take care to retain the green colour of the palak, also there should not be any green smell of the palak and without any bitterness too.
Ingredients
| Palak/Indian spinach | 2 bunches |
| Onion | 1 big |
| Paneer cubes | 1 cup |
| Tomato | 2 small |
| Green chillies | 5 –6 nos. |
| Turmeric | A pinch |
| Coriander/dhaniya powder | 1 tsp |
| Kasoori methi | 1 pinch |
| Milk | 1/4 cup |
| Oil/butter | 3 tblsp |
| Salt | as needed |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 inch piece |
| Elachi | 1 no. |
| Cloves | 1 no. |
| Pepper | 1 tsp |
| Cumin seeds/Jeera | 1 tsp |
Method:
- Clean the spinach and remove the stem part from the leaf. (Tear off any thick stem part in the middle of the leaves too..)
- Chop the onion and tomatoes finely.
- In a pan,heat 1/2 tsp of ghee and fry the items in the To roast and powder table. Add every thing together except cumin seeds and roast. Add cumin seeds lastly as it gets fried in no time. Do not burn anything which will turn the gravy bitter. Keep a side.I powdered this using a hand mortar and pestle in to a fine powder.
- In the same pan, add the washed palak leaves and fry till it reduces in volume. The water in the leaves is enough to make it shrink. If you need all few drops of oil while frying. I sautéed in two batches.Transfer to a plate and cool down.
- Grind it with the green chillies.
- Heat the pan and add the oil and fry onions thoroughly till it turns golden brown. Add the turmeric and coriander powder and give it a quick stir in low flame.
- Add the tomatoes and little salt to make the tomatoes cook fast. Add the kassori methi now,while you crush them in between your palms.
- When the tomatoes turn mushy,add the ground palak paste. Fry in low flame for 4-5 minutes till oil separates or till the raw smell disappears and the palak gets cooked well.
- Mean while boil water and add the paneer and switch off the stove and keep covered till use.
- Drain the paneer and add it to the paalak gravy. Add milk and mix carefully and bring to boil.Add the powdered garam masala.Mix well.
- Transfer to the serving bowl and serve with hot roti or naan.
I had with roti!
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64 Stars(comments):
Ahh..my all time fav..looks super yummy..lovely rich green color!!
TH's fave! Although I prefer the creamier paneer dishes, i have to like this too :)
Amazing color of the palak! Awesome clicks!
yummy...true that palak shouldn't be over boiled..it spoils the color and taste!
Looks so rich....what I like the most is the fresh green color...looks tempting
love the green colour of the palak paneer and th kadai too.I llove to have this with naan.
Great explanation with beautiful cicks
perfect colour,..looks yum
looks great raks.. kalakara.
Classic recipe..love both..looks terrfic..yum!!
lovely colour raks...looks yumm..
we all like palak paneer at home. Nice captures!
wow .. tempting da... i like the first pic the most .... super it looks
wow!!!!!! looks very tempting
Superb palam panneer. Very professional looking click. Illustrations are also too good. Janmashtami wishes to u and ur family.
colour recipe..the serving dish is cute.
enakkum palak paneer pidikkaathu!;);)
Looks soooooooooo beautiful with vibrant green color..I do exactly same way except the whole spices...looks so delicious.
look sooooo tempting ...palak paneer is my all time favorite ..few hours back only i finished my dinner but ur palak paneer makes me hungry dear
Satya
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Nice . i too never tried this so far. I am making palak chapathi nowadays..will try this in future :)
so creamy. Loved the green color
Lovely green color...Looks very creamy. Great clicks.
i too never had this before,but seeing urs need to try...nice clicks.
i never tried palak paneer...looks so creamy and yummy!
Loved the green color..looks yum & tempting! Awesome click Raji!
Really amazing color of the palak paneer. I always boil the stuff but seeing this beautiful color I will also follow your procedure. (though I add sugar) Tempting clicks
Deepa
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my favorite curry..nicely explained recipe
My fav, awesome clicks and elegant presentation Raji..
I think i will join you in hating palak paneer, i hate them too like you as i have only had them in horels andit never pleased me, maybe i shouldtry this one.
Fantastic and creamy. I have one in my drafts. and regarding the cleaning of silver items thanks for reminding the omission. I have edited it.
Palak paneer looks awesome! Loved the amazing green colour! Beautiful pics and presentation!
Palak paneer looks great and inviting. Nice green colour and pics too.
Looks very colorful and inviting!!
love the color..great clicks..looks so yummy!!
Beautiful clicks again, this is my son's fav and i usually do it for him atleast once in a week...
Love this curry.. U have explained it soo well !!
Yummy palak paneer! Next time I am going to try the saute'ing method...Thanks for sharing the recipe, Raks!
Just discovered your blog. Very nice, Love the step by step pictures.
Aparna
My hubby's fav.Looks so delicious.U got the perfect color:)
healthy recipe dear...nice click
One of my favorite !! It come out perfectly..I make it the same way !! Gorgeous Raji !!
hi i think i am 1st time here. colour of palak is marvelous i saw first time so nice colour of palak. looking very tempting. and ur step by step recipe isvery good on the whole awesome!
I love the bright green color of your dish. It really looks wonderful. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary
Wow..i luv palak n the paneer combo..this luks so yum..
Wow, what a beautiful color and this is my favorite paneer recipe :)
Great combo and looks delicious, very beautiful color too...
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Looks rich and colorful, also healthy.
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Hi.
This is one preparation I do boast abt, LOL
nice colour and lovely creamy texture.
Try making without the tomatoes and add lime juice after cooking, it's a completely diferent flavor surely.
FOODELICIOUS
Nice green recipe! Awesome clicks!!
looks lovely and superb clicks...
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Wonderful recipe dear!! Lovely and attractive pics...beautifully presented.... wud love to have some..:-)
lovely colour..love palak paneer ! great pics..
What beautiful pictures and such vibrant colour! Looks very tempting.
yummy Recipe!!!! Love that presentation!!!! Feel like grabbing that bowl fm the Click!!!
That looks really delicious. I love the brightness of the spinach...most of the restaurant versions I've seen don't look nearly as beautiful or fresh.
Hi I made palak paneer yesterday for dinner and it turned out to be yummy..my family loved it..thanks for the same..ur step by step pic is awesome..today try'n garlic bun...will tell u how it was....
Mouthwatering Raks. This is one of my favorite restaurant curries. I used to order this often before my marriage. But TH doesn't like to eat vegetarian curries so I end up ordering his favorites now.
Thank you Sathya for the feedback :) Glad you liked it and thanks for the nice words :)
Did I mention, m getting crazy about your cooking style.. well.. since m crazy about Paneer too.. (have you tried Paneer Malai MEthi, thats like my fav fav dish!! :( I dont know how to make it though :D ) .. and I want to know how did you make Palak pooris.. man.. m loving the way you have arranged the step by step pics.. m coming back again.. too much of temptation already!!
Can I Also tell you one thing.. m so busy checking the recipes, i dont even know your name. pls excuse me for my stupidity.. :D n m sure if i try these recipes my mom will love me because they r all Indian recipes.. she is kind of bored now..with me baking cakes all the time.. lol.. he he he..
Love,
MEgha.. :)
Very very good. Its colour is awesome. I told my mother to cook this recipe. She made delicious palak paneer because of this recipe. Thanks a lot
Hi Raks!
Tried this recipe last night. Was very easy to follow and came out well too. I just reduced the number of chillies a bit for the sake of my three-year old.
Thank you very much.
:-)
Hi deepa, Thanks for trying and the feedback :) Hope your kid liked it!
Just tried it. Its come out really nice a great combination with chapatis/naan.
hi rajeshwari
i made palak paneer a few times...this time iadded red chilli powder instead of green chilli powder....can we replace it?it came out good....
I too tried palak paneer today..Its yum!!!and yours is too good :-)
hi rajeshwari
i made palak paneer yesterday...i added cream instead of milk n red chilli powder instead of green chilli....it came out o well...even i was supraised...i like the last when u add pepper cumin powder..wow....thanks a lot...i love this palak paneer becos of ur recipe i made it well.
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