Thursday, September 2, 2010

PALAK PANEER | PANEER RECIPES | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

Palak-paneer-recipe

   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
To roast and powder
Cinnamon 1/2 inch piece
Elachi 1 no.
Cloves 1 no.
Pepper 1 tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeera 1 tsp
palak-paneer

Method:

  1. Clean the spinach and remove the stem part from the leaf. (Tear off any thick stem part in the middle of the leaves too..)
  2. Chop the onion and tomatoes finely.
  3. 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.
  4. plk2-horz
  5. 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. plk3-horz
  6. Grind it with the green chillies. plk4-horz
  7. 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. plk5-horz
  8. 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. plk6-horz
  9. 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. plk7-horz
  10. Mean while boil water and add the paneer and switch off the stove and keep covered till use.
  11. 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. plk8-horz
  12. Transfer to the serving bowl and serve with hot roti or naan. plk9-horz

I had with roti!

palak+paneer

Notes:
  • I preferred sautéing the leaves than boil,you can try boiling too. Make sure not over cook the palak,or you wont get green gravy.Add a pinch of sugar to retain its green while boiling…
  • I have avoided using red chilli powder and used green chilli and pepper for spiciness.
  • You can use cream in place of milk for extra richness. Also curd or sour cream works fine.  I would like to add a dash of lime juice while serving.

64 Stars(comments):

aipi said...

Ahh..my all time fav..looks super yummy..lovely rich green color!!

Nags said...

TH's fave! Although I prefer the creamier paneer dishes, i have to like this too :)

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

Amazing color of the palak! Awesome clicks!

Preeti Kashyap said...

yummy...true that palak shouldn't be over boiled..it spoils the color and taste!

Sharmilee! :) said...

Looks so rich....what I like the most is the fresh green color...looks tempting

jeyashrisuresh said...

love the green colour of the palak paneer and th kadai too.I llove to have this with naan.
Great explanation with beautiful cicks

notyet100 said...

perfect colour,..looks yum

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

looks great raks.. kalakara.

kothiyavunu.com said...

Classic recipe..love both..looks terrfic..yum!!

srividhya Ravikumar said...

lovely colour raks...looks yumm..

Sush said...

we all like palak paneer at home. Nice captures!

Pavithra Srihari said...

wow .. tempting da... i like the first pic the most .... super it looks

Sailaja Damodaran said...

wow!!!!!! looks very tempting

Ms.Chitchat said...

Superb palam panneer. Very professional looking click. Illustrations are also too good. Janmashtami wishes to u and ur family.

Mahi said...

colour recipe..the serving dish is cute.
enakkum palak paneer pidikkaathu!;);)

Pavithra said...

Looks soooooooooo beautiful with vibrant green color..I do exactly same way except the whole spices...looks so delicious.

Satya said...

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
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

Chitra said...

Nice . i too never tried this so far. I am making palak chapathi nowadays..will try this in future :)

DEESHA said...

so creamy. Loved the green color

jayasree said...

Lovely green color...Looks very creamy. Great clicks.

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

i too never had this before,but seeing urs need to try...nice clicks.

Rekha shoban said...

i never tried palak paneer...looks so creamy and yummy!

Jaishree said...

Loved the green color..looks yum & tempting! Awesome click Raji!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

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
Hamaree Rasoi

Neha said...

my favorite curry..nicely explained recipe

Priya said...

My fav, awesome clicks and elegant presentation Raji..

Happy Cook said...

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.

Shanthi said...

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.

Rachana said...

Palak paneer looks awesome! Loved the amazing green colour! Beautiful pics and presentation!

Gouri Guha said...

Palak paneer looks great and inviting. Nice green colour and pics too.

Padhu said...

Looks very colorful and inviting!!

Sarah Naveen said...

love the color..great clicks..looks so yummy!!

Sushma Mallya said...

Beautiful clicks again, this is my son's fav and i usually do it for him atleast once in a week...

Sandhya Hariharan said...

Love this curry.. U have explained it soo well !!

lissie said...

Yummy palak paneer! Next time I am going to try the saute'ing method...Thanks for sharing the recipe, Raks!

Aparna said...

Just discovered your blog. Very nice, Love the step by step pictures.

Aparna

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

My hubby's fav.Looks so delicious.U got the perfect color:)

Shama Nagarajan said...

healthy recipe dear...nice click

Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

One of my favorite !! It come out perfectly..I make it the same way !! Gorgeous Raji !!

Santosh Bangar said...

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!

Mary said...

I love the bright green color of your dish. It really looks wonderful. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

Priya said...

Wow..i luv palak n the paneer combo..this luks so yum..

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

Wow, what a beautiful color and this is my favorite paneer recipe :)

PALATABLE said...

Great combo and looks delicious, very beautiful color too...

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NIDHYA said...

Looks rich and colorful, also healthy.

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Pari said...

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

மனோ சாமிநாதன் said...

Nice green recipe! Awesome clicks!!

Akila said...

looks lovely and superb clicks...

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Sadhana said...

Wonderful recipe dear!! Lovely and attractive pics...beautifully presented.... wud love to have some..:-)

Jagruti જાગૃતિ said...

lovely colour..love palak paneer ! great pics..

Inji said...

What beautiful pictures and such vibrant colour! Looks very tempting.

PriyaVaasu said...

yummy Recipe!!!! Love that presentation!!!! Feel like grabbing that bowl fm the Click!!!

Indie.Tea said...

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.

Sathya said...

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....

RV said...

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.

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Thank you Sathya for the feedback :) Glad you liked it and thanks for the nice words :)

Megha said...

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.. :)

Mohak said...

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

Deepa said...

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.

:-)

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Hi deepa, Thanks for trying and the feedback :) Hope your kid liked it!

Umm Anas said...

Just tried it. Its come out really nice a great combination with chapatis/naan.

RENU said...

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....

Sandhani said...

I too tried palak paneer today..Its yum!!!and yours is too good :-)

RENU said...

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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