Recipe: Oishi Palak Paneer For Vegan's Friend

Palak Paneer.

You can Have Palak Paneer using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Palak Paneer

1. Lets Go Prepare of For Palak Puree.
2. Lets Go Prepare of spinach or 5 to 6 cups roughly chopped spinach.
3. It's of green chilies, chopped.
4. It's of water for blanching spinach.
5. What You needis of water for ice bath.
6. What You needis of Other Ingredients.
7. It's of medium sized tomato - finely chopped.
8. Lets Go Prepare of cumin seeds.
9. Lets Go Prepare of turmeric powder.
10. It's of red chili powder.
11. Lets Go Prepare of hing.
12. It's of garam masala powder.
13. What You needis of small to medium tej patta.
14. It's of paneer.
15. Lets Go Prepare of water or add as required.
16. What You needis of cream.
17. What You needis of oil or ghee.

Palak Paneer instructions

1. Making Palak Puree Rinse the palak leaves very well in running water. Tender stem are fine. If the stems are stringy, then discard the stems. Boil 3 cups water in a pan. Add ¼ tsp salt to the hot water and stir. When the water comes to a rolling boil, switch off the flame. Add the spinach leaves in the hot water. Let the palak leaves sit in the water for about 1 minute..
2. After 1 minute, take the leaves. Immediately transfer palak in a pan or bowl containing ice cold water. This method helps in preserving the green color of the spinach. Just add 8 to 10 ice cubes to 3 cups water to get cold water. Allow the spinach leaves to be in the cold water for a minute. Then drain the ice cold water. Add the spinach in a blender with green chilies and make smooth paste..
3. Making palak paneer Heat oil or ghee in a pan or kadai. Add the cumin and let them splutter. Then add the tej patta or bay leaf. Add the chopped tomatoes. Stir and saute the tomatoes till they soften. Once the tomatoes are softened and you see fat releasing from the sides of the mixture. Then add the turmeric powder, red chili powder and hing. Stir very well..
4. Then add the palak puree and mix well. Add about ⅓ to ½ cup water or as required. Stir again. Simmer for 6 to 7 minutes or more till the palak is cooked. Season with salt. The gravy will also thicken by now. Stir and add garam masala powder. Stir again and then add the paneer cubes. Stir gently and simmer on a low flame till the paneer cubes become soft and succulent. Cook for about half to 1 minute..
5. Lastly, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of low-fat cream. Stir gently again so that the cream gets incorporated in the gravy uniformly. Switch off the flame. Stir and serve it hot with some rotis or parathas..