Palak Paneer

Palak or Spinach is a versatile green that can be blended in many dishes. You can add it to rice to make pulao, add it to atta and make rotis or puris and here I have made the quite popular paneer dish with palak that goes well with rice or rotis.

The Palak I used is home grown and the Paneer is also home made! 😃

Palak Paneer:

What you need:

1 Cup Palak
2-3 Green Chillies
1 Tbsp Oil
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
3-4 Dry Red Chillies
1 Cup Onion Chopped
5-6 Garlic Cloves
1 Tomato Chopped
Salt To Taste
200 Grams Paneer Cubed
1 Tsp Lemon Juice

What you do:

• Blanch the Palak or Spinach in 3-4 cups boiling water for a few minutes.
• Puree the spinach with green chillies and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and dry red chillies and let it splutter.
• Add onions and saute till translucent.
• Add garlic and saute for a couple of minutes
• Add tomato and saute till tomatoes are mushy
• Grind this onion tomato mixture and keep aside. (Salt is not added as this is a spinach recipe and it will be added in the end)
• Heat some oil in a pan and add the palak puree and onion tomato puree and let it come to a boil.
• Add the paneer cubes and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add salt and switch off the flame.
• Serve with rice or roti.