Palak Paneer Gravy Recipe | Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy Recipe

Ingredients :

Palak / Spinach - 1 bunch (remove stem) Paneer / Cottage Cheese - 200 gm (chop into 1" long) Onion - 1 no (chopped) Tomato Puree - 4 nos Green Chili - 2 nos Ginger & Garlic - 1 tsp (crushed) Red Chili Powder - 3/4 tsp Cumin Seeds Powder - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Fresh Cream - 3 tbsp Sugar - 1/2 tsp Butter - 2 tbsp Water - 1 cup (+ or -) Coriander Leaves - 1 tbsp (chopped) Salt to Taste.

Method :

First to make Palak / Spinach paste, blanch it for 2mins in hot water with Sugar. Then rinse with water. Then grind into fine paste with Green Chili and keep aside.

Now to make Gravy, grind Onion into paste and saute with Butter until light golden brown. Add Ginger & Garlic paste, until raw smell leaves.

Add Tomato Puree (blanch in hot water for 5mins, peel off outer skin, cool it and grind into fine paste) and saute for an minute with little salt. Add Red Chili Powder, Cumin Seeds Powder, Garam Masala and Turmeric Powder, saute until raw smell leaves. Add Palak / Spinach paste and saute for an minute.

Add Water and required Salt, cook for 3 to 5 mins in medium flame. Now add Paneer pieces and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, turn off flame. Finally add Fresh Cream and Coriander Leaves, mix well and ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion : Serve hot with Puri / Poori, Chapathi or Naan