Palak Paneer | Cottage Cheese in Spinach Curry
Palak Paneer Ingredients: Paneer (cut into 1" cubes and deep fried) - 200gm Spinach (Palak) - 500 gm Onions - 2 (roughly chopped) Ginger - 1" piece (roughly chopped) Garlic flakes - 6 (Optional) Tomatoes - 2 (roughly chopped) Green chillies - 2 Ghee - 3 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp Black Cardamom (Badi elaichi) - 2 (Skinned and crushed) Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp Method: 1. Wash and Chop Spinach. 2. Pressure cook with 1/2 cup water for 10 minutes on low heat after the first whistle 3. Cool, Grind it to a smooth paste 4. Grind Onions, garlic and ginger together 5. Heat 2 tbsp ghee and add Onion paste 6. Cook till onions turn golden brown and ghee separates 7. Grind tomatoes and green chillies 8. Add tomato paste to the cooked onion paste 9. Cook on slow fire, till ghee separates 10. Add the ground spinach. Add a little water if too thick 11. When it starts boiling add salt, black cardamom powder and Paneer cubes 12. Cook for 5-7 minutes on slow fir