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Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024


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lasooni palak paneer is a delicious dish, making it true delight for garlic fans. Learn how to make lehsuni palak paneer recipe | lasooni palak paneer sabzi | dhaba style lasuni palak paneer |
palak paneer sabzi is a popular Indian dish made with spinach and cottage cheese. Here in this recipe we have made it more flavorful by adding lots of garlic in the sabzi and in the tempering. It acquires a completely new flavour and aroma, which you will find truly irresistible.
A generous amount of ghee and cream is used in the lehsuni palak paneer recipe, not just to bring about a rich and luscious texture but also to balance the flavour of garlic with the rest of the ingredients.
Pro tips to make lehsuni palak paneer: 1. Immersing shallow fried paneer in warm water keeps the paneer soft. 2. You can little lemon juice in the spinach puree to maintain its fresh green colour. 3. Instead of chili paste you can add finely chopped green chillies as per your preference.
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Lehsuni Palak Paneer Sabzi recipe - How to make Lehsuni Palak Paneer Sabzi
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Preparation Time
20 Mins
Cooking Time
15 Mins
Total Time
35 Mins
Makes
4 servings
Ingredients
For Lehsuni Palak Paneer
1 1/2 cups spinach (palak) puree
1 1/2 cups paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp ghee
1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
1 small stick cinnamon (dalchini)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tbsp green chilli paste
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1 tbsp fresh cream
1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
salt to taste
For The Tempering
2 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
Method
For lehsuni palak paneer
- To make lehsuni palak paneer, heat 1 tbsp oil in broad pan, shallow fry the paneer cubes on medium flame until golden brown from all sides.
- Immerse the paneer in a bowl of warm water and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a deep pan, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds, sauté for few seconds.
- Add chilli paste, garlic and onions, cook on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes until light golden brown.
- Add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander cumin seeds powder and little water. Mix well.
- Add tomatoes and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add the spinach puree, shallow fried paneer cubes, salt and 1/4 cup water.
- Mix well and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add fresh cream and kasuri methi, cook for another 2 minutes.
- For the tempering, heat ghee in small pan, add garlic, sauté for few seconds.
- Switch off the flame and add kashmiri red chilli and kashmiri chilli powder.
- Pour the tempering over the sabzi.
- Serve lehsuni palak paneer hot.
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Lehsuni palak paneer recipe | lasooni palak paneer sabzi | dhaba style lasuni palak paneer | then do try other palak paneer recipes also:
- palak paneer uttapam | spinach uttapam | suji palak uttapam |
- restaurant style palak paneer recipe | healthy palak paneer | cottage cheese and spinach curry |
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Lehsuni palak paneer recipe | lasooni palak paneer sabzi | dhaba style lasuni palak paneer | then do try other palak paneer recipes also:
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See the below image of list of ingredients for making lehsuni palak paneer.
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See the below image of list of ingredients for making lehsuni palak paneer.
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To make spinach puree, take a bunch of spinach, a bunch of spinach yields 4 cups of roughly chopped spinach.
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Remove the stems and discard them.
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Wash the leaves thoroughly under running water or in a bowl full of water. This will help in getting rid of the dirt residues on the leaves.
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Click on the link to learn how to make spinach puree
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To make spinach puree, take a bunch of spinach, a bunch of spinach yields 4 cups of roughly chopped spinach.
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To make lehsuni palak paneer, heat 1 tbsp oil in broad pan.
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Place 1½ cups of paneer (cottage cheese) cubes.
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Shallow fry the paneer cubes on medium flame until golden brown from all sides.
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Immerse the paneer in a bowl of warm water and keep aside.
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To make lehsuni palak paneer, heat 1 tbsp oil in broad pan.
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Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a deep pan.
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Add 1 black cardamom.
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Add 3 cloves.
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Add 1 small cinnamon.
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Add ½ tsp cumin seeds.
- Sauté for few seconds.
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Add 2 tbsp finely chopped garlic.
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Add ½ tbsp green chilli paste.
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Add 1 cup finely chopped onions.
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Cook on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes until light golden brown.
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Add ¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi).
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Add 1 tsp chili powder.
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Add 2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder.
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Add little water.
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Mix well.
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Add ½ cup chopped tomatoes.
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Cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Add 1½ cups of spinach puree.
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Add shallow fried paneer cubes.
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Add salt to taste.
- Add ¼ cup water.
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Mix well and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Add 1 tbsp fresh cream.
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Add 1 tbsp kasuri methi.
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Cook for another 2 minutes.
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For the tempering, heat 1 tbsp ghee in small pan.
- Add 1 tbsp chopped garlic.
- Sauté for few seconds.
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Switch off the flame and add 1 dry Kashmiri red chili.
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Add ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder.
- Pour the tempering over the sabzi.
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Serve lehsuni palak paneer hot.
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Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a deep pan.
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Immersing shallow fried paneer in warm water keeps the paneer soft.
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You can little lemon juice in the spinach puree to maintain its fresh green colour.
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Instead of chili paste you can add finely chopped green chillies as per your preference.
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Immersing shallow fried paneer in warm water keeps the paneer soft.
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 374 cal |
Protein | 10.3 g |
Carbohydrates | 12.9 g |
Fiber | 3.5 g |
Fat | 31.1 g |
Cholesterol | 0 mg |
Sodium | 65.6 mg |
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Alpana Sinha
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tried this receipe .. came out well very tasty and simple to make .. thanks for the good receipe

Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Well done.

PRADEEP PANICKER
March 13, 2025, midnight
great taste, awesome methodology adopted for preparation. so simple and soooooo tasty ??

Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thank you so much for trying our recipe, it means a lot to us. Keep trying more recipes and sharing your feedback with us.

Payal Parikh 86
March 13, 2025, midnight
When I saw this recipe, I quickly decided to make it, the flavour and taste of garlic was just amazing and when cream and paneer was added it was soo rich, I made garlic naan with it and it was a complete meal.

Syed
March 13, 2025, midnight