restaurant style palak paneer recipe | healthy palak paneer | cottage cheese and spinach curry
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Palak Paneer, an evergreen delicacy from North India, is perhaps one of the most interesting ways to include spinach in your meal.
restaurant style palak paneer features in many Indian restaurant menus, as it goes well with most Indian breads like Tandoori Naan or Roti.
The highlight of this restaurant style palak paneer recipe is the flavour-packed palak gravy, which works effectively not just with paneer but also with potatoes or koftas. Also restaurant style palak paneer tends to use a lot more cream than homemade palak paneer.
You can make a variant of this restaurant style palak paneer recipe with garlic (Lehsuni Paneer Palak Subzi) if you want a peppier flavour.
To make the restaurant style palak paneer recipe, blanch the spinach in a vessel full of boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain, refresh with cold water. Blend in a mixer to a smooth purée and keep aside. Heat the oil and butter in a kadhai , add the ginger, garlic and tomatoes and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the prepared onion-cashew and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the spinach purée, ¾ cup of water, salt and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute. Add the dried fenugreek leaves, punjabi garam masala, sugar and cook on a medium flame for 3 minutes. Add the paneer cubes and cream and cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes. Serve the restaurant style palak paneer hot.
See why we think this is a healthy palak paneer sabzi. Spinach is loaded with iron and fibre, while paneer is rich in protein. This makes it a nice recipe to include in your everyday cookbook. If you are on weight loss, then cut the cream and use low fat paneer in the recipe.
You can cook an array of dishes with this palak paneer recipe, such as the Palak Paneer Toast, Palak-Paneer-Roti and Palak Paneer Rice.
You can even stuff cottage cheese and spinach curry into crisp, golden dosa to make Palak Paneer Dosa one of Mumbai’s favourite street foods. With so many options at hand, there is no excuse to not include palak frequently in your diet!
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For the onion-cashew paste- Combine all the ingredients with 1 cup of water and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Cool and blend to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
How to proceed- To make the restaurant style palak paneer recipe, blanch the spinach in a vesselful of boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Drain, refresh with cold water and keep aside to cool for some time.
- Blend in a mixer to a smooth purée and keep aside.
- Heat the oil and butter in a kadhai , add the ginger, garlic and tomatoes and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the prepared onion-cashew and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes
- Add the spinach purée, ¾ cup of water, salt and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
- Add the dried fenugreek leaves, punjabi garam masala, sugar and cook on a medium flame for 3 minutes.
- Add the paneer cubes and cream and cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes
- Serve the restaurant style palak paneer hot.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving
Energy | 470 cal |
Protein | 15.9 g |
Carbohydrates | 21.2 g |
Fiber | 6 g |
Fat | 35.9 g |
Cholesterol | 3.8 mg |
Sodium | 147 mg |
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