Indian Cuisine

Palak paneer

Cuisine: Indian Created by Daisy Rajan

Daisy Rajan shares her palak paneer recipe with Food Safari's Maeve O'Meara.

For tasty variations on palak paneer, try Sri Lankan chef Peter Kuruvita's curry recipe or Sunil Ranasinghe's curry recipe. Also, browse our Indian recipes for more gourmet inspiration.

Ingredients

2 bunches (500g) English spinach
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 cm piece ginger, crushed
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 medium onion, finely chopped
200g chopped tomatoes
Salt to taste
225g paneer, cubed (Indian cottage cheese)
1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (or kasuri methi)
Pinch garam masala
1 tbsp thickened cream

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Preparation

Remove spinach leaves from stems and wash leaves well. Blanch in boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes then refresh in cold water, drain, squeeze out excess water and puree until smooth.

Heat oil in a heavy based pan. Add cumin seeds, ginger, garlic and onions and fry until golden brown.

Add tomatoes and cook until they become a soft paste. Stir in spinach puree and season with salt. Add the paneer cubes. Finish with fenugreek leaves, garam masala and cream. Serve hot.

Note:
Frozen spinach can be substituted for fresh spinach. Fresh spinach need not be pureed to achieve a more textured dish typically served in Indian homes.

Fresh tomatoes can be replaced with chopped canned tomatoes

Indian Restaurants

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Restaurant		Suburb
1.	Royal India Restaurant	West Perth
2.	Gopal's Vegetarian Restaurant	Melbourne
3.	Jehangir	Mawson
4.	Jewel of India	Manuka
5.	Rama's	Pearce
6.	Tandoor House	Kingston
7.	Tandoor Indian Restaurant	Belconnen
8.	Hanuman	Darwin
9.	Keller's Swiss and Indian Restaurant	Alice Springs
10.	Taste of Asia	North Hobart

07 Sep 2011 01:24 AEST

osiline

Parramatta

Awesome!

Thanks soo much!! Awesome recipe. My palek paneer now tastes just right! Truly restaurant style. keep it up!

20 Oct 2010 09:45 AEST

Alexander

Korng

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We Love Palak Paneer For Marnebek School

13 Mar 2010 03:57 AEST

Mahendra

Dubai, UAE

Brilliant!

First of all A BIGGG THANKK YOUU!!! :D :D i simply loved it the way it was tutored,,,thanks a lot again for fixing this up for me...i knew how to make palak paneer but with a bit different style which never gave it all that i wanted it to...IT WAS SIMPLY SUPERB HERE AND YOUR AMAZING...PLEASE KEEP THAT UP!! THANK YOU...IT WAS TRULY RESTAURANT STYLE IN 10 MINUTES! :D HEHE

10 Feb 2009 03:37 AEST

broken_shadows

wollongong

yum!

this dish is spectacular, and looks brilliant. a must try!

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