Palak Paneer Recipe By chef Zakir

Palak Paneer is an Indian style dish, it is used as a gravy and you can serve it with rice.It’s not a dry spinach.This dish is full of iron.

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg spinach
• 1tbs garlic and ginger paste
• 1/2 cup fresh cream
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 packet cottage cheese
• 1/2 tsp crushed cumin
• 1/2 tsp garam masala(all spices)
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• Salt to taste
• Black and white pepper to taste
• 2-3 tbsp oil

Method

• Cut the spinach roughly, wash it and then put it in hot water (not boiling ). Cook it for 2-3 minutes, don’t over cook. It should be in green color, if you over cook it then the color will change into black.
• Now grind the spinach with half cup of water in a grinder. It will look like a paste.
• Cut the cottage cheese into cubes and coat them with corn flour, deep fry them in hot oil for 20-30 seconds on until they are light golden in color.
• Heat oil and butter in a pan, add garlic and ginger paste, stir fry for 1 minute then add spinach paste in it. Add crushed cumin, salt and garam masala. Cook for 3- 5 minutes.
• Now add cream, black and white pepper in it. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
• Add fried cheese cubes in it and pour the gravy in a dish for serving.