Palak Paneer
Ingredients
- 750 g baby spinach
- 1 tomato, quartered
- 2 cups chopped coriander
- 1-2 green chillies
- 2 Tbs kasuri methi
- 3 Tbs ghee
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 Tbs ginger paste
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tspn cumin powder
- 2 tspn coriander powder
- ½ tspn chilli powder
- ½ tspn turmeric
- 1 tspn garam masala
- 250-300 g paneer cubes
- 4 tbsp cream
- salt to taste
- 500 g of water
Instructions
- Place water in the mixing bowl and heat 5min / Varoma/ speed 2
- Add baby spinach leaves in the Varoma dish with lid on and place into position. Steam spinach 4min/ Varoma/ speed 2. Drain, cool spinach leaves and squeeze leaves to remove excess water.
- To a clean dry bowl, add tomato, spinach, chopped coriander, green chillies and kasuri methi. Blend 2 sec / speed 7. Scrape down the side and blend 30 sec / speed 7 or until a smooth consistency is achieved. Transfer into a bowl and set aside. Wash and dry mixing bowl.
- Place onion, ginger and garlic. Chop 5 sec/ speed 5. Scrape down the side and repeat if the onions are still too chunky.
- Add ghee to the mixing bowl and cook onion, ginger and garlic 8 mins / Varoma / speed 1.
- Add the tomato, spinach mixture, ground cumin, ground coriander, chilli powder and turmeric. Cook 8 mins / 100 deg / speed 1.
- Add salt to taste, cream and paneer. Cook 2 mins / reverse / soft speed. Serve hot with roti / naan or puri