Punjabi Palak Paneer Tadka Recipe

Punjabi Palak Paneer Tadka

  • Prep Time
    15 Minutes
  • Cook Time
    25 Minutes
  • Difficulty Level
    Intermediate

Punjabi Palak Paneer Tadka is a delicious preparation using cottage cheese or paneer.

Punjabi Palak Paneer Tadka is a mouthwatering dish. The cottage cheese cooked in the onion-tomato based gravy along with spinach and cashew paste and cream. This is one of my son’s favourite dishes and we make it once every week in our household. Just like Malai Kofta, Palak Paneer is also one of the most famous dishes of India. Today I am sharing you the recipe for the delicious Palak Paneer but with a twist…I have added Dahi ka tadka also in it to make it more interesting and delicious 🙂 So, try this dish at home and let us know how you liked it.

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Ingredients

  • Spinach : 1/2 kg
  • Onion: 2 small pieces
  • Tomato: 2 small pieces
  • Green Chili: 1 piece
  • Ginger: 1 piece
  • Garlic: 2 individual cloves
  • Ghee or Clarified Butter: 1 tablespoon
  • Dahi or Curd : 1/2 cup
  • Paneer: 200 gm
  • Malai or cream : 1/2 bowl
  • Cashew nuts paste or powder : 8-10 pieces
  • Spices: Salt, Red Pepper powder, Mustard Seeds, Coriander powder, Garam Masala as per taste.

Instructions

  1. Grind Onion, Tomatoes, Ginger, Green Chili and Garlic in a grinder.
  2. In a deep pan, boil spinach for 10 minutes in water.
  3. Take spinach out and grind it separately in a grinder. Don’t throw the water away.
  4. Take a deep pan, add olive oil and heat it. Add mustard seeds to it and then add the onion tomato paste in it.
  5. Saute the paste till it starts to leave oil on the sides. As soon as it does that, add all the spices mentioned above and saute it for 2 minutes.
  6. Now add curd to it and stir it continuously for 7-8 minutes till it comes to a boil.
  7. Now add the spinach paste to it. You can add the boiled water from spinach earlier as per the thickness required in the gravy. Saute it now for 5-7 minutes till it comes to a boil.
  8. Cut the paneer into cubes and now add paneer cubes to the gravy above. Saute it for 2-3 minutes more.
  9. Add cream or malai to palak paneer along with cashew nut paste to add richness to palak paneer.
  10. Sprinkle grated paneer on the top for garnishing and enjoy yummy palak paneer.
  • Servings : 4 to 5
  • Ready in : 45 Minutes
  • Special Category : Healthy Food
  • Recipe Type : Dinner

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