The recipe is from my brother-in-law, who enjoys cooking and experimenting with new dishes. Thank you, Jijaji!
Ingredients:
- 250g spinach (palak)
- 2 tbs cooking oil
- 100ml tomato puree
- 100g paneer
- 1 small onion, finely chopped/ grated
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- About 1 cm of cinnamon
- 2 to 3 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp coriander and cumin seed powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- About 50ml double cream
Recipe:
- Wash and prepare spinach by discarding spoiled leaves.
- In a saucepan, bring some water to a boil.
- Now add the prepared spinach and blanch for 3-4 minutes.
- Drain the spinach and add it to an ice/ cold water bowl. This process helps to maintain the green colour of the spinach.
- Now in a saucepan, heat the oil and the cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf.
- Once hot and fragrant, add the onion.
- Let the onion cook uncovered on low heat for around 7- 8 minutes. Make sure you keep stirring to avoid burning the onions.
- Once the onion is lightly browned, add the ginger garlic paste and mix well.
- Let cook for another minute.
- Now add tomato puree, mix well and turn the heat to medium-low. Let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Once the oil starts to separate from the gravy, add dry spices. Mix everything well.
- Let the gravy cook for about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor, add the blanched spinach and make a puree out of it.
- Add this spinach puree to onion and tomato gravy.
- Now add the cubed paneer and double cream
- Mix everything well. Let it cook on low heat for another 5 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander and more double cream
- Enjoy with rice or chapati.