Palak Paneer

My first ever vegetarian dish. My wife said I eat too much meat, challenged me to go plant based for 30 days. If it’s all as good as this it will be easy.

– 500g washed spinach
– 1 red onion, finely diced
– 5 cloves garlic, finely diced
– 1 tomato, grated
– 300g Paneer cut into 2cm cubes
– 4 tbsp ghee
– 1 tbsp cumin seeds
– 1 tbsp garam masala
– 1 tbsp dried chilli flakes (use 1/2 if you don’t want it too spicy)
– Salt to taste
– 2 tbsp yoghurt for garnish (optional)

Start by blanching your spinach in a pot of boiling salted water for 1 minute. Then, drain spinach and place into ice cold water to stop the cooking process.
Remove from cold water and blend your spinach into a smooth puree.
1. In a heavy based pot over a medium high heat add your ghee, cumin seeds and dried chilli and cook for 2 minutes or until it becomes fragrant.
2. Next, add your red onion and saute with a pinch of salt until translucent.
3. Add the garlic and garam masala and cook for a further 3 minutes.
4. Add the grated tomato, stir through and cook for 3 minutes.
5. Add the spinach puree and cubed paneer to the pot and cook for 7 minutes.
6. Serve with a little yoghurt drizzle over the top and chilli flakes for an extra kick, with rice or naan.

One of the largest differences between how it looks and tastes of all foods.

I wish I liked cooked spinach. Idk why, but I just prefer it so much more raw. It’s weird that I don’t like spinach, maybe, because I love all kinds of collards, chard, kale, turnip greens, etc cooked.

This is one of my favorite dishes of all time. I should learn how to make it too! Looks great!

This and malai kofta.

I am the only one who thinks that doesn’t look appetizing ??? But it’s probably healthy

omg it looks so good

It does not look…. Great lol

wowww the colour is amazing

This is one of my comfort foods. Squishy cheese, spiced spinach, rice….it hits so many happy feelings in my mouth. It’s also a pretty cheap on to make (I learned to make this with tofu instead of paneer when I was vegan) depending on if you can find affordable paneer

Last I checked Paneer is cheese…and cheese is not plant based, so you have already lost your challenge.

Paneer has to be one of my all time favorite foods, like no matter the sauce it’s all good

looks delicious

My suggestion is to try to brown your paneer first. It makes it very crunchy and delicious but still nice and chewy inside. Looks good

Looks delicious! Love the yogurt drizzle! I’ve also done this with tofu instead of paneer and it comes out great as well. Especially with some red chilis 🌶️ (connoisseurus veg has a good recipe). I need to find somewhere that sells paneer 🤔