Saag Paneer
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 1:12am

Ingredients




250 gm paneer
500 gm frozen spinach
2 green finger chillies
Juice of half a lemon
2 teaspoons coriander powder
2 teaspoons cumin powder
1 teaspoon chilli powder
teaspoon Half  turmeric powder
teaspoon Half  garam masala
1 medium onion, chopped fine
4 inches garlic cloves and 1  ginger, pureed
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons sunflower oil

Preparation

1 Cut the paneer into even, two-centimetre by one-centimetre cubes. Marinate them in the turmeric powder, half the chilli powder and half a teaspoon of salt. 2 In the meantime, microwave cook the frozen spinach for five minutes until thoroughly defrosted. Add in the green chillies and puree it to a smooth paste with a hand blender. 3 Now heat the oil in a thick bottomed frying pan over a high flame. When it is hot, fry the paneer pieces until pale brown on two opposite sides. Remove from the oil, draining them carefully. 4 Now add the onion, garlic and ginger into the same oil and fry until they are a pale toffee brown. 5 Then add all the spice powders, apart from the garam masala. Stir vigorously for about 10 minutes on a high heat until the pungent, individual smell of the masalas changes to a more blended aroma. 6 Now mix in the pureed spinach evenly, adding salt to taste. Lower the flame to a gentle simmer and let the spices work their magic through the spinach for five minutes. 7 Finally stir in the garam masala, the paneer cubes and the lemon juice. Let the ingredients simmer together for another five minutes and serve hot. As a final tip, this tastes much better if it’s left sitting in the fridge for a couple of hours before being reheated.

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Comments:
Anonymous

This isn't really saag paneer when it's only made with spinach --- that would be palak paneer.
Saag Paneer is made with both spinach and mustard greens.