Indian creamy spiced spinach dish with fried paneer cheese

Palak Paneer

Name: Palak Paneer
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Pakistani,Local
Ingredients: 1 kilogram Spinach; 1 tablespoon Sunflower Oil; 2 unit Onions; 10 grams Root ginger peeled and grated; 1 Clove Garlic; 1 teaspoon Cumin Seed; 1 sachet Maggi Masala e Magic; 4 tablespoons Carnation Evaporated Milk or single cream; 200 grams Paneer; 40 grams Butter; 1 unit hot red chilli; 1 teaspoon chat masala spice; 1/2 teaspoon Coriander seed; 1/4 bunch fresh coriander leaves finely chopped

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21 Min

Add a bowl of this delicious creamy spinach to your spread - it takes an ordinary ingredient like spinach and with the help of Maggi Masala ae Magic elevates it to a restaurant style dish! If you want to make a slightly less indulgent version you can swap the butter for vegetable oil.

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Ingredients

Spinach

1 Kg

sunflower or vegetable oil

1 tablespoon

red onion (finely chopped)

Root ginger, peeled and grated

10 g

Garlic

1 Clove

Cumin Seed

1 teaspoon

Maggi Masala e Magic

1 sachet

Carnation Evaporated Milk or single cream

4 tablespoons

Paneer

200 g

Butter

40 g

red chilli (optional)

chat masala spice

1 teaspoon

Coriander seed

0.5 teaspoon

Fresh Coriander

0.25 bunch

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Nutritional Information

Carbohydrate

19.62 g

Energy

341.56 kcal

Fat

23.12 g

Protein

17.74 g

of which: saturates

11.96 g

Sodium

642.2 mg

of which: sugars

6.84 g

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Wash the spinach and tip into a large pan, over a gentle heat with the lid on gently wilt the spinach. Remove from the heat and drain the excess water. Tip the spinach into a blender and process until finely chopped.

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Heat half the oil in a frying pan and fry onion till its translucent. Add the ginger and garlic and fry until turning golden. Add the cumin seeds and fry until aromatic, then add the Masala ae Magic. Fry for 30 seconds before adding the spinach. Stir well and then add most of the evaporated milk or cream. Bring gently to a simmer for 2 mins.

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In a separate pan heat the remaining oil and fry the paneer cubes until golden brown. Put the spinach into a serving dish and top with the paneer cubes.

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For the tarka, melt the butter, add whole red chilli, chat masala, coriander seeds and let it cook in the butter over a low heat for a minute.

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To serve drizzle the remaining evaporated milk or cream over the spinach and top with a little of the tarka and a few coriander leaves.

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