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Lehsuni Palak Paneer Sabzi recipe - How to make Lehsuni Palak Paneer Sabzi

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Preparation Time:20 mins&nbsp &nbspCooking Time:15 mins&nbsp &nbspTotal Time:35 mins &nbsp &nbspMakes 4 servings
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Ingredients

For Lehsuni Palak Paneer
1 1/2 cups spinach (palak) puree
1 1/2 cups paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp ghee
1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
3 cloves (laung / lavang)
1 small stick cinnamon (dalchini)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tbsp green chilli paste
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp fresh cream
1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
salt to taste

For The Tempering
2 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

Method

For lehsuni palak paneer

To make lehsuni palak paneer, heat 1 tbsp oil in broad pan, shallow fry the paneer cubes on medium flame until golden brown from all sides.
Immerse the paneer in a bowl of warm water and keep aside.
Heat ghee in a deep pan, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds, sauté for few seconds.
Add chilli paste, garlic and onions, cook on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes until light golden brown.
Add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander cumin seeds powder and little water. Mix well.
Add tomatoes and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the spinach puree, shallow fried paneer cubes, salt and 1/4 cup water.
Mix well and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add fresh cream and kasuri methi, cook for another 2 minutes.
For the tempering, heat ghee in small pan, add garlic, sauté for few seconds.
Switch off the flame and add kashmiri red chilli and kashmiri chilli powder.
Pour the tempering over the sabzi.
Serve lehsuni palak paneer hot.

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Lehsuni palak paneer recipe | lasooni palak paneer sabzi | dhaba style lasuni palak paneer | then do try other palak paneer recipes also:
- palak paneer uttapam|spinach uttapam|suji palak uttapam|
- restaurant style palak paneer recipe|healthy palak paneer|cottage cheese and spinach curry|

what is lehsuni palak paneer made of?

See the below image of list of ingredients for making lehsuni palak paneer.

how to make spinach puree

To make spinach puree, take a bunch of spinach, a bunch of spinach yields 4 cups of roughly chopped spinach.
Remove the stems and discard them.
Wash the leaves thoroughly under running water or in a bowl full of water. This will help in getting rid of the dirt residues on the leaves.
Click on the link to learn how to make spinach puree

how to shallow fry paneer

To make lehsuni palak paneer, heat 1 tbsp oil in broad pan.
Place 1½ cups of paneer (cottage cheese) cubes.
Shallow fry the paneer cubes on medium flame until golden brown from all sides.
Immerse the paneer in a bowl of warm water and keep aside.

how to make lehsuni palak paneer

Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a deep pan.
Add 1 black cardamom.
Add 3 cloves.
Add 1 small cinnamon.
Add ½ tsp cumin seeds.
Sauté for few seconds.
Add 2 tbsp finely chopped garlic.
Add ½ tbsp green chilli paste.
Add 1 cup finely chopped onions.
Cook on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes until light golden brown.
Add ¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi).
Add 1 tsp chili powder.
Add 2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder.
Add little water.
Mix well.
Add ½ cup chopped tomatoes.
Cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add 1½ cups of spinach puree.
Add shallow fried paneer cubes.
Add salt to taste.
Add ¼ cup water.
Mix well and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add 1 tbsp fresh cream.
Add 1 tbsp kasuri methi.
Cook for another 2 minutes.
For the tempering, heat 1 tbsp ghee in small pan.
Add 1 tbsp chopped garlic.
Sauté for few seconds.
Switch off the flame and add 1 dry Kashmiri red chili.
Add ½ tspkashmiri red chilli powder.
Pour the tempering over the sabzi.
Serve lehsuni palak paneer hot.

pro tips to make lehsuni palak paneer

Immersing shallow fried paneer in warm water keeps the paneer soft.
You can little lemon juice in the spinach puree to maintain its fresh green colour.
Instead of chili paste you can add finely chopped green chillies as per your preference.