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Saag(Spinach) Paneer is a popular vegetarian dish consisting of panner(Indian cheese) in a smooth, delicious and creamy Spinach gravy.

restaurant_menu Yields: 2 Servings
Cooking Time: 60 minutes
Ingredients
  1. 2 tablespoon olive oil
  2. 1 tablespoon coriander powder
  3. 1/8 teaspoon tumeric powder
  4. 1/8 teaspoon red chili powder
  5. 1 whole Swad Paneer packet
  6. 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  7. 1 tablespoon Garam Masala spice found in Indian store
  8. Salt as per taste
  9. 1 onion
  10. 1/8 teaspoon Amchoor Powder - Dried Mango Powder found in Indian Store
  11. 1/2 teaspoon Kitchen King Spice found in Indian Store
  12. 5 piece of cloves
  13. 2 small piece of ginger peeled
  14. 1 small box of baby spinach
  15. 2 cups of fresh cilantro levaes plucked
  16. 1 cup of mint leaves
  17. 2 Whole Tomatoes

All the ingredients ready to be put into a blender to make the gravy for the dish

Instruction
  1. Take 2 tablespoon olive oil in a non stick pot and heat it up.
  2. Add pieces of ginger, whole garlic, cilantro leaves, Baby Spinach, Mint leaves, 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, 5 pieces of clove in a mixer or food processor and turn it into a fine puree.
  3. Add the onion tomato spinach puree to the non stick pot with oil heated up.
  4. Add all the spices to the above puree: ginger powder, onion powder, coriander powder, chili powder(you can start with adding very little in the beginning and add more towards the end of the dish), tumeric powder, curry powder.
  5. Cover the pot with a lid and let it cook.
  6. Let the spices cook for around 10 min.
  7. Cut Paneer into small square pieces and add it to the pot
  8. Cook the Paneer for about 10 minutes. Constantly stir the Paneer to mix it well with onion tomato spinach puree which will act as a gravy for the curry.
  9. Add salt as per taste.
  10. Add little bit of Kitchen King Masala Spice, Garam Masala powder and Amchoor powder all of them can be found in Indian Grocery Store.
  11. That is it your curry is ready. You can enjoy it with Garlic Naan or Roti(Indian bread less calories compared to Naan)

Final Product

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