Restaurant Style Palak Paneer / Restaurant Style Spinach And Cottage Cheese Curry

Spinach are good sources  of vitamin A , calcium , Vitamin D , Protein . It is high sources of  Micro Nutrition  food . Paneer are best   and high sources of calcium .Palak Paneer  food good for school going children . It is a very Nutritious food . Paneer  good for old age people . It is easily digested food .

Ingredients :

1. Spinach - 500 gm
2. Onion Paste - 1 table Spoon
3. Onion - 1 , Peel the onion and cut into very finely slices pieces . Keep a side .
4. Ginger Paste - 1 table spoon
5. Garlic paste - 1 table spoon
6. Garam Masala Powder - 1 tea spoon
7. Paneer - 300 gm , cut the paneer  into cube pieces .
8.Oil as required
9. Salt to taste
10. Sugar - 1 tea spoon
11. Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
12. Ripe tomato - 1 , cut into small pieces
13. Bay leaves - 2 pieces
14. Whole cumin seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
15. Kashmiri Dry red chili paste - 1 tea spoon
16. Dry red chili paste - 1 tea spoon
17. Cumin seeds paste - 1 tea spoon
18. Coriander seeds paste - 1 tea spoon

Methods : 

1. Wash and clean the spinach  from the water . Keep a sides .
2. Cut  hard steam parts from all the spinach .
3. Take a bowl . Pour the water into the bowl . Soak the spinach leaves  into the water  for about 2 hours .
4. After 2 hours , take out the spinach from the water  and drain the water .
5. Take a wok or pan . Then add 3 cups of water into the pan . Now add salt  and spinach  into the pan . Cover and close the lid . Cook for 5 minutes . After 5 minutes switch off the flame . Cool the spinach for about 30 minutes . Keep a side .
6. Strain the boiled palak or spinach . Divide  to   the  boiled  spinach stock  and  keep  a  side . Take a mixer grinder jar machine  . Then add boiled spinach . Blended it very well . Keep a side .
7. Take a pan . Then add oil . When oil is completely hot . Then add paneer cubes into oil . Fry for few seconds . Then take out the paneer pieces from the hot oil . Keep aside .
8. Now add few drops of oil into the pan . when oil is hot and smoke . Then add bay  leaf , whole cumin seeds . Fry till golden brown color .
9. Then add finely chopped onion stir  fry  till onion are transparent .
10. Next add onion paste and ginger paste . Fry until golden brown color  and raw aroma of the spices goes away .
11. Now add finely chopped tomatoes pieces . Fry till tomatoes are soft . Then add salt to taste , turmeric powder  and sugar . Mix it very well . Saute for few seconds .
12. Now add kashmiri dry red chili paste , dry red chili paste , cumin paste , garlic paste , coriander seeds paste . Stir and fry till golden brown color . Fry till separates oil from the masala .
13. Then add spinach puree  with  spinach  stock  into the masala . Mix it very well .
 14. Now add fried paneer cubes into the palak  puree . Mix it very well . Add 1 tea spoon garam masala powder . Mix it very well . Cook for 10 minutes .
15. When palak starts to thicken . Then switch off the flame .
16. Pour the palak paneer into the bowl .
17. Serve hot . Serve the palak paneer  with your choice's food .