How to Make Paneer Recipes

Palak Paneer

Ingredients

Desi ghee: 50 ml
Cumin seeds: 5 gms
Garlic (chopped): 10 gms
Spinach (chopped and blanched): 200 gms
Spinach paste (blanched): 250 gms
Salt: to taste
Green chilli paste: 10 ml
Paneer cubes (fried): 200 gms
Cream: 30 ml
Butter: 10 gms

Method

Heat ghee, add cumin seeds and let it crackle. Add chopped garlic and sauté. Add chopped spinach and simmer for two minutes. Add spinach paste and simmer till the moisture evaporates. To this add salt, green chilli paste, paneer cubes and cook it for a while. Finish the dish with butter and cream.

Palak Tofu-Paneer Recipe

Palak tofu is an excellent vegetarian dish. It is a vegetarian dish, which is also a low calorie food. Tofu is a nutritious product apart from being a really tasty stuff. It is a food, which originated in China. It is prepared by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds to squeeze out the liquid, to form blocks. Tofu is found in different varieties such as the fresh tofu, as well as the tofu that has been processed in some way. Since Tofu has very little flavor or smell on its own, it can therefore be used for a variety of ways.

Tofu is a low calorie food, containing ample doses of iron, apart from a high content of calcium and magnesium. It is low in saturated fat or cholesterol, which makes it excellent food stuff. As it is, tofu is used in a variety of ways and has been experienced with in a number of ways. Palak tofu is one such experiment. It is a tasty dish which carries the goodness of tofu. So, here I am sharing this wonderful recipe with you.

Ingredients

• 1 lb firm tofu, drained, cubed
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 oil for deep-frying
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 2 1/2 lb frozen, chopped spinach
• 6 cup fresh tomatoes, cubed
• 2 tsp curry powder
• 2 tsp asafetida
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 3/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 2 tbsp soy sauce

Preparation

1. Soak the tofu in the soy sauce for some time.
2. Now, heat the oil to 350 degrees. While this is done, remove the cubes from soy sauce and drain it of the soy sauce. Now fry the tofu cubes in heated oil and cook till browned and a little crisp on the outside. Set them aside. Leftover soy sauce can be kept and used later.
3. Now, take a pan and add ghee to it. Now, toss in the spinach and the tomatoes into it. Cover the pan and cook it on medium flame 10 minutes. Now, stir the contents and mix them properly.
4. Now, take another pan and heat the ghee or vegetable oil. Add the cumin, coriander, black pepper, ground coriander, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, asafetida, curry powder and cayenne pepper; and cook till the spices appear to be browned. After this, add in it the spinach and tomato mix to it, along with some soy sauce and mix thoroughly.
5. Now, add cooked tofu cubes to it and cook it for some time.

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