# Palak Paneer

This is the best method for palak paneer recipe, which ensures a perfect green color and smooth texture.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 200 gms Palak Leaves
- 4 Green Chillies
- pinch Salt
- 0.25 tsp Sugar
- 0.125 tsp Baking Soda
- 10 12 Cashews
- for grinding Water
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 2 Dry Chillies
- 0.25 tsp Cumin
- 0.5 tbsp Garlic choppings
- 2 Green Chilli Choppings
- 1 Onion Choppings
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- Salt
- 0.5 tsp Coriander Powder
- 0.5 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- Little Water
- 200 gms Paneer
- 0.5 tbsp Kasuri methi
- Ghee
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 2 Dry Chillies
- 0.25 tsp Cumin
- Little Ginger gratings
- 1 tsp Kasuri methi

## Instructions

1. Boil palak leaves, salt, sugar, baking soda, and green chilies in hot water for three minutes.
2. Immediately transfer the boiled spinach to ice-cold water.
3. Blend the spinach with cashews in a mixer jar to a smooth paste.
4. In hot oil, add dry chilies, cumin, garlic, and green chilies and fry until the garlic turns light golden brown.
5. Add chopped onions and fry until golden brown.
6. Add the spinach paste and a little water, and cook until the raw smell disappears.
7. Add chili powder, salt, coriander powder, and cumin powder, and mix well.
8. Add paneer pieces, kasuri methi, and ghee, mix, and remove from heat.
9. For the tempering, melt ghee and add dry chilies, cumin, grated ginger, and kasuri methi.
10. Mix the tempering into the palak paneer and serve.

## Equipment

- mixer jar

## Tips

- Adding baking soda to boiling water helps retain the green color of the spinach.
- Immediately transferring spinach to ice-cold water after boiling also helps retain its green color.
- Fry garlic until light golden brown.
- Fry onions until golden brown.
- Cook the spinach paste until its raw smell disappears.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/zddjTKm3GDc?si=3SKVnr4fHN6tEp-Z
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/aa46ecfd-6d52-4399-be17-9ce18f9f0736
- Extracted: 2026-06-09

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