Saag Paneer
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Prep20 min
Cook30 min
Total50 min
Spinach cooked down and blended with spices, with cubes of fried paneer folded through at the end.
Ingredients
Serves:4
Ingredients
- 800 g spinach
- 400 g paneer, cubed
- 1 pieces onion, diced
- 25 g ginger, grated
- 4 pieces garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 pieces green chillies
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 100 ml double cream
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp salt
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidence216kcal · per serving
10.1g
Protein
25.2g
Carbs
10.7g
Fat
Recipe total: 864 kcal · P 40.2g · C 100.6g · F 42.7g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Fry the paneer cubes in ghee until golden on all sides, then drop them into warm salted water. This keeps them soft instead of squeaky.
- 2Blanch the spinach for 60 seconds, then plunge it into ice water. The shock is what keeps the green vivid rather than olive.
- 3Squeeze the spinach dry and blend it to a coarse purée with one green chilli.
- 4Fry the onion in the remaining ghee until golden, then add the ginger, garlic and second chilli for 2 minutes.
- 5Add the cumin and garam masala and cook 30 seconds until fragrant.
- 6Stir in the spinach purée and cook only 5 minutes — long cooking dulls both colour and flavour.
- 7Add the cream, season, and fold through the drained paneer. Warm through and serve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Saag Paneer take to make?
About 50 minutes: 20 min prep and 30 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Saag Paneer?
11 ingredients: spinach, paneer, onion, ginger, garlic cloves, green chillies, garam masala, ground cumin, double cream, ghee, salt.
How many servings does this Saag Paneer recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Saag Paneer?
About 216 kcal, with 10.1 g protein, 25.2 g carbohydrate and 10.7 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Saag Paneer recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Saag Paneer?
Saag Paneer comes from Indian cuisine.
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