Saag Paneer
Punjabi cheese cubes simmered in a spiced puree of spinach and mustard greens with cream.
- prep 15 min
- cook 25 min
- total 40 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- vegetarian
- India
Ingredients
- 300 g paneer
- 500 g spinach
- 200 g mustard greens
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 cm ginger
- 2 green chili
- 80 ml cream
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 tbsp ghee
Steps
- Blanch greens 3 minutes, shock in ice water, blend to a coarse puree.
- Sizzle cumin in ghee, add minced onion, garlic, ginger, green chili, cook until soft.
- Stir in greens, simmer 15 minutes so bitterness mellows.
- Sear paneer cubes in ghee until golden.
- Fold paneer and cream into saag, finish with garam masala.
≈ 420 kcal · 20 g protein · 20 g carbs · 28 g fat — per serving, estimate