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Restaurant style Saag Paneer easy recipe of real Saag Paneer with Spinach gravy
Ingredients
- 2 medium bunch Spinach, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup Wild spinach, Bathua
- ½ cup fresh Fenugreek leaves, Fenugreek
- 1 medium bunch Mustard greens
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 9-10 no. Garlic cloves
- 2 no. Green chillies (less spicy & slit into half)
- 1 medium Onions (cut into half)
- ½ inch Ginger (peeled & roughly chopped) Ginger
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Jaggery
- Remaining mustard oil
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- 800 g Paneer, medium cubed, Paneer
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- ⅓ cup Curd, beaten, curd (yogurt)
- 1 tbsp Mustard oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Degi red chilli powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
- 2 tbsp Mustard oil
- Marinated Paneer
- 2-3 tbsp Mustard oil
- A pinch of asafoetida, asafoetida
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek seeds, methi dana
- 3-4 no. dry kashmiri red chillies
- Prepared Saag, prepared saag
- Fried Paneer
- 2 medium Tomato, cut into diced, Tomato
- Coriander sprig, coriander leaves
- Ginger, julienned, ginger
Steps
- In a pressure cooker, add spinach, wild spinach, fresh fenugreek leaves, mustard greens, salt to taste, ghee, garlic, green chillies, onions, ginger, add jaggery,and saute it for a minute.
- Add water and mix well.
- Cover it with a lid and cook it for 2-3 whistles until cooked well.
- Keep it aside to depressurize the cooker.
- Blend it with the hand blender until smooth, add remaining mustard oil and give it a good mix.
- Keep it aside for further use.
- In a bowl, add paneer, ginger garlic paste, curd, mustard oil, salt to taste, degi red chili powder and mix it well.
- Keep it aside to marinate for a while.
- In a pan, add mustard oil, once it’s smoky hot, add marinated paneer and fry them until golden in color on both sides.
- Transfer it to an absorbent paper and keep it aside for further use.
- In a kadai, add mustard oil, once it’s smoky hot, add a pinch of asafoetida, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, dry kashmiri red chillies and let it splutter well.
- Add prepared saag and cook it for 4-5 minutes on medium flames.
- Add fried paneer, tomato and simmer it for a while until it thickens.
- Transfer it to a serving dish, garnish it with coriander sprig and ginger julienned.
- Serve hot with roti or paratha.