SAAG PANEER
Eat homemade Indian food tonight with Aarti Sequeira's Saag Paneer: Spinach with Indian Cheese recipe from Aarti Party on Food Network.
Provided by Aarti Sequeira
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the turmeric, cayenne, 1 teaspoon salt and 3 tablespoons oil. Gently, drop in the cubes of paneer and gently toss, taking care not to break the cubes if you're using the homemade kind. Let the cubes marinate while you get the rest of your ingredients together and prepped.
- Thaw the spinach in the microwave in a microwave-safe dish, 5 minutes on high, then puree in a food processor until smooth. Alternatively, you can chop it up very finely with your knife.
- Place a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, and add the paneer as the pan warms. In a couple of minutes give the pan a toss; each piece of paneer should be browned on one side. Fry another minute or so, and then remove the paneer from the pan onto a plate.
- Add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil to the pan. Add the onions, ginger, garlic and chile. Now here's the important part: saute the mixture until it's evenly toffee-coloured, which should take about 15 minutes. Don't skip this step - this is the foundation of the dish! If you feel like the mixture is drying out and burning, add a couple of tablespoons of water.
- Add the garam masala, coriander and cumin. If you haven't already, sprinkle a little water to keep the spices from burning. Cook, stirring often, until the raw scent of the spices cook out, and it all smells a bit more melodious, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add the spinach and stir well, incorporating the spiced onion mixture into the spinach. Add a little salt and 1/2 cup of water, stir, and cook about 5 minutes with the lid off.
- Turn the heat off. Add the yogurt, a little at a time to keep it from curdling. Once the yogurt is well mixed into the spinach, add the paneer. Turn the heat back on, cover and cook until everything is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Serve.
- Line a large colander with a large double layer of cheesecloth, and set it in your sink.
- In a large wide pot, bring the milk to a gentle boil over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid burning the bottom (a nonstick pot works really well for this purpose). This will take a little while so be patient!
- Add the lemon juice and turn the heat down to low. Stirring gently, you should almost immediately see the curds (white milk solids) and whey (the greenish liquid) separate. Don't fret, this is perfect!
- Remove the pot from the heat and carefully pour the contents into the cheesecloth-lined colander. Gently rinse with cool water to get rid of the lemon flavor. At this point, you could squeeze out some of the liquid, and serve with some honey and some nuts, almost like a fresh ricotta!
- Grab the ends of the cheesecloth and twist the ball of cheese to squeeze out the excess whey. Tie the cheesecloth to your kitchen faucet and allow the cheese to drain for about 5 minutes.
- Twisting the ball to compact the cheese into a block, place it on a plate with the twisted part of the cheesecloth on the side (this will ensure your block of cheese is nice and smooth!) and set another plate on top. Weigh the second plate down with cans of beans or a heavy pot. Move to the refrigerator and let it sit about 20 minutes.
- Combine the cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamom seeds, black cardamom seeds, if using into a spice grinder or coffee grinder and grind until fine. Store the spice mix in an airtight container away from direct sunlight.
SAAG PANEER
These are my notes from watching my friend's mother cooking from memory. If it is unclear or awkward, I am going to recreate it and clean up the instructions soon. This recipe will require a visit to an Indian specialty grocer, for mustard leaves, paneer (block of white non-melty cheese), and I recommend buying naan frozen and using a toaster oven to heat before serving - and possibly any spices you can't find at the regular grocery store.
Provided by licked_cupcake
Categories Pakistani
Time 2h
Yield 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- 1) Make onion paste. We made tons - 5 onions sliced, put oil in pot on med/high. Cook, stirring occasionally, for "a long time maybe 10 mins", well past onions are translucent, instead they should be carmelized and turning brown. Add water until it is mushy. Then use a hand blender or a food processor and turn it into a paste.
- 2) Add 1/4 cup oil to the pot. Add onion paste, we added 1 cup which is probably 1 1/2 onions. Add 2 tbsp ginger paste, 1 1/2 tbsp garlic paste. Cook for 5 - 10 mins "The cook time is very forgiving, and is the base of most pakistani food. If you added meat, you would do it now.".
- 3) Turn to low heat. Add 5 dried red peppers, 2 bay leaves, 2 whole cardamoms, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 3 whole cloves, 1/8 tsp tumeric, 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tbsp coriander, 2 tsp cumin.
- 4) Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup water, then add 4 diced roma tomatoes. Heat back up to med-high. Cook 3-5 minutes, mush tomatoes. Add 1/2 cup water. Add 2 tbsp tomato paste. Add 24 oz frozen mustard leaves (2 bags) and 48 oz frozen spinach (2 jumbo bags).
- 5) Boil for half an hour (from frozen state, with lid on). Once it is done, add 2 tsp salt, 1 tbsp butter. Cook some more, maybe 15 mins, to boil off the last water. "Cook until any more would burn the food. Get rid of most the water. Leave some for paneer to absorb.".
- 6) Fry the paneer. Cut 12-16 oz of paneer into cubes, splash bottom of wok with oil. Add 1 tbsp salt. Fry, stirring frequently, until edges are brown & crusty.
- 7) Add fried paneer to the pot. Cover and simmer for approx 20 minutes Let the paneer "absorb the juices".
- 8) Serve with naan (Indian/Pakistani flatbread).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 692.2, Fat 46.1, SaturatedFat 17.8, Cholesterol 64.3, Sodium 4359.8, Carbohydrate 43.5, Fiber 16.7, Sugar 10, Protein 37.1
SAAG PANEER
An Indian dish with plenty of flavour, saag paneer is a well-loved vegetarian side dish. It's rich in calcium and folate from the spinach and is gluten-free, too
Provided by Elena Silcock
Categories Lunch, Side dish
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Melt the ghee, whisk in with the turmeric and chilli powder, then add the cubed paneer and toss well. Set aside. If using frozen spinach, microwave for 3-5 mins, then place in a sieve and squeeze out most of the water. If using fresh spinach, place in a colander, pour over boiling water, drain and cool, then put in a tea towel and squeeze out most of the water. Roughly chop.
- Blitz the onion with the garlic, ginger and green chilli. Cook the paneer in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat for around 8 mins, tossing the pan so they become golden all over. Remove and set aside on a plate, leaving spices behind in the pan. Tip the onion mix into the pan, add a pinch of salt and turn the heat down. Fry until caramel coloured, around 10 mins, adding a splash of water if it looks a little dry. Add the garam masala, stir to coat the onion mix, fry for 2 mins.
- Add the spinach and cook for a further 2-3 mins, adding 100ml water to release all the flavours from the bottom of the pan. Add the paneer and cook for 2-3 mins to heat through. Spoon into bowls and squeeze over a little lemon juice, to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 326 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 15 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 4 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium
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