Complete this flavorful dinner with a side of fluffy basmati rice and golden roasted turmeric cauliflower. [convertkit form=1656505] Fresh spinach, tomatoes, aromatics, herbs, and spices make the base of this delicious Indian dish. We use whipping cream to add creaminess to the gravy and top it with pan-seared paneer. If this is your first time cooking with paneer, you’ll find it’s surprisingly easy to work with. Browning it in the pan gives it great texture and makes it more flavorful. Serve this easy stove-top dinner with naan and basmati rice for an irresistible authentic-tasting meal! Paneer is so much better after a quick sear in a hot pan! It transforms from being almost tofu-like to being flavorful and rich. Unlike most other cheese, paneer will soften in heat only slightly and instead develops a delicious cheesy ‘crust’ when seared. If you’ve ever had fried halloumi, it tastes similar.
Cooking oil – choose a neutral cooking oil like avocado, olive, or refined coconut oil. Ghee also works great if you happen to have some. Onion, ginger, and garlic – these aromatics are an Indian curry staple and lend lots of flavor to the base of the gravy. Tomatoes – a palak paneer without tomatoes tends to taste overly grassy. They really help bring this dish together. Spices – garam masala, cumin, and turmeric add lots of wonderful curry taste. Sea salt – to taste, to enhance all the flavors. Spinach – a very generous amount of fresh spinach leaves goes into making palak paneer. It’s always surprising how much it wilts down during the cooking process. Whipping cream – we use whipping cream for an extra creamy taste. Paneer – this fresh Indian cheese is the perfect compliment to this flavorful curry.
When serving a crowd, make a couple of curries and serve them family-style, as you’d order at an Indian restaurant. This palak paneer recipe pairs well with other vegetarian curries like cauliflower curry with chickpeas and peas, chickpea, tofu, and eggplant curry, or creamy coconut lentil curry. We also like to serve it with Indian-inspired vegetable sides like golden roasted turmeric cauliflower, easy roasted Indian cauliflower, or curry grilled carrots with yogurt sauce.
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