Name: Saag paneer recipe by Pallavi Nayyar at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Mustard leaves 500gm washed; Spinach leaves 300 gm washed; Fenugreek leaves 200 gm washed; Green chillies 4 chopped; Ginger 3 Inch long piece chopped; Garlic 8 pods chopped; Salt to taste; Water 6 cups; For tempering:; Ghee 5 tablespoon; Garlic 5 pods chopped; Ginger 2 tablespoon chopped; Onion 1 large chopped; Maize flour 1/2 cup; Butter 5 tablespoon; Paneer 250 gm; Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon; Rock salt 1 teaspoon

ABOUT Saag paneer RECIPE

It is a traditional receipe of Panjab. But here i make a twist in this. Which is a new Avatar of saag.

Ingredients Serving: 5

Mustard leaves 500gm washed
Spinach leaves 300 gm washed
Fenugreek leaves 200 gm washed
Green chillies 4 chopped
Ginger 3 Inch long piece chopped
Garlic 8 pods chopped
Salt to taste
Water 6 cups
For tempering:
Ghee 5 tablespoon
Garlic 5 pods chopped
Ginger 2 tablespoon chopped
Onion 1 large chopped
Maize flour 1/2 cup
Butter 5 tablespoon
Paneer 250 gm
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Rock salt 1 teaspoon

Instructions

Chop finely all leaves.
Add water to a pressure cooker and let it boil. Add chopped leaves to it.
Chop green chillies, ginger, garlic .add to boiled saag and add salt. Close the lid of pressure cooker.
Cook on low flame for 1 hour or 10 whistles. When it is cool open the lid of cooker.
Blend it with the help of blender and add maize flour slowly. Blend till it is fine puree.
Now heat a pan add butter. Take paneer and cut into cubes and fry lightly from both sides. Remove it on kitchen towel. And sprinkle red chili powder and rock salt.
Now in this pan add ghee and add chopped garlic, saute it.
Add onion and ginger saute it till it becomes golden brown. Add this tempering to saag and mix well.
Now cook the saag for 10 mintues and stir constantly. Add fried paneer.
Your saag paneer is ready to serve. Serve it with maize flour rotis.

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