This is not the creamy bright green version. This is palak paneer done restaurant style. Big, bold Indian curry. Hit you over the head flavours. Not subtle. Not at all. If you are looking for the bright green version this is not it. Restaurant style. That’s what this palak paneer is about. Made like they do in Indian restaurants. Using the tricks and techniques they use. It may seem a little different to you. But it’s how they crank out your dinner in 10 minutes. And once you get this style down you can make anything they can. Seriously.
Frozen spinach for restaurant style palak paneer
I’m not a fan of frozen vegetables. Corn and peas I can put up with. I really can’t stand anything else. Except frozen spinach in restaurant style curries. It works. I don’t know why. But it works. I’m all about fresh. Fresh scratch cooking. So telling you to use frozen spinach is not something I do lightly. But restaurants do it. And it is tasty. I use fresh spinach in a lot of recipes. But here frozen is best. But you have to drain the thawed spinach. Get rid of the water. Or it’s overpowering. Just give it a squeeze and it’s good to go.
Paneer is the perfect cheese for curry
Cheese curry. That just sounds odd. I know. Who in their right mind would want that? Turns out I do. And probably so do you. Think about India. They are something like 30 percent vegetarian. And the other 70 percent have some vegetarian tendencies. So they know vegetarian. Probably better than any other country in the world. And they came up with paneer. It works. It doesn’t really melt. It’s not like mozzarella. It holds together kind of like tofu. And it’s bland like tofu. It slides in. Not assertive. A supporting character that takes on the flavours of the curry. Like chicken breast. It’s there. You like it. But it’s more about texture than flavour.
Enjoy palak paneer like you would any other curry
If you are vegetarian this is obvious. But if you aren’t maybe not so much. This is a curry. Like any other curry. Except there’s paneer instead of a different protein. So enjoy it like you would any other curry. I like it best with parathas. But I love parathas so that’s no surprise. A big spoonful of palak paneer on a bit of Indian flat bread. So good. You can serve it with rice as well. Along with a nice lentil dish. That’s good living too. However you serve it palak paneer is sure to please.
