Name: palak paneer tomato curry recipe by poonam chauhan at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For balls; 250 gm Paneer; 2 cup chopped spinach(palak); 1 and 1/2cup of chickpeas flour(besan); 1/2 tspn Garam Masala; 1 and 1/2 tspn salt; 1/4 tspn turmeric powder( haldi); 1/2 chilli powder(lal mirchi powder); Oil for Deep frying; For gravy; 4 big tomatoes; 1/4 tspn black pepper powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; Salt to taste; 1 /2 tspn garam masala powder; 1 small size onion finely chopped; 3 green chilli finely chopped; 7-8 garlic cloves paste; 1/4 tspn turmeric powder; 1/4 tspn ajwain; 1/4 tspn hing(asafoetida); Coriander leaves finely chopped; 8-9 curry leaves(curry patta); 1/4 tspn kasurk meethi; 4-5 cup water for boiling tomatoes; 2 tbspn Oil; 1 spoon cream for garnishing

Ingredients Serving: 4

For balls
250 gm Paneer
2 cup chopped spinach(palak)
1 and 1/2cup of chickpeas flour(besan)
1/2 tspn Garam Masala
1 and 1/2 tspn salt
1/4 tspn turmeric powder( haldi)
1/2 chilli powder(lal mirchi powder)
Oil for Deep frying
For gravy
4 big tomatoes
1/4 tspn black pepper powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
1 /2 tspn garam masala powder
1 small size onion finely chopped
3 green chilli finely chopped
7-8 garlic cloves paste
1/4 tspn turmeric powder
1/4 tspn ajwain
1/4 tspn hing(asafoetida)
Coriander leaves finely chopped
8-9 curry leaves(curry patta)
1/4 tspn kasurk meethi
4-5 cup water for boiling tomatoes
2 tbspn Oil
1 spoon cream for garnishing

Instructions

Preparing palak paneer balls Heat 1 tbspn oil in a pan and add chopped palak
cook the palak till all water is evaporated from it and then switch off the stove and let it cool down
Add besan ,red chilli powder,salt ,jeera powder, turmeric powder and baking soda in cooked palak
Mix the above mixture to form a dough and keep aside
To prepare paneer ball Crumble the paneer and add garam masala powder, 1/2 tsp ofsalt and knead to form a dough
prepare balls out of the paneer dough
now make small flat circular roti of palak dough and enclosed the paneer ball in it
make round balls of palak and paneer like this
heat oil in a pan and fry the balls till golden brown
For gravy preparation Slit tomatoes from bottom
boil the tomatoes in water till tomato leaves the skin
peel the skin of tomatoes
cut the tomatoes in pieces and blend in the mixer to make a smooth puree
heat 2 tbspn oil in a pan add ajwain,hing,curry leaves and then add onion and garlic paste and cook till golden brown
Add tomato puree with some water to it and let it boil then add garam masala powder,red chilli powder,turmeric powder and salt ...cook for 3 mins
Add now fried palak paneer balls to it and cook for five minutes and switch off the stove garnish with coriander leaves and kasuri methi

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