Cottage cheese in spinach purée

Name: Cottage cheese in spinach purée (Sag paneer)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g/4 oz ghee; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 800 g/1¾ lb spinach, well washed and drained; vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 or 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped; salt; 100 ml/4 fl oz cream; knob of butter or ghee; 400 g/14 oz paneer, cut into small cubes

Sag paneer

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's India

By Keith Floyd

Published 2001

About

Indian cottage cheese (paneer) is quite firm and can easily be cut into cubes. It is quite simple to make your own paneer.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz paneer, cut into small cubes
vegetable oil
800

Asia
India
Main course
Side dish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Fry the cubes of cheese in a little oil until they are golden on all sides, then put to one side. Stir-fry the spinach with a knob of butter or ghee (no water is required), then purée it in a blender.
Heat the ghee, add the cumin seeds and as they crackle stir in the chopped garlic and sauté until it is golden brown.
Add the coriander, chilli powder a