I wanted to try my new Cuisinart food processor and see it chop, grind, puree for the first time. This was the actual inspiration behind making palak paneer!
I tried Tarla Dalal's palak paneer recipe yesterday and found the resulting dish to be tasting as one of the best I have ever cooked! Click
here to quickly jump over to Tarla Dalal's recipe.
Deviations?
As I did not have any cream, I added a quarter cup of milk instead in the last step by heating it first before adding, and it still tasted great!
Margin notes
I usually saute ginger-garlic before onions. But this recipe required me to put them after sauteing onions a bit(till they become translucent). I was reluctant before doing so because I was afraid that garlic-ginger may not be fully sauteed! But I stuck to the recipe and they did not trouble me at all!
Results?
Dear Mr. Food Processor, you rock! You are powerful yet silent! You did some fine chopping of onions, making puree of tomatoes and spinach, all within seconds! The puree of spinach was brilliant green in color and soft in texture, which enhanced the taste of palak paneer further. Whats more? My husband was licking his fingers and praising me for my cooking skills before my parents-in-law. Yay!
