Easy Plant-based Palak Paneer Recipe | How to Make Indian Spinach Curry at Home
Ingredients
- Cashew½ cups
- Avocado oil4 tbsp
- Garlic · crushed5 cloves
- Ginger5
- Onion · roughly diced½
- Tomato · roughly1
- Serrano pepper · roughly sliced1
- Salt1 ¼ tsp
- Spinach4 cups
- Coriander seed · ground1 tsp
- Turmeric1 tsp
- Chili powder1 tsp
- Cumin1 tsp
- Nutritional yeast1 tsp
- Extra firm tofu16 oz
Instructions
- Put the hot water and raw cashews in a blender and let them soak.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tbsp of the oil. Add the garlic, ginger, onion, tomato and Serrano and sauté about 5 minutes until tender and slightly browned, then transfer to the blender.
- Sauté the spinach in the same skillet over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes until wilted, then add it to the blender.
- Blend the base from low speed, gradually increasing, until smooth. For more spinach texture, blend without the spinach, then add it and pulse to the texture you want.
- Heat the same skillet over medium-low heat with the remaining 2 tbsp oil, coriander, turmeric, chili powder and cumin seeds, and stir for 30 seconds to 1 minute until fragrant.
- Carefully pour in the blended base, stir well, then season with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp nutritional yeast.
- Stir in the tofu and cook over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, then serve.
Summarized from Seonkyoung Longest's video. Watch it for the details.
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