For many, Indian cuisine tends to be grouped all into one category: curry. Contrary to popular belief, there are a lot more complexities and characteristics about Indian food, making it more than just curry (and so good!). From daal (lentil soup) to biryani, and sabzi (vegetable mix) to raita (yoghurt mix), there is a wide array of dishes and flavors to try out.
Curry powder is essentially a mix of various spices including chili powder, turmeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, and pepper. In Indian cuisine, there is, however, no such thing as “curry powder” that is used to spice a dish. There are possibly over 50 different spice blends that are used to flavor a particular dish, most commonly being garam masala.
The most common association of Indian food that I tend to get asked about is tandoori chicken and butter chicken. If you look beyond those two overhyped dishes, there is a lot more flavor waiting for you. Each part of India has its own style of cooking. The south is a lot more coconut milk-based, while the north uses a lot more butter and ghee.
Today I have got a recipe for one of my all-time favorite dishes: Palak Paneer. This is Indian cottage cheese (=paneer) cooked with a blended mixture of ground spices and spinach (=palak). This is really easy to make, and requires less than 30 minutes of prep and cook time.
Check out my video below and cook Palak Paneer with me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBTWiTysbI&ab_channel=SrishSav
Give this recipe a try and let me know how you liked it!
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This looks amazing, can’t wait to try this recipe ! Great article, Indian food is so diverse, I love it !
Bravo Srishti! It seems so delicious!
Great vegetarian option and super flavorful! Love Palak Paneer
Delicious. Nice article!
Sounds delicious. I will cook it this Sunday!
Thanks Bianca, be sure to let me know how it turns out!
Now I know what to cook this weekend! It looks so tasty 🙂
Thanks Francesca, let me know how you like it!
That looks great Srishti! Which are your favorite spices to use?
Thanks, Geertje! Hmmm, that’s a hard question to answer, but if I had to pick one, I would say coriander powder because it can really bring so much flavor to a dish.
Palak Paneer is my all-time favorite, thank you Srishti for sharing this. Amazing video & you made it very simple for everyone to try out ?
I love Indian food! I’m glad you’re covering this topic, great job with the video
Thanks, Adrian!
Great post Srishti! Recipe looks super tasty! hope I can try it soon. Thanks for the input!
Thanks, Pamela! Let me know how it turns out when you give it a try!
Great post! I remembered the time when my friends and I discovered an Indian restaurant in Berlin and went there each evening of our 5 day trip haha, it was just so so good! I am a fan of this cuisine!
Thanks, Sofia! Oh wow, I did something similar when I visited Berlin as well, what a coincidence!
Thank you for this recipe Srishti! It is very easy to cook and a nice alternative to take a break from meat. Nice video!
Thanks, Vasia! Oh yes, it’s always good to switch out eating meat from time to time, and cottage cheese is a great source of protein as well!
Can we make this soon pls ???