Recipe: Plant-based Palak Paneer

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This recipe serves 2. 

Ingredients for vegan palak paneer

•    1/2 a teaspoon of mustard seeds
•    1 teaspoon of cumin seeds  
•    2 sweet neem leaves
•    1 pinch of asafetida
•    1 chilli – change this depending on your love for spice
•    2 fresh tomatoes - diced
•    150g of young/baby spinach leaves – blended, chopped or left whole
•    400g of tofu – chopped into bite-size cubes
•    salt to taste
•    1 teaspoon of dried coriander powder
•    1/4 teaspoon of turmeric
•    1 tablespoon of lemon juice
•    1 handful of freshly chopped coriander

How to make vegan palak paneer 

1. Chop the tofu into bite-size chunks

2. Heat the pan a little and then add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds 

3. When the seeds start to pop, add the sweet neem leaves and asafetida

4. After 30 seconds add the chilli

5. After 10 - 15 seconds add the tomatoes  

6. Add a little water and let it cook for 2 minutes

7. Add the spinach in whichever form you prefer ie blended, chopped or whole

8. Add the dried coriander powder, turmeric and salt and stir  

9. After 3 minutes add the lemon juice

10. While it cooks, heat another pan and put the tofu in it, moving it around while it cooks so that the pieces become golden brown

11. Stir the contents of the other pan and taste it to check if you would like to add anything, if not, when the tofu is mostly golden brown, add it to the spinach and mix it in gently

12. Garnish with coriander and turn the heat off

Serving suggestion

You can serve this in multiple ways:

• with rotli/chapati

• with a wrap

• with Naan

  • Morrisons sell three readymade types of vegan Naan

• with rice

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