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paneer and spinach soup is a fragrant and nourishing Indian soup with soothing flavours. Learn how to make healthy spinach paneer soup.
Subtly flavoured this spinach cottage cheese soup is a wholesome fare that you will love to slurp up. Palak cooked and blended to a puree, thickened with moong dal and perfectly pepped up with onions, salt and pepper is a delight for the taste buds.
The protein-packed healthy palak paneer soup is a meal in a bowl! generous use of moong dal, paneer and spinach make it extremely nourishing and filling, while the onion and pepper bring in their soothing yet sharp flavours.
To make paneer and spinach soup, heat the butter in a broad non-stick pan, add the paneer and gently sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes or till the paneer is light brown in colour. Keep aside. Combine the moong dal, spinach, onions and 5 cups of water in a deep non-stick pan, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes or till the dal is cooked. Keep aside to cool completely. Once cooled, blend in a mixer to a smooth purée and strain it using a strainer. Transfer the purée to the same pan, add the salt, pepper and paneer pieces, mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Serve hot.
This delightful Indian palak soup with paneer is not only tantalizingly tasty, but also conveniently quick to prepare. Try it out!
Tips for paneer and spinach soup. 1. Do not over sauté the paneer pieces else they might turn chewy. 2. Also do not sauté them and keep too much ahead of time. 3. You can use a high quality blender and avoid straining at step 3 to retain most of its fibre for a healthy digestive system.
Enjoy with recipe below.