Saag paneer

Name: Saag paneer
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp ghee or cooking oil; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli powder or Kashmiri chilli powder; 450g paneer cut into 3cm cubes; 500g spinach mature fresh or frozen; 1 large onion finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves; thumb-sized piece of ginger; 1 green chilli roughly chopped, (include seeds for extra spice); 1 tsp garam masala; ½ lemon juiced, to serve

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Prep:10minCook:20min

An Indian dish with plenty of flavour, saag paneer is a well-loved vegetarian side dish. It's rich in calcium and folate from the spinach and is gluten-free, too

Updated at: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:46 GMT