Spiced Roasted Cauliflower and Saag Paneer
Two perfect sides for your Indian feast and perfect on a low carb/Keto meal plan.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 509kcal
Ingredients
Spiced Roast Cauliflower
- 300 g Cauliflower cut into medium sized pieces
- 1/3 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/3 tsp Salt
- 1/3 tsp Ground Pepper
- 4 tbsp Ghee or Butter melted
Saag Paneer
- 2 tbsp Ghee or Butter
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 250 g Paneer cut into cubes
- 200 g Baby Spinach
- 1 medium Onion roughly chopped
- 2 Garlic Cloves roughly chopped
- 2 cm piece of Fresh Ginger roughly chopped
- 1 Green Chilli roughly chopped, keep the seeds in for extra spice
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 Lemon juiced
Instructions
Spiced Roasted Cauliflower
- Lay the cauliflower over a raosting tin then toss in the spices and ghee.
- Roast for 15 minutes tossing once half way through.
- Serve garnished with fresh coriander.
Saag Paneer
- Melt the ghee in a frying pan over a medium heat and add the turmeric and chilli powder. Place into a container and add add the cubed paneer and toss in the spice ghee mixture.
- In a food processor blitz the onion, garlic, ginger and green chilli. Once this is done heat a medium frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry off the paneer until golden all over, about 8 minutes then remove and set aside.
- Turn the heat down to medium and in the same pan tip in the blitzed mixture and fry until it starts to caramelise, about 10 minutes. If it seems like it may be starting to brown too quickly add a little water. Add the garam masala and fry for a further minute.
- Add the spinach and 100ml of waterand stire well. Once the spinach is wilted add the paneer and cook for a further 3 minutes to heat through. Squeeze over the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve alongside the spice roasted cauliflower and your favourite Indian main course.
Notes
The spice roasted cauliflower is from the Butter Chicken recipe on Diet Doctor and the Saag Paneer has been adapted from BBC Goodfood.
The calories are a guide calculated using myfitnesspal so may not be 100% correct.