Curried Spinach with Fresh Cheese (Saag Paneer) Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 8 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 5 teaspoons salt
• 4 pounds spinach, well rinsed and thick stems removed
• 8 cloves garlic
• 2 onions, roughly chopped
• 2 serrano chiles, seeded
• 1 piece ginger (3 in.), peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Seeds from 7 cardamom pods
• 3 whole cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 tablespoons ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 canned tomato, chopped
• 1/4 cup whole-milk yogurt
• 2 teaspoons garam masala