paneer

If you get sick of tofu, paneer is a good alternative, and easy to make as well.

Got the idea that spinach doesn't need to be bland, and looked into that palak paneer thing.

Be very careful with this - most Indian dishes are made with ghee (butter), yoghurt or cream, paneer (cheese), etc.

Though if you ever make your own cheese, paneer, etc., you can cook with the whey.

Yeah, but unless you use them like paneer (ie in curries) they taste bland and icky.

If you're living in the US, reduced fat paneer is very good, and protein dense.

Dairy-based products are everywhere in vegetarian dishes, and many (too many, imho) recipes treat paneer as the default stand-in for meat.

What I find in practice: You get a tiny amount of legumes/paneer, and a huge amount of carbs.

Regarding spinach, palak paneer and indian spices, one doesn't really need to overdo it.

They have some unique variations - grilled Paneer (ala Haloumi) sandwich, etc.

Actually I discovered palak paneer about a decade ago as ready made meal in some supermarket.

Ricotta and paneer appear to be high-heat cheeses, where pasteurization is implicit in the first step even if the milk wasn't pasteurized to begin with.

Method Execution: When a prompt like "My friend's name is Vishal, I don’t know what to cook for him today." is processed, the whatFoodDoesThisPersonLike method is automatically called with "Vishal" as the argument, and it returns "Paneer Butter Masala" as Vishal's preference.

Paneer/soft cheese and curd though is very easy to make, and requires just the ability to let the milk settle.

Paneer is made from milk, so...not vegan.