Price: $5.99
Serving: 1/2 package, 5.5oz.
Servings per package 2
REALITY CHECK:
Calories per container: 576
Fat: 50%, 32g
Cholesterol: 4%, 12mg
Sodium: 18%, 420mg
Protein: 16g
Carbohydrates: 20%, 58g
Fiber: 24%, 6g
Sugar: 4g
Weight Watchers Points: 13 Points

Sukhi says: Delicate and flavorful Indian cheese pieces in a creamy and delicious blend of diced spinach and authentic Indian herbs and spices.

Abi says: Palak Paneer is an ugly dish. Dark brownish-green muck hides the occasional cheese cube, defies efforts of spoonless eaters and has the potential to wreak intestinal havoc.

Palak Paneer is also the best version of cooked spinach in existence, so you take the good with the bad.

This palak paneer from Sukhi’s features the frightening price of $5.99 for approximately 9 ounces of palak paneer and a piece of naan. This is an insane price for frozen food, even if it does included naan. But according to Sukhi, this box contains two servings, so three bucks per serving is a great deal if you believe in voodoo microwavonomics.

This palak paneer isn’t rich and savory. Instead it is thin and hot, with jalapeno peppers overpowering all other spices. Add the use of cheaper-than-butter (or ghee) canola oil and the dish goes from rich and creamy to bland (yes, spicily bland) and, well, still creamy.

The paneer (fresh Indian cheese) isn’t a player in this meal and the included microwaved naan shows that the claim “It’s Better With Naan!” is only true when the naan is fresh from the Tandoor or reheated in an oven. Naan needs crispiness to counteract its inherent fluffiness and this microwaved version falls short. It is also invisible, as you can see from the photo above. Okay, so it is not invisible, but there’s also not nearly enough to make it a suitable rice replacement. Size of naan: 1.25 CD jewel cases. If you can even remember the size of a jewel case. And 1.25 jewelcases of naan is not enough naan to deal with this spinach.

If you’re trying to pay north of $4.00 for a mediocre frozen meal, you could get this or Amy’s Palak Paneer (the bland version of this meal) and enjoy a toss-up in terms of tasty.