I wonder if they meant saag paneer. The first google result for that recipe lists 21(!) ingredients and a 1 hr 20 minute prep time, but a difficulty of "Easy".

That's funny, when I googled it the first result was showing a 5 minute prep time and 15 minute cooking time. I've noticed that with Indian food there's many ways to skin the cat. If you start with fresh spinach you'd have a different prep time than with frozen spinach.

The one that showed up uses frozen spinach - https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aarti-sequeira/saag-pane...

I think you mean palak paneer [1] and with 21 ingredients you're certainly looking at a complex and the "party" version of the dish.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palak_paneer