Palak Paneer
Palak paneer is a punjabi dish consisting of spinach and paneer (Indian farmer's cheese). It is a popular vegetarian dish.
If you don't have paneer , you can use boiled potatoes ,peas or cauliflower.
Ingredients :
Small cubes of Paneer (100 gms)
Palak -1 large bunch (remove thick stem part in the middle of the leaves)
Onion -2
Tomato-2
Green chilly - 3
Ginger garlic paste -half spoon
ghee- 3 spoon
fresh cream/milk- 2 spoon
Kasuri methi -1/2 spoon
Method:
1.Grind onion and tomato separately
2.Heat 2 tbsps of ghee in a pan . Stir-fry the spinach leaves with chillies
3.Grind spinach into a fine paste along with green chillies
4.In a pan,heat 2tsp of oil. Add cumin seeds. When they begin to change colour add onion paste and g-g paste.fry until raw smell goes
4.Now add tomato puree and little salt to make the tomatoes cook fast
5.Add the spinach puree and Fry in low flame for 4-5 minutes till oil separates or till the raw smell disappears.
6.Either you can fry paneer or add just like that to the gravy
7.Now pour 2 -3 tbl spoon of fresh cream/milk
7.Add Kasuri methi and water if needed .
8.Reduce flame and cook for 2 mts
9.Serve hot with roti or bread.
