Ingredients:
- Spinach (palak): 1bunch 250gm
- Onion: 1 no (small)
- Tomato: 2 no (medium)
- Garlic: 5 cloves
- Ginger: 2 inch piece
- Paneer/soya paneer/cottage cheese: 200gm
- Butter: 2-3 tablespoon
- Oil:2table spoon
- Salt: half teaspoon
- Bay leaf: 1no
- Cumin seed(jeera): 1 teaspoon
- Garam masala powder: half teaspoon
- Red chilly powder: one teaspoon
- Coriander powder: one teaspoon
- Turmeric powder: ½ teaspoon
- Water: half cup (100ml)
Preparation:
- Boil/microwave spinach/palak for 3 minutes and make fine paste. keep aside
- Grind the onion, ginger and garlic all together. Keep aside
- Grind the tomato and keep aside.
- Cut the paneer in one inch cube. Soak it into hot water, with half teaspoon turmeric powder for about 5-10 minutes.
Method:
- Take a fry pan, Heat oil till smoke starts to come.
- Put cumin and bay leaf in it.
- Sputter it for few seconds, add grinded onion, garlic and ginger paste.
- Fry these masala about 3-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Add tomato paste Fry these masala about 2-3 minutes on medium flame.
- Add chili powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder few seconds.
- Add fresh cream; fry till oil separates from the masala.
- Then add palak paste, half cup of water, boil it.
- Add paneer in it and again boil it. Transfer into in serving bowl.
Making Tadaka (seasoning):
- Take a tomato cut it into 8 pieces.
- Take a small fry pan, Put butter in it. Add half teaspoon cumin seed and pieces of tomato. Fry it for 2-3 minutes, put off the flame, and add red chilly powder.
- Put this tadaka on the prepared recipe.
- Now palak paneer is ready to serve.
- Paneer is excellent source of protein.
- It is suitable for all age group.
- Regular consumption of palak(spinach)reduces blood pressure and cholesterol level.
- It is a power house of iron, vitamin A and c.