Tuesday, May 22, 2012

P for Palak Paneer




What more comforting than store bought paneer. After all its low calorie. Everyweek I make sure that we include lot of greens in our food atleast twice/thrice a week. I am talking about spinach which is rich in iron and Paneer for Protein.
Do you add toor dal in Palak Paneer, because I dont and the recipe is as below.

Main Ingredients:

Palak/Spinach - 1 bunch
Paneer - 10- 15 cubed- Fry it separately.

Fry and Grind:
Onion - 1 chopped roughly
Tomato- 1 chopped roughly
Ginger- garlic - 1 small piece

Tadka:
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - a pinch
Jeera -1/2 tsp

Method:-

1) Boil Palak and grind , after it cools down.
2) Fry and Grind: Fry onion,Tomato ,Ginger -Garlic and grind it.
3)In a kadai with Oil, add Tadka and pour the onion-tomato gravy. Fry for 2 minutes till you see the oil on the top. By this time add Grinded Palak, salt and let it boil for 5 minutes.
4) Altast add fried Paneer cubes.



P.S: If you are health freak, you can boil paneer in water and add it at the last stage.

Palak Paneer is ready to be served with Phulka.

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