Palak paneer

Palak paneer.. It rhymes isn't it? Similarly it rhymes with the origin of the dish, Punjab and also the color steals the hearts of consumers. An eye catching recipe with its green penetrating color. 

Ingredients:-


Spinach-1pound(1/2 kg)
Green chillies-3 long sliced
Tomato-2
Coriander cumin powder-2tspn
Garam masala-1/2tspn
Garlic-2cloves
Turmeric-1/4 tspn
Onion chopped-1
Ginger garlic paste-1tspn
Fenugreek leaves-1tspn
Paneer-10 cubes.(You can use potato instead)
Pepper and salt
Oil-2tblspn
Butter-1tblspn
Cream to add richness-optional


Directions:-

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• Marinate the paneer cubes or potato cubes with some pinches of pepper and salt for 20 min .
• Wash the spinach and cook with chilly, tomato, garlic, coriander-cumin powder, garam masala, turmeric and salt(10min) with the lid on.(medium flame) You will have water oozing out of the spinach since they are washed. And depending upon the looseness you desire for the gravy you can add some.
• Now let the spinach cool before putting into the blender to paste it.
• Meanwhile fry the paneer cubes in oil till they turn amber on the sides.
• In the oil residue saute the chopped onions till soft(medium flame).
• Add in the ginger garlic paste and fry them for 1min at high flame. Thats enough for them to cook.(then set the flame at minimum)
• Now grind the spinach into paste form and move into this onion and boil(medium flame).
• Add fenugreek leaves.
• Add the butter and cream. Let the butter melt. Finally the fried Paneer/Potato on the top. 
• Garnish with some shaved butter or cream.
• DONE

BON APPETITE:)