Palak Paneer

Preparation Time : 45 mins
Serving : 2

Ingredients :

Palak (Spinach) 1 bunch
Panner 1 Block
Tomatoes 1 large (if small 2 nos)
Onion 1no
Ginger-garlic paste 11/2 tsp
Dried red chillis few
Red chilli powder 1/2 tbsp
Corriender powder 1/2 tbsp
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Jeera 1/2 tsp
Oil 11/2 tsp
Salt To Taste

METHOD:

1. Boil palak in a bowl or pressure cook it till 2 whittles. Allow it to cool.
2. Boil tomatos, allow it to cool and grind it to fine paste.
3. Finely chop onions.
4. Make ginger garlic paste.
5. Take a small piece of panner and shred it. Keep aside.
6. Once the palak is cooled down gried it to a paste. (Keep the water aside in which palak was boiled)
7. In a pan heat oil. Add jeera to it and allow to crackle.
8. Add red dryed red chillis.
9. Add chopped onins and ginger-garlic paste.
10. Add all masalas.
11. Once onions are brown add tomato puree.
12. Saute (shallow fry) for 10 mins till the masala leave oil from sides.
13. Add palak puree to it. Let til boil for sometime.
14. If it becomes too thick add water which water which was kept aside.
15. Add paneer cubes and let y cook for sometime.
16. Garnish it with shredded panner and serve hot with Indian Bread (rotis) & Rice.

TIP: [ To make paneer cubes very soft leave them in hot salt water for some time]
[If the gravy becomes very thin add shredded paneer and let it boil, this makes the gravy thick ].