Ingredients:
250 g Paneer (Cottage Cheese), cut into small cubes.
Spinach 1 Box (I prefer Organic Baby Spinach)
½ tsp cumin seeds
Spinach 1 Box (I prefer Organic Baby Spinach)
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp garam masala
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
¼ tsp garam masala
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
Finely chop the following or make paste.
2 Small Onions
2 cloves garlic
2 cloves garlic
(½") piece ginger
2 green chillies
Spinach purée:
Blanch the spinach with some salt and little water in a pan. Let it cool down and then blend it to smooth purée. Don’t throw away the excess water. Save it to use later for cooking.
Paneer Pieces:
Cut the Paneer (cottage cheese) into small pieces. Instead of deep frying paneer pieces, I bake them in Oven. Pre heat Oven to 300F, and bake paneer till all the pieces turn golden brown.
Before After Baking
Cooking Steps:
Serve hot with Chapatti or Jeera Rice. I like it with a hint of lemon juice.
- Heat the oil or butter in a pan.
- Add cumin seeds.
- Add the chopped onions and some salt. Fry them till they turn translucent.
- Add the garlic, ginger, green chillies paste and fry again for a little time.
- Once this paste stops sticking to the pan, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, Coriander Powder and fry for 1 min. approx.
- Add the spinach purée and 1 cup of water and bring it to boil. Use the excess water from blanching spinach.
- Add baked paneer pieces. And cook for 2-3 mins.Add garam masala.
Serve hot with Chapatti or Jeera Rice. I like it with a hint of lemon juice.
Thanks Richa ( well i know its confusing as my name is also Richa :) ).. i liked your method of baking the paneer cube instead of frying.
ReplyDeleteWill surely try it.
Cool .. thatz good start .. keep up to speed now..
ReplyDeleteI liked the idea of baking paneer.. cool