Palak paneer

Serves-4

Palak paneer  is a green beauty.I Like this dish and it is best way to make kids eat greens.Try and enjoy.

Ingredients:

• Spinach/palak -1 cup (tightly packed)
• Paneer cubes -15-20nos
• Onion -1 large
• Tomato -1 large
• Green chilli -2 nos
• Ginger garlic paste -1 tsp
• Oil/Butter -1 tbsp
• Cumin/jeera -1 tsp
• Cinnamon -1 small stick
• Cardamom -2
• Cloves -2
• Red chilli powder -1 tsp
• Coriander powder -1 tsp
• Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
• Garam masala -1/4 tsp
• Kasoori methi -1/4 tsp
• Milk -1/4 cup
• Fresh cream -1/4 cup
• Sugar -1/4 tsp
• Salt -To taste

Method:

• Blanch spinach with little sugar so that spinach will retain its colour.
• Immediately run spinach in cold water to stop it from getting cooked.
• Grind spinach with green chilli to a paste.
• In a pan add Oil/butter and add whole garam masala followed by jeera.
• Add onion and saute for 2 mins.Add ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add tomato and cook till it turns mushy.Add turmeric,red chilli and coriander powder and saute.
• Now add palak,green chilli puree.Cook till raw smell goes. Add salt.
• Now add milk little by little and stir.
• Similarly add cream little by little and stir.Add sugar.
• Finally add kasoori methi and paneer cubes.
• Serve hot with chapathi.

Notes:

• You can avoid cream and add 1/2 cup of milk.