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Shovna
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 PALAK PANEER PALAK PANEER
Ingredients
One big bunch of spinach (fresh green ones)
Paneer ~10 to 15 cubes
One medium sized ripe tomato
Green chillies 5, half onion~ chopped finely into small pieces
Half tsp of garlic-ginger-cilantro paste
One tsp of dhania-jeera (coriander-cumin) powder
Quarter cup cashews
Half tsp of salt
Method
Spinach and Green Chillies - Wash the spinach, cut or tear them into big pieces. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a wide skillet. First add green chillies to hot oil, then spinach. Saute until the leaves are wilted. Turn off the heat. Wait few minutes to cool. Add them to a blender and also a pinch of salt - blend to smooth paste. Adding green chillies to spinach puree is very important step; it gives punch to bland spinach.
Tomato- Boil tomato in hot water till the skin break down, remove the skin, mash the tomato to a pulp.
Cashews- Roast cashews lightly, make fine powder of them.
Paneer- Lightly saute paneer cubes in one teaspoon of ghee till they are golden brown. (This is optional, you can add paneer cubes just as they are.)
Add one teaspoon of ghee or oil to a wide skillet. When it is hot, fry the onions till translucent. Add ginger-garlic-cilantro paste and dhania-jeera powder, mix them and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add pureed spinach, tomato and cashew powder along with a pinch of turmeric and salt to taste. Mix thoroughly and add water if needed. Do not dilute the curry too much. It should not spread like flooding river when served on a plate.
Cook it covered on low flame for about 5 to 10 minutes. Just before turning off the heat, add the paneer cubes. Mix them with the spinach (palak). Let simmer for 2 or 3 minutes and then turn off the heat.
Serve hot with parathas or rice.
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| Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:27 pm |
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Shovna
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PALAK PANEER ~1 PALAK PANEER ~1
Ingredients
3 bunches of Palak
1 Onion (chopped finely)
1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
10 Green Chillies
1 cup Milk
2 tbsp Cream
1 tbsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tbsp Kasuri Methi (dry fenugreek leaves)
500 gms of diced paneer
2 big Tomatoes (chopped finely)
Method
Clean and wash palak nicely. Chop palak.
Boil palak and chopped green chillies for 10 mins. Cool and grind to a fine paste. Roast Kasuri methi on a tava for half a min (see that you don't burn it) and powder it by rubbing it between your palms.
In a kadai fry onion till brown. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for sometime.
Add chopped tomatoes and fry till oil shows on top. Add palak paste and Kasuri methi and fry. Add milk. Add garam masala powder and 2 tbsp cream and paneer diced. Add salt. Cook for 5 mins.
Before serving add 1 tbsp of butter (optional).
Serve hot with Parathas or Naans.
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| Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:29 pm |
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Shovna
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PALAK PANEER-2 PALAK PANEER~2
Ingredients
Spinach 1/2 kg
Paneer 100 grams
Onion 1
Butter 3 tbsp.
Bay leaves 2-3
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp.
Ginger-garlic paste 3/4 tsp.
Green chilli paste 1/2 tsp.
Garam Masala Powder 1 tsp.
Vegetable oil as required
Method
1. Mix ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste and some water with spinach. Pressure cook it for about 7-8 minutes (just before the first whistle).
2. Cut paneer into small cubes. Keep 3 cubes separately for decoration.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Fry the paneer pieces on 'medium' heat till they turn slightly brown. Set the paneer pieces aside.
4. Heat 2 tbsp. of butter. Fry bay leaves and cumin seeds. Add chopped onion. Fry until the onions become pink.
5. Add salt, black pepper powder, garam masala. Stir well.
6. Add paneer and cooked spinach (grinded). Mix well.
7. Put palak paneer in a baking tray .
8. Add rest of the butter. Bake for 1/2 hour at 180 deg C.
Grate the paneer kept aside for decoration. Decorate. Palak paneer is ready to serve.
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| Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:32 pm |
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Shovna
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ACHAARI PANEER ACHAARI PANEER
Ingredients
Paneer 300 gm
Aniseeds 2 Tsp
Mustard seeds 1Tsp
Feugreek seeds 1/2 Tsp
Onion seeds 1/2Tsp
Cumin 1Tsp
Garlic 5-6 Flake
Ginger 1" piece
Curd 1/2cup
Oil 4 Tbsp
Onion 3 No sliced
Turmeric pwdr 1Tsp
Dried mangoes pd (Amchur pwder) 1-1/2 Tsp
Slit green chillies 2-3
Salt 1Tsp
Method
Cut paneer into rectangular pieces.
Collect all seeds-aniseeds, mustard seeds, feugreek seeds, onion seeds and cumin seeds together.
Crush garlic and ginger roughly and keep aside.
Heat oil. Add the collected seeds together to the hot oil. Let them crackle for 1 minute.
Add onions and chopped green chillies. Cook till onions turn golden brown.
Add turmeric and crushed garlic-ginger paste. Cook for 1-2 minute.
Beat curd with a spoon till smooth. Add gradually and keep stirring. Add amchoor[dried mango pd.] And 1/2 tsp salt. Cook till the curd dries up a little.
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| Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:34 pm |
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