Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer is one of most popular north Indian dish and I am presenting this dish with my modification to add further taste. Palak (Spinach) is a good source of iron which helps in cleaning the blood. It is one of the healthy food items. I hope you all will like it.



Ingredients:
Spinach(Palak) - 1 bunch - chopped along with the stem
Onion - 1 big - chopped
Tomato - 1 big - chopped
Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green Chillies -3
Butter - 1 tbsp
Paneer in pieces - as desired
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Half & half or milk - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste

Method:
Fry onion, ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes one after the other in a little oil for a few mins. Now add the red chilli, turmeric and garam masala powder and fry for another min. Cool and blend it nicely to a smooth paste. Meanwhile fry the chopped spinach with a tbsp of water and little salt sprinkled on it. I usually don't cover and cook spinach here to avoid sweating.

Now mix the onion - tomato paste in the cooked spinach and add milk and some water and cook on high flame for about 5 mins uncovered. Now reduce the flame and cook for another 2 mins. The gravy nicely thickens up by this time and is ready for to add paneer. Fry paneer in about 1 tbsp of butter until lightly browned on both sides and pop up them into the gravy and cook alongwith gravy for 2 mins.

Serve hot with plain Chapatis/Parathas or Jeera rice.