Palak Paneer

Ingredients:

1. 150 gms paneer cubed
2. 300 gms spinach
3. A pinch of bicarbonate of soda
4. 4 green chillies
5. Paste of 2 onions
6. 2 tsp garlic and ginger paste
7. 1 tsp garam masala
8. 1 tblsp oil and 1 tblsp ghee
9. 2 tblsp cream
10. Paste of 100gms coriander leaves
11. salt to taste
12. Hot water for soaking spinach

Method:

• Add soda to boiling water.
• Chop the spinach and put it in this hot water for 2 minutes. Remove it from the flame and strain.
• Put the spinach in ice cold water for sometime to retain the colour.
• Strain it and grind it with garlic - ginger paste and green chillies.
• Heat the oil ghee mixture in a heavy bottomed pan and fry the onion paste for a few minutes. Add the paste of coriander leaves, garam masala, salt and the spinach paste. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Now add the cubed paneer to the mixture.
• Pour the cream over the mixture and serve it with rotis.