Paalak Paneer/ Cottage Cheese in Creamy Spinach Sauce

Paalak Paneer/ 

Cottage Cheese in Creamy Spinach Sauce

Hello Friends,

Hope you all are looking ahead for a dashing weekend. Winter is knocking the door and giving the signals of his arrival. Markets are flooded with woollen clothes, new veggies are fruits are appearing on the Safal stores, yes i usually buy my veggies from Mother dairies Safal stores. Now Spinach is the first veggie which i was waiting to make since long, as i was craving for Paalak Paneer. A rich and healthy delicacy. Everybody have their own version of making this side dish. I also make it two ways, here i am posting my favorite way of making this dish. Hope you will like it.

 Ingredients:-
Paalak/Spinach - 1 kg
Paneer/Cottage Cheese - 1/2 kg
Onion - 2 medium
Tomato - 2 medium

Ginger - 2 inch long piece

Garlic -  8-10 cloves

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander - 1 tsp

Coriander Powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala - 1 tsp

Chilly Powder -1 tsp

Salt - as per your taste

Method:- 

  Grab your ingredients

Puree or grate onion tomato and Ginger garlic

Wash paalak leaves,

(i chopped them but generally no need to chop them)

just clean them and wash properly

put paalak in cooker 

add salt and cook for 2 whistle

let it cool and puree it

By the time paalak in cooked wast and cut pieces of paneer

You can fry them, 

but i praffer to bake them on non stick tawa with few drops of oil

Cook from both sides and keep them aside

Heat oil and crackle cumin seeds and coriander seeds in it

Add grated ginger and garlic and cook for 2-3 seconds

Throw in onion paste mix well and cook for 15-20 seconds

Now add color with pureed tomato 

Cook for few seconds and add chilly powder and salt

 

mix well cover and cook for 10 seconds

Remove cover and add coriander powder and garam masala

Mix well,cover again and let it cook  for 15-20 seconds

Remove cover, oil will be oozes out

Now add 1 tbsp water and simmer it for 1 min

Now add pureed paalak in it

Mix well cover and cook for 5 min

uncover and add paneer in it

Mix well and cook for another 2-3 min

Ready to Serve

Serve it with Rice/Chapaati/Naan/Pulao 

you can use cream to garnish it

Sending this to: Favorite Recipes: Vegetarian Recipes

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Notes:-

1. You can use cream in it for making it more rich.
2. Use your favorite spices, i don't like it much spicy.
3. You can fry the paneer pieces or even add them raw, choice is totally yours. Most of the time i throw them raw in cooked panner, but sometime for a change i use this method as it is more flavorful.

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

LOVE

PariCash

Poha, Moongfali Peda/ Peanut and Beaten Rice Roundals

 Poha Moongfali Peda/

Peanut and Beaten Rice Roundels 

Hi Friends,

I hope you people enjoyed my Roundup of my First Event and Giveaway. I am very happy with the response. Today i am here with the a recipe which i tried first time and it came out good, it was so easy and so quick to make. Even my kids frequested me to let them make these pedas but instead of pedas they made round ladoos with it (see at end of the recipe). They enjoyed it very much and after making them, went straight to the drawing room where everybody was busy in watching T.V, both shouted "see we have made ladoo" all were so delighted. These are quick, flexible and healthy pedas. You can also shape them in ladoos, but i preferred this shape as i feel they taste more like pedas rather then ladoos. Don't worry about shape it will taste great in any shape.Try it and let me know.

Preparation time- 2-3 min

Cooking Time- 7-8 min

Ingredients:-

Poha/Beaten Rice- 1 cup

Peanuts - 1/2 cup

Jeggary - 1/2 cup (break in pieces)

Method:-

Gather your ingredients

dry roast peanuts 

heat a pan and add peanuts, stir in between

by the time peanuts are roasting 

take poha in colander and run water on it 

take out and squeeze out the water

cool roasted peanuts  

remove skin

take poha in a grinder

add jeggary

peanuts

grinder it for smooth dough (i like grainy texture so grinded less)

take out the dough and shape them in peda  

decorate with almonds

they were soo tastyyyy

Ladoos made and decorated by my kids

Notes:-

1. You can increase or decrease any ingredients according to your liking, for me everything was perfect.
2. You can grind it for few more seconds for smooth dough, but when i tasted the grainy dough  i liked it very much and proceed to make pedas.
3. I really don't know weather i can use sugar instead of jeggary or not, please let me know if you try this combo.
4. You can add dry fruits in it for more healthier version.

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

LOVE

PariCash