For serving 2 persons.
100 gms Paneer
1 bunch of spinach
2 onions
1 tomato
4 - 5 cloves of garlic
Cumin seeds (Jeera)
Salt
Garam Masala
Red chili powder
1 teaspoon Cream (Malai)
Procedure:
Wash the spinach leaves. Put 2 - 3 cups of water for heating. Once boiling, put the spinach leaves in it and add a teaspoon salt. Let it cook for 3 - 4 mins. Then drain the water and wash the spinach with cold water to maintain the green colour. Use the boiled water again to put paneer cubes in it with the heating(gas) turned off. In the meanwhile, put 2 table spoons of butter in a pan. Add Jeera, chopped garlic, onions to it one after another. Wait till onions become transparent in colour. Add chopped tomato. Add garam masala, salt and red chili powder to it. Meanwhile, make a puree of the spinach in the mixer by adding a cup of water to the spinach leaves. Then add a teaspoon of cream (malai) to it. Add a few cubes of Paneer and again mix it in the mixer. Pour the puree in the pan. Let it boil once. Add the remaining cubes of Paneer and let it cook for a while with low heating. Delicious Palak Paneer is ready to serve.