Wednesday, June 6, 2007

'Mindblowing' Palak paneer..! (microwave)


Continuing with my MW cooking this time i decided to try palak paneer..i've had palak paneer from several sources & tried making it several times before but never tried it in MW & i've never liked it either ..whenever someone says "OOhs & Aahs "about it i wonder what is so great bout it ..i just pick & eat the paneer pieces & discard the gravy..
..this dish i call it "mindblowing "palak paneer 'cos it is simply mindblowing ..i was bowled over..!!i licked up the gravy till the last drop !!
& because it was made in the MW it was quite easy too...Also it is not very rich 'cos it has only 1 tbsp of butter & 1/4 cup milk..
Ingredients:

  1. ginger - 1/2 " piece
  2. garlic - 4-5 flakes
  3. onions - 2 chopped
  4. green chilly - 1 chopped
  5. cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  6. oil - 2 tbsp
  7. coriander powder - 2 tsp
  8. garam masala - 1/2 tsp
  9. tomatoes - 2 chopped
  10. kasoori methi (dry fenugreek leaves) - 2 tbsp
  11. Spinach leaves - 300-400 gms
  12. butter - 1tbsp
  13. red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
  14. salt to taste
  15. sugar - 1/4 tsp
  16. milk - 1/4 cup
  17. paneer(cottage cheese) - 200 gms (cubes)

How i made it:

In a large microproof bowl put oil, cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, onions, green chilly, coriander powder & gram masala. Mix well. Micro HI for 5 mts.

Add chopped tomatoes & kasoori methi. Mix well. Add washed spinach leaves (no need to chop them). Micro HI for 8 mts.

Cool spinach .Blend with 1/2 cup water.

Transfer the spinach puree to the same microproof bowl. Add butter, red chilly powder, paneer, salt , sugar, milk & 1/4 cup water. Mix well.

Micro Hi for 5 mts. Serve hot ..Its superb !!!

the original recipe by Nita mehta required 600 gms of spinach .i reduced it to 350gms.

3 comments:

Viji said...

This is interesting Deena, Being vegan it will be appropriate to comment on this post. Viji

deena said...

Hi viji..ya one of the famous vegetarian dishes in India..making it in MW was so much easier ..i cudnt believe it myself..thanks for visiting .do come again..

TEJUS 111 said...

How nice. hope palak comes out really tasty. I wouldnt add paneer. will that reduce the taste considerably. (I dont like paneer).