FOOD : ooSSome Gravies : Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer is such a popular dish in India, but did you know that Palak/Spinach was of Persian origin and woz the first ever frozen vegetable!! I love spinach, cause its soo versatile, you could just stuff it in Bread, or make soups out of it, Salads, Pastas, Parathas, make Rice/Pilafs, grind it and use it a base anywhere, or simply take a broad leaf of spinach and deep fry with Besan/Gram Flour till crisp.. or even simpler,,, saute it with butter and Brocolli

So this is my way of making Palak Paneer.. for 2 people.. you will need

01. 2-3 spinach bunch boiled

02. cut cubes of Paneer and lightly fry them on both sides in a flat pan/any pan (flat pan will give u the advantage of letting each paneer cube turn light gold and the shape stays intact, otherwise they all get mixed up)

03. in a pan, fry onion (Medium sized 1/2), chop the remaining half finely and keep aside, 1 small tomato, 6-7 pods of garlic, small piece of ginger, 1 clove, 2 green chillies, 7-8 cashewnuts, a little Cumin.

once both 01 and 3have cooled down, grind them in a blender till a fine paste.

- take some oil in a pan (even better would be some butter!! ) fry the finely chopped onions, add the Palak base, throw in the Paneer, add salt, give it a light mix and one boil. In the end, if you have some cream, then spoon in some. I personally like the fresh cream of milk.

Yummy with some Hot Phulkas.. Keep the count tho! :-)