Palak Paneer

Another popular dish in India which is tasted and tried almost by every Indians so there nothing new I can say about this dish. I am a big fan of panner so any dish with paneer is my favorite and this dish is truly delicious. My 2% milk past the "sell by" date so I decide to make the paneer out of it. Till I made paneer I had no idea of making this dish but the moment I saw the beautiful paneer cubes, just a thought of this palak paneer made me drooling and as a result we ended up eating a rich dinner. This dish was even more tastier with the home made paneer. 

Ingredients
Paneer cubes - 1 cup
Palak/Spinach - 3 cups 
Garlic - 3 cloves chopped
Onion - 1 chopped finely

Tomato - 2 chopped

Green Chilies - 3 

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp

Coriander Powder - 2 tsp

Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp

Cumin/jeera powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala - 1 tsp

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Heavy whipped Cream - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 3 tsp

Method 
Boil water in a pan and add spinach and boil for 4 mins uncovered. When it cools down grind to a smooth paste along with green chilies. Heat oil in a  skillet and add cumin seeds and when it crackle add the garlic and onion and saute till onion is soft. Add ginger garlic paste and tomato and cook for few mins and add the masala powders and cook and if needed sprinkle water to avoid burning  the masalas. Add the grinded palak and cook in simmer for 10 mins. Last add the paneer and cream and give a quick mix. Palak paneer is ready. I served with chapati and asparagus salad which I'll be posting soon. Enjoy!!  

Mutter Paneer / peas and cheese

When ever we go to a restaurant we make sure to order atleast one paneer dish and I guess mutter paneer is the most frequently ordered one as it is our family's favorite. Mutter Paneer is a delicious curry made of peas and home made cheese .Almost everyone would have tried making this dish and each one gets a different taste. I am posting my way of making this recipe. Please try it and pass on some comments.




Ingredients:
Paneer cubes - 1 packet
Peas - 1 cup
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato - 2
Ginger Garlic paste - 2tsp
coriander powder - 2tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
Salt as required

Procedure:
Boil the onion with little turmeric powder and blend to a fine paste and set aside. Make a fine paste out of tomato and keep aside too. Heat oil in a pan and saute ginger garlic paste. After few mins add the onion paste and saute well. Add all the powders and fry for 2 mins. Next add the tomato paste and stir continuously till the oil begins to separate from the masala. Add peas (if you are using a frozen peas thaw them first )to it and cook it for 5 mins . Last add the paneer and little water, cook in reduced heat till the gravy thickens. Mutter paneer is ready. Server with chapati , nan or roti of your choice to enjoy this dish.