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Spinach with cottage cheese
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 6 bunches, spinach leaves
- 2 onions, chopped and sauted (to look transluscent)
- 6 green chillies
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
- 150 gms Paneer, cubed (cottage cheese)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1 pinch, soda bi-carb (optional)
- Salt, to taste
- 1 tablespoon Oil / Ghee
- 1 dessert-spoon Butter (optional)
- Water
Method
- STEP 1Cut off the stems from the Spinach leaves and wash the leaves carefully. Blanch them in a pot of boiling water for about 10 minutes, adding a pinch a soda-bicarb to ensure that the colour of the spinach doesn't run. Drain the water and cool the spinach.
- STEP 2In a blender, puree the sauted onions, spinach, coriander, chillies and cumin seeds, with a little water, till it is smooth.
- STEP 3In a pan / skillet, heat some oil / ghee, and lightly fry the paneer cubes. Remove the goldenish paneer cubes from the pan and keep aside.
- STEP 4In the skillet, add the pureed spinach on a medium flame adding about a cup of water (if you want it of a thinner consistency). Add salt to taste and let it remain on the fire, till little bubbles start to appear. Add a tablespoon of butter, for a delicious taste.
- STEP 5Now add the paneer to the Spinach.
- STEP 6Serve hot with Parathas / Naan / Chapatis / Rotis.