Palak paneer is essentially a north Indian dish. It is easy to cook and is packed with health benefits of spinach and cottage cheese. The dish tastes as good if potato, cauliflower or tofu is used in place of cottage cheese.

Ingredients

500 gms paneer (recipe given for home-made paneer *)2 medium sized bunches of fresh spinach leaves� bunch of fresh fenugreek leaves4 tbsp cooking oil1 finely chopped onion1 finely chopped large tomato2 tbsp garlic paste1 tbsp ginger paste2 tbsp coriander powder1 tbsp cumin powder� tbsp turmeric powder1 tbsp garam masalaSalt to tasteButter for garnishing (optional)

Cooking method

1. Cut the paneer in square pieces of an inch. 2. Stir fry the paneer pieces in a shallow pan using 2 tbsp oil. 3. Keep the paneer pieces in paper napkin to drain out excessive oil. If you are health conscious, you can skip shallow frying the paneer.4. Add remaining oil in the pan and fry onions till soft. 5. Add garlic and ginger paste, fry till the paste starts giving out aroma. 6. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. 7. Finally, add salt. 8. When spinach and fenugreek leaves become pulpy and soft, it is time to mash the sauce. For even consistency, you can also blend the sauce in food processor. 9. Add previously fried paneer and mix it well. 10. Palak paneer goes very well with Indian chapatti, parathas or makke ki roti.