Palak Paneer

The authentic north indian food. can be made in a rich, sinful (calorie laden) or in healthy way and i prefer the latter.It was a yummy treat with chappathis\phulka

Main Ingredients
3 bunches of palak
2 Paneer slabs cut into cubes

Anciliary ingredients
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp (this is a must for all north indian dishes)
Thick creamy milk/cream- 1 cup depending upon the consistency required
Garam masala powder- 2 spoons
chilli powder
Gram flour-1 tsp
salt to taste

Directions

• Put 2 tsp oil/ghee in a kadai and fry the paneer cubes till the paneer cubes turns golden brown . keep the paneer cubes aside.if you want to avoid oil/ghee, then shallow fry the paneer cubes slowly but it would take more time to turn golden brown.
• Wash the palak leaves in running water and saute the palak leaves in a kadai till it reduces to half of its volume/ till the palak smell emantes .
• Grind the palak coarsely till it forms a paste. don't make it too liquid
• In a kadai, first put 2 -3 tsp of oil and after it gets heated, put 2 tsp of ginger garlic paste, saute the garlic paste immediately or it would not mix up with the dish easily
• Then put the palak paste in the kadai and after a minute and add -chilli powder, gram flour, salt to taste.
• After a minute of sauteing add the garam masala. Saute nicely for 3-4 minutes till it becomes a proper gravy. You can also close the lid for fast cooking
• Now add the whipped cream or 1 cup thick milk and again saute the gravy nicely for some more minutes
• Add the paneer cubes and close the lid till the paneer cubes properly absorbs the gravy. open the lid on and off to ensue that the gravy doesn't turn too thick.
• Palak paneer is ready to be served with rotis