Palak Paneer

A popular  speciality , you will enjoy cooking this combination in the microwave,it cooks quickly without addition of water or loss of nutrients , the cottage cheese becomes soft and moist and the dish itself looks a very appetising bright green with white .Try it !

Ingredients :

500 gms spinch chopped and washed

1 1/2 tbsp oil

3/4 tsp cumin

1 large onion choped

1' ginger chopped

3 cloves garlic crushed

2 tomatoes chopped

green chillies to taste, chopped

a pinch turmeric

250 grm paneer cubed

1 tbsp butter or cream

Method :

   1. Put the spinach in a microwave safe bowl.cover and microwave on 100% power for 6 minutes.Stand  three  minutes&blend either totally smooth or to a knobbly pureee.

  2. Into the same dish , put the oil and microwave 100% for 2minutes.Drop in the cumin and continue to  cook at the same power for 1 minute .Add onion ,ginger, and garlic and cook 4 minutes.The mixture will be  very fragrant.

  3.Add the tomatoes and chillies .Cook for 5 minutes or till the oil starts to separate.

Add turmeric and cook for another 30 seconds.

  4.Stir in the pureed spinach and Paneer and Microwave at 60% power for 5 minutes .

  5. Stir in the butter or cream before serving .

(Serves 4-6)

Handy Hint:

You may do step 1 any day you have some free time and freeze it for use on another occassion .