North Indian cuisine------Palak Paneer(Spinach Cottage Cheese Gravy)
This is a very special ,nutritious and famous North Indian dish.Goes very well with Nan and Chapati's,and i like it with hot plain cooked basmati/sonamasuri rice.As many people feel Palak(Spinach) is bland in taste ,but when you prepare this recipes,really you will love eating palak.If some times you don't have paneer and not much time available to prepare one then you can substitute paneer with peas/tofu(if you like tofu taste) also.there are few tips required in this recipe otherwise its a very tasty and easy recipe. Ingredients: 1 big bunch palak(Spinach) 1 big onion cut lengthwise 2 small tomatoes cut lengthwise 2" ginger chopped 3-5 garlic pods chopped 2-3 green chilies 1 cup paneer pieces(cubes)(see my paneer recipe) 1 tsp moong dal(split green gram dal) 1-2 tsp sugar salt to taste 1 tsp red chili powder 1/4 tsp haldi(turmeric powder) 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp gram masala 1/2 tsp amchur powder/lemon juice 1/2 cup whole milk 1 tsp butter 1 ts