Palak Paneer (Cottage Cheese)

Palak Paneer (Cottage Cheese)            10 Servings:

'Paneer' is an east indian terminology, which means Cottage Cheese in English. This cheese looks more like a tofu, but it's quite harder than tofu and has lots of real dairy flavour!

Ingredients:
10 servings of basmati rice or, naan bread or, roti

1 kg paneer, cubes, deep fried (Just for 2 min.), then soaked in cold water
1 kg of spinach, washed, rinsed, pureed with 50 ml of oil
4 tea spoon of garlic paste
1/3rd cup of onions, chopped
1 tea spoon of ginger roots, paste
1/2 tea spoon of cumin, ground
2-3 whole red chili
1/2 tea spoon of turmeric
1/2 cup of heavy cream
150 ml of olive oil (100 + 50)
1 tea spoon of cardamom powder/ground
3-4 tea spoon of clarified butter or, Ghee
1/2 cup of coriander/cilantro leaves, chopped
1 tea spoon of lemon/lime juice
1/2 tea spoon of fenugreek leaves, rubbed
2-3 bay leaves
1 cup of water
* salt

Method:
First, in a pot take the 100 ml of oil and make it hot. Turn the fire off. Add the onions, whole red chillies, bay leaves and galic. Cook for 2-3 min. Then, add the spinach puree, ginger paste, cumin, turmeric, lemon juice & fenugreek leaves and mix it well and continue cooking for 3-4 more min. on a low heat and make sure you constantly stir it gently. Now, add the paneer and water to it and stir it gently. Continue cooking for 2-3 more min. Now add the coriander/cilantro leaves, ghee/c-butter, heavy cream, and cook for 2 more min. Season with salt. Serve hot with your choice of starch. Super yummy and healthy!