12 minutes Palak Paneer | Spinach with Indian Cottage Cheese

You will need:-

• 2 cup Spinach(frozen or fresh)
• 1 cup Paneer cubed
• 1 small Onion finely chopped(I like mine pureed)
• 2 tsp garlic, ginger and green chilli paste
• 1/2 cup tomatoes pureed
• Salt to taste, red chilli powder, Dhana jeera masala and garam masala(adjust to your liking)
• Very small amount of turmeric- reason is if you use more tumeric in any green vegees, tumeric can kill good vitamins and iron
• 1 tbsp Olive oil
• Pinch of hing(asafoetida)

Method

1st-Place spinach with little water in a microwave bowl and let it cook for 7 minutes.  Meanwhile peel the onion, garlic, ginger and grind in a grinder with green chillies and very little water.   Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, add hing and grind paste. 

let it fry on a medium heat for 5 minutes or untill gets slightly brown.(In this time I was kneading my chappati dough)  Now add pureed tomato and add all the masala and cook till you see oil leaving masala. 7 minutes pass, spinach has cooked and add into a grinder to make puree, this time I didn't made it in to fine puree, just in to coarse...add spinach and mix well and now add paneer cubes and let it cook for further 3-4 minutes.

Ready to serve in 12 minutes!

Great with round and soft Gujarati rotlis, naan and puri.