PALAK PANEER | Spinach With Indian Cottage Cheese | Paneer Recipe | Step Wise Video

Palak Paneer is a popular Indian dish of soft cottage cheese cubes in a mild, spiced smooth spinach sauce. This delicious creamy dish is made with fresh spinach leaves, paneer (cottage cheese), onions, herbs and spices.

Palak Paneer goes well with roti, naan, paratha or tandoori roti. Or serve it with jeera or biryani rice, saffron or ghee rice.

 Belly rules your Mind: Palak Paneer

Ingredients 

• Ghee 1 tbsp 
• Palak 2 bunches ( washed cleaned and blanched)
• Garlic pods 2 to 3 finely chopped
• Green chillies 2 nos
• Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp
• Cloves 3 to 4
• Cinnamon stick 1 inch
• Bay leaf 1 
• Onions 1 large or 2 small chopped finely
• Tomatoes 1 small chopped
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder 1 tsp
• Coriander powder 1 tsp
• Cumin powder 1 tsp
• Paneer 250 gems cut into cubes
• Kasuri methi 1 tbsp
• Fresh cream 1 tbsp
• Salt as required 
• Ginger juveniles little

Method

• In a pot blanch, the spinach leaves in boiling water for 3 to 5 mins
• Remove and transfer them in a bowl with ice-cold water
• Once it’s cool, In a blender add Palak leaves, and green chillies and blend it into a smooth paste and keep aside
• Now heat ghee in a pan and add wholes spices and cumin seeds and stir for 2 mins
• To that add garlic pods and sauté for a min 
• Now add in chopped onions and sauté till it turns translucent 
• Add tomatoes and cook till it turns soft 
• To that add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and mix well
• Add in Kasuri methi at this point 
• You can add chopped Palak as well ( this is an optional step )
• To that add palak purée and required salt and give a nice stir
• Add in paneer cubes and cook till oil floats on top of the gravy
• Finally, add in fresh cream and ginger Julien's and turn off the stove

SPINACH OMELETTE | QUICK & EASY | EGG RECIPES | Breakfast Recipe | Healthy Recipes

 Spinach omelet is a quick, easy & healthy breakfast option

Ingredients:

• Eggs : 3 to 4 nos
• Onions chopped: 1 small
• Capsicum chopped: 1/4 cup ( 2 Tbsp )
• Spinach washed, cleaned, and finely chopped: 1 cup
• Salt as required
• Garlic butter:1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
• Pepper Powder: 1 tsp

Method:

• Heat butter in a pan
• Once it’s hot, add chopped onions and sauté till it soft
• Now add in capsicum and sauté for 2 mins
• To that add in chopped spinach and sauté on high flame for 2 mins
• Now add in turmeric, pepper & salt and cook for a min
• Finally, add in beaten egg and slowly mix or spread ( do not over mix as you do in the scrambled egg ) and let it cook on low flame.
• U can flip the side as well
• Serve hot

our yummy spinach omelet is ready 😊

DHABA CHICKEN CURRY RECIPE | Indian Chicken Curry | Simple Chicken Curry recipe | step wise video

This Dhaba Style Chicken Curry Recipe is one of our favourites. Juicy morsels of chicken simmered in a smoky onion tomato gravy are perfect to pair with some Tandoori Roti, Laccha Paratha, or Jeera Rice. 

Dhabas are popular roadside food joints that are prominent along the highways in Northern India where it’s a common sight to see people flocked to enjoy some wholesome and flavourful food. I first had Dhaba food when we had travelled to Delhi.

Let's get into the recipe

INGREDIENTS

For marination

• 1 kg Chicken (Curry Cut)
• 1 tsp Ginger Paste
• 1 tsp Garlic Paste
• Salt as required
• 2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder

For Gravy :

• 2 tbsp Oil
• 2-3 Cloves
• 5-6 Black peppercorns 
• 1 inch Cinnamon 
• 3-4 Dry Red Chillies
• 2 cups Onion chopped / grated
• 1 tsp Ginger (Chopped)
• 1 tsp Garlic (Chopped)
• 1 cup Tomato chopped
• 1 cup Curd (Whisked with 2 tsp besan)
• 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp Kasuri Methi
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala Powder

METHOD:

• Mix chicken with the ingredients for marination and let it marinate for 1 hr
• For the curry, heat oil in a pan.
• Once the oil is hot, add crushed cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon, black cardamom and dry red chillies and let them crackle for a few seconds.
• Add onion and fry until slightly browned.
• Add ginger and garlic and fry until onion is nicely browned.
• Add tomato and cook for 4-5 minutes.
• Now add chicken along with the marinade and cook on high heat for 4-5 minutes.
• Now add coriander powder, turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder and salt to taste 
• Add curd  & mix well
• Now add in 2 cups of water cover and cook until chicken is done.
• Finally, add in Kasuri methi and cook for another minute.
• Drizzle 1 tbsp of ghee & turn off the stove.

Serve hot with tandoori roti, Rice

Paneer Butter Masala | Paneer Makhani | Paneer Recipes | Gravy Curries | step wise video

Paneer butter masala is a rich and creamy dish of paneer (cottage cheese) in a tomato, butter, and cashew sauce (known as makhani gravy). The dish has a lovely tang coming from the tomatoes and is slightly sweet with a creamy and velvety feel to it.

This recipe is an easy, quick, and delicious method

INGREDIENTS

• Onion 1/2
• Tomato 2 nos
• Cinnamon stick 1 inch
• Kashmiri Dry chili 4 to 5 nos
• Cashews 8 to 10
• Almonds 4 to 5 nos ( optional )
• Garlic pods 3 nos
• Kashmiri chili powder 1 tsp
• Cumin Powder 1/2 tsp
• Sugar 1/2 tsp
• Paneer 250 grms
• Fresh cream 1 tbsp
• Salt as required
• Kasuri methi 1 tbsp
• Ginger thinly sliced 1tsp
• Butter 1 to 2 Tbsp

METHOD :

• Take a pan a pour 3 cups water
• To that add dry red chilies, onions, tomatoes, garlic pods, cashews & almonds and cook till onions and tomatoes turn soft
• Once its cooked drain and allow it to cool
• Once it's cooled remove the cinnamon stick and grind it into a smooth paste
• Take another pan heat butter
• Now add in ginger and saute for 2 mins
• To that add the grounded paste and cook for 2 min on high flame
• Now add in red chili powder, cumin powder & salt and mix well
•  Add in 1/2 cup water and cook on flame for 5 to 8 mins
• Now add in 1/2 tsp sugar and mix well
• To that add in paneer cubes and cook for another 3 to 4 mins on,low flame 
• Once the gravy is cooked and reached the desired consistency 
• finally, add in Kasuri methi and fresh cream and cook on low flame for a min and turn of the stove ( adjust the cream acc )

Serve it hot with roti, parathas, or jeera rice

 

CARROT SANDWICH | NO FIRE COOKING | KIDS SPECIAL | LUNCH BOX RECIPE

QUICK & EASY CARROT SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS:

1. WHOLE WHEAT BREAD / WHITE BREAD
2. GRATED CARROT 1 CUP
3. MAYONNAISE 3 TBSP
4. TOMATO SAUCE 3 TBSP
5. BUTTER AS REQUIRED

METHOD :

1. IN A BOWL MIX CARROT, MAYONNAISE, TOMATO KETCHUP AND KEEP ASIDE
2. TAKE ONE PIECE OF BREAD AND SPREAD LITTLE FILLING ON TOP OF IT
3. NEXT, TAKE ANOTHER BREAD AND APPLY BUTTER GENEROUSLY
4. REPEAT THE PROCEDURES FOR THE REMAINING BREAD AS WELL
5. FINALLY, APPLY LITTLE BUTTER ON TOP LAYER OF THE BREAD
6. GRILL THE SANDWICH USING A SANDWICH MAKER OR ( U CAN USE A PAN AS WELL)
7. YUMMY SANDWICHES ARE READY

ITS IS A GOOD SNACK OR EVEN FOR LUNCH BOX.