Sauteed Spinach with Cheese - Dry Palak Paneer

Last weekend, was very hectic BUT with an Awesome weather - lots of sunshine and moderate temperature, a perfect day for outdoor activity and we paid visit to our local farmer's market...I'm very much/Pro for eating local-fresh produce, it's always great to know where your produce is coming from and interact with the local farmers...trust me, they give some awesome tips on how to preserve/keep produce at home.

Sauteed Spinach with Cheese (Dry Palak Paneer)

So we were sailing through these row's of colorful, fresh, yummy looking veggies, baked and many good stuff, when we came across a cute little boy enthusiastically selling fresh greens with his family. Imagine, a boy of 10yrs selling you greens and telling you how beneficial they are for you...He's was soooo adorable and off-course we had to buy from his stall, so we ended up buying lots of greens and fruits.

Hence, the "Sauteed Spinach with Cheese"  a.k.a Palak Paneer....It's so delicious....I'm almost drooling writing about it (And we finished the entire big serving bowl of it, all by our-self) There's something very magical about this combination, it's like they are made for each other Spinach n Cheese :) - Cheese we are talking about is "Cottage Cheese/Paneer"
Now, this is a very common and famous recipe prepared in most of the houses in India and what I'm sharing today is One of the version (How it can be prepared) .... Trust me, there are tons of ways...It's such an easy recipe with flavorful impact.....all you need is spinach, onion, cheese and salt pepper
and a secret ingredient - Flour ....Yes, the flour soaks up the water from spinach and cheese and makes it absolutely delicious, giving it a nice dry texture.

It's also a great way of feeding greens to kid's along with cheese. If you don't eat cheese, you can skip it or add any veggie like potato/carrot to it and it tastes equally amazing.

NOTE:
Flour is added when the spinach is nice cooked and it has to be stirred in continuously till it properly mixes with the greens and you don't see any of it.

~ Here's the recipe, Enjoy ~

Sautéed Spinach with Cheese (Dry Palak Paneer) 

Serves: 4 People

Serving Suggestion: Serve Hot with Roti/Parantha/Poori/Rice – Indian Bread

Tools:

Large Pan/Pot with Lid

Ingredients:

1 Big Bunch Of Spinach(Palak) – Coarsely Chopped

1 Large White Onion – Finely Chopped

1 Garlic Clove – Finely Chopped

1 Small Piece Ginger - Grated

2 Tomatoes – Coarsely Chopped (You may use fresh or canned chopped tomatoes)

3 Tbsp of Flour – I’m using gramflour, you can use flour like whole-wheat or all-purpose

3 Tbsp Olive Oil – You may use any flavorless oil of choice

Spices:

2 Tsp Coriander Powder (Dhania Powder)

½ Tsp Turmeric(Haldi) - Optional

1 Tsp Red Chili Powder - Optional

1 Tsp Salt (As per your taste)

Method:

• Heat oil in a large pan add chopped onion and sauté for 1minute.
• Now add ginger, garlic, stir evenly and cook on low heat for 2-3mins (Cook covered with lid).
• Add chopped spinach, stir everything evenly, cover the lid and cook for another 4mins or till spinach has left all the water and looks cooked. (Keep stirring every 2min and making sure that the spinach doesn’t stick to bottom)
• Once the spinach is cooked, add chopped tomatoes, cottage cheese(paneer) and cook on medium for another 2mins.
• Now sprinkle flour on the cooked dish, stir everything evenly and cook for another 2mins.(Making sure no lumps are formed by the flour)
• Turn off the heat, transfer in serving dish  and serve hot.

Sauteed Spinach with Cheese (Dry Palak Paneer)