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Offline Lemongrass

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Palak Paneer
« on: May 09, 2010, 09:50:21 pm »
Name of Recipe: Palak Paneer
Number of People: 4
Ingredients:
500 g spinach       
200 g paneer, diced
1 onion             
1 tomato           
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garam masala
a pinch of hing

Preparation:
1. Blanch spinach and rinse in cold water.
2. Keep 200g of the hot water, and soak the paneer in it.
3. Put in onion and ginger into  *:, blend speed 5, scrape sides, add oil and cook 3 min / 100° / speed 3
4. Add tomato and spices (avoiding blades), blend speed 5, and cook an additional 1 min / 100° / speed 3
5. Add spinach and lemon juice; blend speed 5/6
6. Add paneer with its warm water, cook 5 min / 100° /  :-: / speed 3
7. Add cream (as much as you like)
8. Blend in garam masala before serving

Tips/Hints:
Be very gentle with the hing, you don't want more than a pinch of it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hing

Source : various recipes for the spice mix, some included cumin but I didn't.


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Re: Palak Paneer
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2010, 10:14:03 am »
Great work - like the tip about not putting spices on the blades - yes, they don't tend to mix in as well that way.  ;)

Really sounds great and vegetarian too !  Those whole follow Kurma will know Hing as asafoetida (sp?)

Ooops - now i see the link !  yeah read it all.
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Re: Palak Paneer
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2010, 06:58:44 am »
This sounds like a wonderful accompaniment to curry dishes or a meal on it's own. Thanks!
A great cook is one who can rustle up a fabulous family meal with some freezer burnt chops, wilted carrots, sprouting potatoes and cabbage that's gone brown on the cut edges.
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