Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
500 gms Spinach (Palak)
25 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer) (made from skimmed milk)
1 tblsp Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)
1 small sized Onion (Pyaj)
1 tsp Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini) Powder
1 tblsp Oil
a pinch of Nutmeg Powder(Jaiphal)
Salt to taste
150 ml skimmed Milk
2 small sized Eggs

Method:

Chop spinach and puree it.
Blend maida with a little milk and make a smooth paste.
Add the rest of the milk, mix well and bring to a boil.
Separate egg whites from the yolks.
Heat oil in a pan, saute the chopped onion for two minutes, add spinach puree. Leave it to cool, add two well beaten egg yolks, cinnamon powder and nutmeg.
Beat egg whites till stiff and fold in carefully into the mixture.
Season with salt and pour this mixture into a greased baking tray.
Sprinkle grated paneer over it and bake on medium temperature (160 to 175 degree c) for 30 minutes.

Ingredients:
1/2 bunch (cut into small pieces) spinach
a pod garlic
a small piece of ginger
1 chopped onion
1 tomato
a few sprigs of curry leaves
1 mashed potato
1 cup basamathi rice
salt to taste
1/2 tblsp garam masala powder (optional)

For Seasoning:
1 tblsp mustard
1/2 tblsp urud and channa dal
1/2 tblsp green chillies and red chillies (cut into pieces)

Method:
First wash and cut the palak into small pieces and keep aside.
Then cook the basmathi rice and set aside.
Now take a wok, pour some oil and when the oil is hot, add all the seasoning ingredients and fry till done. Now add the onions, tomatoes and cut palak and nicely mix and close with a lid.
Let the whole thing cook very well.
When it is done, add garam masala powder if you want and saute for a minute.
Take it wok from fire and add the rice and mix it well.
Take a wok, pour some oil and put the mashed potatoes and roast it slightly and when done add the curry leaves and put into palak rice and mix well.

Serve with raita.

Ingredients:
2 cups Chapati Flour
1 cup Spinach (palak), finely chopped and steamed
1tbsp. oil
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. chili powder or black pepper powder
Oil / butter to shallow fry

Method:
Drain the steamed spinach and cool it to room temperature.
Now mix all ingredients- flour, spinach (palak), salt, chili powder, cumin seeds and 1 tbsp. oil .
Add enough water to make a dough of rolling consistency.
Cover it and keep aside for 30 minutes.
Then make small balls and roll them like parathas.
Put the palak paratha on the tawa (Griddle) and make like you make any paratha.
Serve palak parantha hot with home-made butter,curd or chutney of your choice.