Palak Paneer...!!!

This is a yummy veggie recipe... This is basically a combination of spinach, tomato and paneer with some Indian spices... :)
Lets start with the recipe..

Ingredients:

Spinach(Palak)	300 gm
Green chilly	3
Water	3 cups (for blanching spinach)
Onion	2
Garlic	5 cloves
Ginger	a small pc
Tomato	1
Cumin seeds	½ tsp
Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
Red Chilly powder	½ tsp
Asafoetida/ hing powder	a pinch
Garam Masala	½ tsp
Bay leaf	1
Kasuri Methi	1 tsp
Paneer / cottage cheese	300 gm
Whipping cream	2 tbsp.
Butter	2 tbsp.

  Salt

Method:

1. Clean the spinach thoroughly under running water.
2. In a vessel boil 3 cups of water. Off the flame and add spinach into this.
3. Keep it for around 2-3 mins. Drain excess water.
4. Pour cold water over the spinach to cool it down before grinding it.
5. In a blender add spinach and green chillies and blend into a smooth paste.
6. In a pan heat butter and add bay leaf and chopped onions and sauté until golden brown.
7. Now add chopped ginger and garlic and sauté until the raw smell goes off.
8. Add chopped tomato and sauté until they are soft.
9. Into this add turmeric powder, red chilly powder and hing powder and sauté for a min.
10. Now add the spinach paste into this along with 1/2 cup of water, add salt and cook until the raw smell of spinach goes off.
11. Once the curry have reached the desired consistency add the cubed paneer pieces (I sauted it in butter).
12. Add the whipped cream and kasoori methi above the curry. Off the flame and serve hot with chappattis or nan :) :)