Palak Paneer & Channa Masala

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Roti served with Palak Paneer & Channa Masala.
Here goes the wonderful recipe for it.



* Palak Paneer
A very health, tasty and fast cook dish which goes great combo with roti or chapati. I got this recipe from my friend. Whenever I have to do something special in no time I always prefer to prepare this tasty dish for roti.

Ingredients
Serve 3 person

Palak - 2 Hand full
Paneer -1 cup {1 inch size}
Onion -1 and 1/2 {Cut into big chunks}
Tomato - 1 and 1/2 {Cut into big chunks}
{ Take tomato and onion of same amount }
Green Chilly -5
Ginger -1 inch
Garlic -2
Sour cream or Curd -1 spoon (optional)

Dry Masala
Jeera -1/2 Spoon
Coriander -1 Spoon
Salt

Seasoning
Mustard -1/8 spoon
Curry Leaves -4
Jeera -1/8 spoon
Olive oil

Preparation
Step 1
Heat 4 cups of water in a bowl. When it starts to boil add the palak to it. When the leaves starts to change color switch off the stove. Filter the water and keep the leaves aside.

Step 2
Heat 1 spoon oil in a pan. Add onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and green chillies to it. Fry till they turn brown then keep aside to cool.

Step 3
Now grind palak and fried vegetables in a mixer into a fine paste.

Step 4
Now heat a deep bottomed pan. Add 2 spoon oil to it. First add the seasoning ingredients followed by grounded paste (step 4) to it. Leave the lid ON. Leave it to boil for 3 minutes. Next add the dry masala powders to it. Leave it to boil again for 2 more minutes.

Step 5
Parallel to the above process heat a shallow pan. Pour oil to it. Toast the paneer till they turns brown then, keep aside.

Step 6
Now add the fried paneer to the pan. Leave it to boil with the gravy for 1 minute, now garnish with sour cream and serve hot.

* Channa Masala

This dish can be served with plain rice, roti , pulav, puri ....etc. Isn't this wonderful. So here goes the recipe for it.

Ingredients
Serve 3 person

Channa -1 cup
{Soak for at least 6 hrs}
Onion -2 {Fine Cut}
Tomatoes -2 {Fine Cut}
Green Chilly -4
Pudhina -1/2 Cup
Curry Leaves -4
Red Chilly Powder -3/4 Spoon
Coriander Powder -3/4 Spoon
Turmeric Powder -1/8 Spoon
Ginger Garlic paste -3/4 Spoon
Masala -Cinnamon, Cardamom, Cloves
Olive oil ,Salt
Coriander to Garnish

Preparation
Step 1
Wash soaked channa for 3 change of water. cook it in a pressure cooker for about 3 whistle. Keep aside.

Step 2
Heat a deep bottomed pan. Add 4 Spoon oil to it then add the masala's to it. Next add onion and fry till they turn translucent. Then add ginger garlic paste,pudhina, chilly powder to it. Fry well till they all club together and leaves out oil. Next add the tomatoes to it. Fry well next add the coriander powder, turmeric powder to it.

Fry for few minutes then add 3/4 of cooked channa , salt ,1 cup water and cook with lid for about 5 minutes.

Smash the left over 1/4 channa and add it to the pan mixture. Leave it in medium flame for few more minutes then Garnish with coriander leaves.