Spinach Soup

Ingredients :

1 tbsp. Butter
2 cups. Fresh Spinach (chopped)
1 Small Onion (chopped)
1 cup Milk
1  tbsp. Flour (Maida)
1 tbsp Refined Oil
4 cloves of Garlic
1 Green Chilly (finely chopped)
Fresh Cream (optional)
1/2tsp sugar
To taste. Salt & pepper

Procedure :

Blanch spinach in hot water with a pinch of salt.  and refresh in cold water.
Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onions and sauté. Add crushed garlic, chopped green chilly salt, sugar and pepper.
Puree together with boiled spinach.
Make a thin white sauce by melting butter in a nonstick pan.Then add maida and cook for 5-7 mins. Slowly add the milk so that no lumps are formed.
Add the spinach puree to this and bring it to a boil. Add a little water if required.
Add 2 tsp fresh cream (optional) and serve spinach soup hot with bread croutons/ soup stick.

Palak Paneer

Ingredients :

Fresh Spinach ( Palak ) : 500gms.
Fresh Coriander leaves : 250 gms.
Paneer : 250 gms ( cut into small cubes )
Garlic : 10 pods.
Green Chillies : 7-8 pcs.
Onion : 1 large (grated )
Ginger Paste : 1/2 tsp
Tomato : 1 large (grated)
Lemon juice.
Salt and Sugar to taste.
Refined oil : 3tsp.
Ghee : 2tsp.
Fresh Cream (as per choice )

Procedure:

Take only the leaves of spinach and coriander and clean in running water. Then parboil the spinach lightly after adding a pinch of salt. Keep aside. Place the parboiled spinach, corriander along with garlic and green chillies in a mixer. Add salt, a pinch of sugar and a few drops of lemon juice. Run the mixer just once. This is the "green paste". Keep aside.

Marinate the paneer cubes with salt, sugar and a few drops of lemon juice for 1/2 an hour.
Heat oil and fry the paneer cubes lightly, on a low flame . Keep aside. Add grated onion, tomato and ginger paste and saute for 5 minutes. Add the "green paste" into it. Bring to boil. Add the paneer cubes and ghee. Add fresh cream on top.