Palak Paneer (Spinach and cottage cheese)

Health Tips:

Spinach as a green leafy vegetable is rich in Iron content which helps in maintaining your haemoglobin level. It helps you give that blush on your cheeks :)

It's also a very good source of antioxidant which is a possible way to prevent age related, degenerative diseases such as Cancer, Heart disease, Cataracts, Immune dysfunction, Alzheimer's etc.
Apart from this it is also having vitamins and minerals which are beneficial for health.

Inspite of having good effect people with thyroid problems like Hypothyroidism or goiter should avoid eating spinach or you can consume in small quantities as spinach has something called as goitrogens which inhibit thyroid function by blocking the usage of iodine by thyroid. and iodine is necessary for proper thyroid function.
Cottage cheese is 2nd main ingredient in this recipe which is again rich in calcium and protein. It is the best cheese from all others as it is low in calories, and also low on carb and the protein in cottage cheese or paneer is a slow digesting protein hence keeps you full for longer time.

But overall this recipe is delicious. Me, being Hypothyroid love to eat it once a while though. Its yummy and I am sure you will enjoy making it, just dont overcook the spinach or it will loose most of its nutrients.

Ingredients

1.  Fresh Spinach 2 bunch
2. 1 tbspn Oil
3. 2-3 cloves,
4. 2 inch stick cinnamon
5. 2-3 cardamons
6. 1 Onions chopped
7. salt to taste
8. 1 clove garlic
9. 1-2 green chillies chopped
10. 1-2 tbspn Ginger Garlic paste
11. 1 Tomato chopped
12. 1 tspn  Red Chilly powder
13. 1/4-1/2 tspn Turmeric powder
14. 1 tspn Cumin powder
15. 1 tbspn Coriander powder
16. 1tspn fenugreek leaves crushed to powder
17. Cream 3 tbspn
18. 1 cup paneer cubes 

 Procedure:

1. Boil Spinach till it cooks for at least 5-10 mins.
2. Once cooked drain water and add in mixer/grinder, make a paste and keep aside.
3. Add oil in a pan and fry all the whole garam masala till aroma comes of spices.
4. Now add onions, salt, crushed garlic, ginger garlic paste and green chillies and fry till onion becomes brown.
5. Add tomatoes and allow it to cook till the tomatoes are mashed
6. Add all the powder(chilly,cumin, coriander, turmeric) and cook for 2 min
7. Into this pan now add the spinach paste and allow it to cook on low- medium flame till the colour kind of get changed of the spinach. 
8. Add fenugreek leaves by crushing it into this and cook for another 5 min.
9. Now add cream (optional) and paneer cubes and simmer for another 5 min.
10. Serve this dish with chapati roti nan bread rice.