Palak Paneer & Chappathis

You all must think we have stopped eating. There have been four posts in a row and not one mention of food! It shows we do other things besides eat, even though I am generally thinking about our next meal no matter what we are doing. :o) Indian food has such explosive tastes we just can't wait to experience the next wonderful thing to eat.

I didn't actually have anything to do with the meal featured in this posting. I was napping when Rowan and Shrikant cooked up this delectable Northern Indian dish. Rowan knows to be photo journalistic about our meals, so she took the photos and jotted down the recipe.

Palak (spinach) Paneer (cheese) features the wonderful flavor of cooked spinach with fresh and delicate Indian cheese (Paneer). The other ingredients are onions, tomato, cream, garam masala spices, ginger turmeric, and ghee (mmmmmm! butter :o) this all ends up being blended into a delicious spinach curry. YUM, YUM, YUM!

Here are some photos of the process -

saute the vegetables and spices

saute the Paneer

everything is blended and reduced to a think curry

Palak Paneer is served with Chappathi, yogurt and Rasamallai

Rasamallai is a sweet milk based dish (the yellow balls in the dish). The soft balls are made of milk fat and are in a milky saffron broth. Absolutely delicious! You are allowed to eat these with a spoon :o) We are so very lucky to have our friends teach us so much about Indian cooking and cuisine. Who needs to go out to eat when we can have all of this fun cooking together at home!!