Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.
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Prep Time : 31-40 minutes
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Ingredients for Shaam Savera Recipe
Spinach
Tomatoes 5 medium b
Paneer (cottage cheese) grated 65 grams
Salt to taste
Green cardamom powder a pinch
Oil 2 tablespo
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Garlic finely chopped 10-12 cloves
Green chilli finely chopped 6-7
Gram flour (besan) 4 tablespoons
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Cornflour/ corn starch 1/4 cup
Makhani gravy
Tomato roughly chopped 18 large
Oil 2 tablespoons
Green cardamom 12
Mace 1/2 blade
Garlic chopped 20 cloves
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder (deghi mirch) 2 1/2 teaspoons
Butter 1/2 cup
Fenugreek leaves (methi) roasted and powdered 2 teaspoons
Honey 3 teaspoons
Fresh cream 8 tablespoons
Method
Step 1
Trim the spinach leaves and blanch them in eight cups of boiling water for two to three minutes. Drain and refresh under cold water.
Step 2
Squeeze out the excess water, cool and chop finely. Transfer into a deep bowl. In another bowl mash the paneer with a little salt and a pinch of green cardamom powder. Divide into eight equal portions and roll into balls.
Step 3
Heat two tablespoons oil in a non stick shallow pan, add the cumin seeds, garlic and green chillies and sauté. Add the gram flour and continue to sauté for one to two minutes. Add the turmeric powder and stir.
Step 4
Add the spinach and salt sauté, stirring continuously, until the mixture is dry and begins to leave the sides of the pan. Set aside to cool. Divide into eight equal portions. For the makhni gravy puree the tomatoes till smooth. Heat the oil in a deep non
Step 5
Add the butter and cook for some more time. Take each spinach portion, flatten it on your palm and place a paneer ball in the center. Gather the edges and shape into a ball. Spread the cornstarch in a plate and rolls the stuffed spinach balls in it. Shake
Step 6
Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Gently slide in the stuffed spinach balls, two at a time, and deep fry on low heat for two to three minutes or till golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
Step 7
Add the dried fenugreek leaves and honey to the gravy. Stir and cook for five minutes more. Add the cream and cook for two minutes more. Pour the makhni gravy into a serving bowl, halve the koftas and place on the gravy and serve immediately.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 901
Carbohydrates : 37.1
Protein : 13.9
Fat : 83.6
Other : 4.6