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Indian Recipe : Spinach with Cottage Cheese

This is a vegetarian dish

Serves 4 to 5
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 kg spinach leaves
• 1 ¼ cup cottage cheese, cut into cubes
• 10 cups water
• Salt to taste
• 4 tsp maize flour
• 2 tbsp clarified butter, ghee
• 5 tsp onions, chopped
• 2 tsp tomatoes, finely chopped
• 5 tsp ginger, finely chopped
• 3 green chilies, chopped
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 2 tsp cream

Directions:

1. Remove stems of the spinach leaves. Wash well and chop finely. Add water and salt, cook for 10 minutes. Allow to cool, drain excess water and blend to puree.
2. Reheat spinach puree, stir in the maizeflour and cook for 10 minutes.
3. In a separate pan, heat clarified butter, brown the onion, add tomato, ginger, green chilies and red chili powder. Stir in the spinach puree and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Add cottage chesses cubes, cook for another 5 minutes. Stir in the cream.
5. Serve hot, topped with a knob of butter and accompanied by any Indian bread.