Recipe: Tasty Methi palak chaman

Methi palak chaman. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add the cumin seeds, cloves and asafoetida and fry for a while. Add the spinach-fenugreek paste and fry for a minute. Add the turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander-cumin seed powder, garam masala and salt and mix well.

Methi is fenugreek leaves and chaman is paneer in Kashmiri language. The making of methi chaman can be compared to the Making of palak paneer. I am sharing the Method of making Kashmiri methi chaman without the addition of onions and garlic. You can cook Methi palak chaman using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Methi palak chaman

1. It's 250 gms of palak chopped.
2. You need 1 pinch of sugar.
3. It's 2 tbsp of kasuri methi(dry fenugreek leaves) green can also go.
4. It's 200 gms of paneer cubes shallow fried.
5. You need 1/4 cup of corn (fresh or frozen).
6. Prepare 15-20 of cashew nuts (kaju) soaked in warm water and grind to a paste.
7. It's 1/2 stick of cinnamon.
8. Prepare 3-4 of green cardamoms(chhoti illachi).
9. You need 3-4 of cloves (laung).
10. You need As required of Oil.
11. Prepare 2 small of onion paste.
12. You need to taste of Salt.
13. You need pinch of sugar.
14. Prepare For of tempering:.
15. It's 1 tbsp of ghee.
16. Prepare 1/2 tsp of red chili powder.
17. It's 1/2 cup of water.

Wash and Boil Methi and palak and blend it to a coarse paste. Methi chaman is a superb paneer (Indian cheese) dish combined with fenugreek and spinach greens gravy. A nice dark green in color, this dish can make most of you hungry once you start eating it. It almost reminds you of the popular palak paneer but tastes absolutely different and is a very rich dish.

Methi palak chaman instructions

1. Wash and boil spinach(palak) in 1/2 cup of water with a pinch of sugar. Cook on low flame with cover the lid for 3-5 minutes till spinach is soft. Put in ice cubes /chilled water. Grind it to a paste..
2. Shallow fry paneer. Crush cinnamon, cloves, and cardamoms to a rough powder and keep aside. Grind cashew nuts separately with little water. Heat oil. Add onion paste. Bhuno on slow flame till oil separates and turn light brown..
3. Add the freshly ground masala. Cook for few seconds. Add the kasori methi and palak. Bhuno for 5-6 minutes till it turns dry..
4. Add corn. Mix. Add shallow fried paneer. Mix nicely. Add cashew nut paste and cook for few minutes. Add salt and sugar to taste. Simmer the flame and cook for 1-2 minutes..
5. Tempering- Heat ghee. Remove from fire. Add red chili powder to it and pour over palak. Serve it with roti, paratha or naan..

Add ground methi palak puree to the cooked onions. Next add all masala powders - turmeric powder, coriander powder, dry ginger powder, salt and sugar. Methi Chaman is a balanced diet for kids as methi, palak and paneer all together are highly nutritious as these have many nutrients and health benefits. Fenugreek is a wonder herb rich in Potassium, Calcium, and Iron. The leaves have good dietary fiber, Vitamin C and Vitamin K.