Next on my ‘To Cook’ list was Paneer in tomato sauce. My mother had wanted to make it, did not end up finding the time to make it, so I took on the challenge.  It was based on a positive recommendation from my Grandma, who avidly requested the recipe in the fall.

mmmm. I cannot get enough of Indian dishes that have sauce, especially with a tomato base. It infuses the dish with such wonderful combination of flavours. It is great to eat alone with roti or with rice. The only downside is perhaps the long list of ingredients you have to go hunting through your kitchen cupboards for  and the mess you have to clean up afterwards. See below.

However, there is no doubt in my mind, that Indian food is 100% worth the mess.

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1 cup spinach (thawed from frozen with the water squeezed out)
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup chopped onion (I used white, but red can work too)
1/4 cup chickpea flour (Besan)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 tsp Corriander leaves
1/2 tsp salt

Mix all ingredients.
Heat some oil in a frying pan. Form small bunches of the mixture and place as many of them as you can in the pan (see image above). Cook them until they are golden brown on either side.

My rating: 9/10 — (I would double the recipe next time. There was not enough spinach’y goodness!)

Rach and I competed for the best pizza. She wanted to know how good a pizza this indian restaurant we had went to, could have tasted. I just like making dough, however she used a machine to do it, it makes me sad. But the dough came out of the bread maker so easy it makes me rethink life.

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