Coriander leaves Rice

Ingredients:
Rice (preferably sona masuri) - 1 cup
Bunches of cilantro (medium sized ones) - 2
Cloves - 6
Red Chillies - 6
Ginger grated - 1 tsp
Dry, grated coconut - 4 Tbsp
Cinnamon pieces (approximately one inch) - 6
Cashews (Optional)
Salt - Accordingly
Oil

Method:
Cook the rice.
Remove and collect the leaves from cilantro stalks.
Heat 2 Tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the cilantro leaves for a couple of minutes till they are wilted.

Heat 1 or 2 tsp of oil and fry cashews till they turn golden brown. Remove them with a slotted spoon and add ginger to the same oil and fry till it starts to turn golden brown.

Then add cloves, cinnamon and chillies to it and fry them for a few seconds. Turn off the stove and let them cool.

Grind the fried cilantro leaves, coconut, cloves, cinnamon, chillies, ginger into a smooth paste.

I had to use a little quantity of water for grinding. So, I heated a tbsp of oil in a pan and fried this ground mixture for a few minutes (less than 5 minutes). Turn off the stove. Add the cooked rice, salt and fried cashews to the above cilantro mixture and stir so that the rice is coated well with the mixture.

Palak Paneer recipes

Palak Paneer
* 3 bunches of spinach (fresh and cleaned)
* 100 gms paneer
* 1 onion
* 3 tablespoons of butter
* 3 to 4 bay leaves
* 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
* Salt to taste
* ¼ teaspoon of black pepper powder
* ¾ teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
* ½ teaspoon green chili paste
* 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
* 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Preparation of palak paneer:

* Mix the ginger-garlic paste, green chili paste and some water with spinach.
* Put the mixture in a pressure cooker, steaming it for about 7-8 minutes
* Blend the mixture in a blender to make an even thick spinach paste.
* Cut the paneer into small cubes.
* Heat oil in a pan and then deep fry the paneer cubes till it is light brown.
* In a cooking pan heat the butter and fry the bay leaves and cumin seeds. Add the chopped onion.
* Add salt, black pepper powder, garam masala.
* Add the fried paneer cubes and cooked spinach.
* Serve hot with rice