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Palak Paneer (Spinach Cottage-cheese curry)

Palak Paneer is a signature North Indian dish. It is one of the simplest vegetarian dishes to prepare as well healthiest. Although it may be little high in calories since it has Paneer (Cottage cheese) and butter, but still it is one of the best dishes you can server to your kids and prepare quickly especially while serving your guests with a delicious dinner. The dish is simply called "Palak Paneer". Palak refers to spinach and Paneer refers to Cottage-Cheese. Cottage-Cheese is nothing but cheese which is freshly prepared. Traditionally people do prepare cottage-cheese at home. But these days you get this readily available in shops and especially in Indian stores. Ingredients: Spinach  - 1 large bunch (as shown below) Cottage cheese (Paneer)  -  150 grams Red Bell Pepper -  1 (optional for garnish) Turmeric   -   1/2 Tsp Green Chillies  -   2-3 Salt to taste Cumin powder  -  1 Tbs Garam Masala (Indian multi-spice powder)  -  2 Tsp Vegetable Oil for cook