Entries for label: spinach

Found 3 entries.

Asparagus, Pea and Spinach Pasta

Original Recipe: Prawn, pea and asparagus pasta

The sour cream adds creaminess, the lemon and chilli little spikes of flavour, and the greens and asparagus give a lovely freshness.

Ingredients

Serves: 2

  • 100g spaghetti
  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • some oil
  • 1 chilli, sliced
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 good handfuls rocket or spinach
  • 3/4 cup peas, frozen or fresh
  • 1 tablespoon light sour cream

Method

  1. Put on a pan of boiling water for the spaghetti
  2. Cut up asparagus as desired
  3. Add spaghetti to water
  4. Toss sliced asparagus in a little oil, add peas, chilli and lemon zest. Stir-fry until heated through.
  5. Take off the heat, throw spinach in and stir through a couple of spoons of sour cream (add a small amount of pasta water for sauce)
  6. Add drained pasta, toss, season and serve

Labels: asparagus, spinach, pasta

Inserted: 2010-01-26 07:28 (2 years ago)

Palak Paneer

From Recipe Delights.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kg Spinach
  • 100 grams Paneer
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 tbsp. Butter
  • 2-3 Bay leaves
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds
  • to taste Salt
  • 1/4 tsp. Black pepper powder
  • 3/4 tsp. Ginger-garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp. Green chilli paste
  • 1 tsp. Garam Masala Powder
  • Vegetable oil as required

Method

  1. Mix ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste and some water with spinach. Pressure cook it for about 7-8 minutes (just before the first whistle).
  2. Cut paneer into small cubes. Keep 3 cubes separately for decoration.
  3. Heat oil in a pan. Fry the paneer pieces on 'medium’ heat till they turn slightly brown. Set the paneer pieces aside.
  4. Heat 2 tbsp. of butter. Fry bay leaves and cumin seeds. Add chopped onion. Fry until the onions become pink.
  5. Add salt, black pepper powder, garam masala. Stir well.
  6. Add paneer and cooked spinach (grinded). Mix well.
  7. Put palak paneer in a baking tray .
  8. Add rest of the butter. Bake for 1/2 hour at 180 deg C.

Grate the paneer kept aside for decoration. Decorate. Palak paneer is ready to serve.

Labels: spinach, curry, paneer

Inserted: 2009-12-17 08:31 (2 years, 2 months ago)

Stacey's Spinach Cannelloni

Ingredients

  • 1 peeled and finely chopped medium onion
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • packet/bunch chopped spinach, washed and drained
  • 250g container cottage cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan or tasty cheddar cheese
  • 1 can pasta sauce
  • 1/3-1/2 cup water
  • 1 packet dried cannelloni tubes
  • 1/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs
  • small handful pine nuts
  • small handful pumpkin seeds

Method

Chop the onion and mince the garlic.

Heat a dash of oil in a frying pan and cook the onion and garlic until soft. Stir in the prepared Chopped Spinach and set aside to cool.

Stir in the Cottage Cheese, half the grated cheese, egg and nutmeg. Season with pepper.

Combine the Tomato pasta sauce and water. Pour half into the base of a lasagne-style dish.

Fill the cannelloni shells with the cottage cheese filling and place the cannelloni on top of the soup. Pour over the remaining tomato sauce mixture to cover. Mix the remaining Parmesan cheese with the fresh breadcrumbs and pine nuts and sprinkle over the dish.

Bake at 190°C for 25-30 minutes until the cannelloni is tender.

Labels: spinach, cannelloni, cottage-cheese

Inserted: 2009-12-13 07:22 (2 years, 2 months ago)