Geeta M. Baliga

I am Geeta Baliga born in Chennai and grew up in Calicut, Kerala.


I got married at the age of 21 to Mohan Baliga and moved to Hubli. I have 2 daughters and a son.


I was an entrepreneur and ran a very successful pre-school called Rose Bud in Hubli for 35 years. All my children are settled in North America. I have 5 grand children.We are now settled in the US to stay closer to our children.


Konkani cuisine is known for great fish curries and other seasonal delicacies like "Kadgi Chako" and "Keerla Sukhe".


We constantly had family visiting us for whom I helped cook barrels of curries, chakkulis and ubbatis, phenories, shevai, thile undo, halvas, etc. I had friends from various parts of India - Punjabi, Maharasthrian, Savji and Lingayat (Hubli locals) from whom I learnt to make other types of cuisines. Over time my reputation grew as a good cook in the family and circle of friends, particularly for seafood.


I update this blog as and when I prepare the dishes. If you find these recipes interesting please leave your comments in comment box below each recipe. and also add to my followers group . This will encourage me to continue with my efforts !


All the recipes are listed in alphabetical order on the right hand side and sorted by labels on the left side

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Spinach with Cottage Cheese | Punjabi Palak Paneer




Ingredients:
Spinach / Palak - 1 big bundle or 3 small bundles, clean and wash thoroughly
Paneer - 200 g
Green chillies - 3
Cloves - 3or 4
Onion - 2 medium size , chopped
Ginger - 1" piece, chopped
Garlic cloves - 4-5, mashed or ground (Garlic paste 1 tbsp)
Tomato - 1 medium sized, chopped
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 tbsp

 Method:
1. Pressure cook spinach with green chillies, cloves, half of the chopped onions, ginger. Cool and grind this in to paste.
2. Heat oil in a pan.Fry chopped onion, garlic or garlic paste and tomato and saute till it becomes mushy.
3. Add the ground spinach paste, salt and stir for a while adding little water according to ur consistency.
4. Add the paneer cubes and mix. Serve hot with rotis.
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1 comment:

  1. gayathriMarch 11, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    Thanks for posting more and more veg. recipes mai. AM excited to try them all out.

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