Spinach casserole

My first casserole luckily turned out to be delicious..So before I forget , I registered here immediately...My new new-year recipe..Happy New year 2012..

(For 2 persons)

Ingredients:

• creamed spinach - 450 gms( 1 packet Rahmspinat)
• Noodles/ Macaroni -100 gms
• onions - 2
• Oil -4 teaspoon
• Egg-2
• chopped garlic -5 ( or garlic powder -1 1/2 teaspoon )
• Ghee/ Butter for greasing
• crated cheese
• Salt

Method:

• Cook the noodles( I used rice noodles)/ macaroni in salted water for 7-8 mins.
• Beat the eggs in a seperate bowl.
  
• Heat 2 teaspoon oil in a pan.
  
• Drain the excess water and add the cooked noodles and beated eggs to the pan.
• Mix it evenly and cook it for 2 mins. Add salt if needed and keep it aside.
• Cook the spinach with a tablespoon of cream (or rahmspinat without cream) and salt and keep it aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in pan and fry the onions and chopped garlic. Add salt and pepper.
• Grease the casserole pan with butter /oil / ghee
  
• Spread the cooked onion garlic mixture first and then layer it with noodle egg mixture.
• Finally add the cooked spinach layer and spread the crated cheese on the top of it.
• Cook the casserole in oven under 180-200 °C for about 20 -22 mins.
• Cut into pieces and serve it hot.. hmmhmm.. yummy yummy...
  

How to cook Rahm spinach?

I use the creamed (Rahm) spinach in the same method.
(See previous post for ingredients)



Method:

• Heat oil in pan and add cumin seeds, asafoetida, red chillies and then onions as said before.
• Instead of cooking in water seperately, just add creamed spinach directly.
• Add very little amount of water.
• Add cumin pepper powder and required salt.
• Allow it to cook well in closed lid.
• Suits well with plain rice.

Kadaintha keerai (Smashed Spinach / Keerai masiyal)

In India, my mother used to do with siru keerai or arai keerai (a variety of spinach). But since it is not available here in Germany, I used to do with the creamed spinach, called Rahm spinach in the same method.

Ingredients:

• Arai keerai / Sirukeerai- 1 bunch
• ( or Rahm spinach -3oo gms)
• Red chilli-2 or 3
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
• Asafoetida - 1 /4 teaspoon
• Small onion-2 or 3 (cut vertically)
• Cumin-Pepper powder- 1/2 teaspoon
• Oil- 2 teaspoon
• Salt

Method:

• Cook the spinach in water with salt and drain the water.
• Smash the spinach.
• Heat oil in pan and add cumin seeds, asafoetida and red chillies.
• When it splutters, add the finely cut small onions and fry it.
• Add the smashed spinach into the pan.
• Add cumin-pepper powder and cook it for 2 minutes.
• Suits good with plain rice.