Paneer Jalfreezi

I made Paneer Jalfreezi using this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/paneer-jalfrezi-paneer-with-green-peppers-onions-and-tomatoes-179836. It's a very dry recipe, which is a nice because I usually make very saucy curries. Paneer Jalfreezi is Paneer with Green Peppers. I got the idea from a sauce pack that Karen bought at the Indian store that I actually used to make Paneer and Mixed Veggies. But before we left for our trip to FL, to clean out the fridge we needed to use half a block of paneer and a green pepper and an open jar of curry sauce, so I made "Paneer Jalfreezi" with these ingredients. It was surprisingly tasty considering we aren't huge green pepper fans. But we've been getting a lot of green peppers so I attempted this again, but this time without the sauce since it's much cheaper that way.

I made the recipe but found it to be much drier than I like, so I added one tomato. It was still dry but had a but more liquid and taste from the tomato. Also, I never use ginger in any recipe because Karen hates it. She won't eat it if she sees me put it in there, so I stopped trying even though it often tastes better.

I also made the spinach recipe that I always make - spinach, onion, spices, lemon juice, and this time I used some leftover homemade salsa that we tried to eat but was way too spicy to eat with just chips. Also some frozen naan and leftover basmati rice.

Karen loved the paneer. Said it was surprisingly good given that it was mostly paneer with green pepper. Doris hated it and wouldn't touch it, though she was pretty cranky having just woke up from a nap and also upset with me because she wanted to help me make curry and I did it while she was sleeping. Karen said I promised but I don't remember that. So she didn't eat it but Karen and I liked it. Karen did not seem to care for the spinach though I didn't ask if she liked it or not.

Paneer: $2.50
Spices: 50 cents
CSA veggies: $2
Spinach: $1.50
Naan: $1.60

Total: $8.10