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Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche

Tarla Dalal
24 September, 2018


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Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche has a satisfying, one-dish meal feel. Perfect for dinner as it is or accompanied with a soup and salad.
At parties serve this attractive and irresistible Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche as a main course or as a side dish.
Learn to make Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche recipe at home, it is sure to please you and your loved ones.
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Preparation Time
20 Mins
Cooking Time
15 Mins
Total Time
35 Mins
Makes
1 quiche
Ingredients
For Making The Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche Short Crust Pastry
3/4 cup plain flour (maida)
1/4 cup butter
2 pinches salt
For Making The Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche Stuffing
2 cups blanched and chopped spinach (palak)
1 cup crumbled paneer (cottage cheese)
1/2 tsp chopped green chillies
2 tbsp cornflour
3/4 cup milk
2 tbsp fresh cream
1/4 cup grated processed cheese
1/2 tsp dried oregano
2 tbsp butter
salt and to taste
Method
- To make the short crust pastry for the spinach and cottage cheese quiche recipe, sieve the flour. Add the butter and salt and rub in with your fingertips.
- Add about 1 tbsp of ice-cold water to make a dough
- Roll out the dough to about 3 mm. Thickness.
- Arrange the rolled out dough in a greased 150 mm. (6”) diameter pie dish.
- Press the dough into pie dish and prick with a fork on the bottom and sides.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 15 minutes.
- Do not remove from pie dish. Keep aside.
- To make the stuffing for the spinach and cottage cheese quiche recipe, heat the butter in a pan, add green chillies, paneer and sauté for 1 minute.
- Dissolve the cornflour in the milk and add this to the mixture.
- Cook till the mixture thickens, add all the remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep aside.
- Spread the spinach paneer mixture over the baked pastry in the pie dishes.
- Bake in a hot oven at 200°c (400°f) for 10 minutes or until the mixture becomes firm. Cut into wedges and serve the spinach and cottage cheese quiche hot.
Spinach and Cottage Cheese Quiche recipe with step by step photos
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 1298 cal |
Protein | 30.5 g |
Carbohydrates | 103 g |
Fiber | 11.6 g |
Fat | 81.9 g |
Cholesterol | 209 mg |
Sodium | 1042.4 mg |
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Nidhi Malik
Dec. 4, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Love this recipe.

Foodie #628482
Nov. 9, 2020, 9:18 a.m.
Can we make this in advance?

shivani
Aug. 27, 2020, 1:54 p.m.
very nice recipe. thanks a lot.

Tarla Dalal
Aug. 27, 2020, 1:54 p.m.
Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.

Ayushi Shah
Oct. 7, 2018, 2:15 p.m.
Alternative for pie dish?

Tarla Dalal
Oct. 7, 2018, 2:15 p.m.
Hi, Loose bottomed cake tin...

Ayushi shah
Oct. 4, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
Hey, can we use any other pie dish?

Foram05
Oct. 19, 2016, 10:26 a.m.
the recipe has corn instead of cottage cheese in method. please correct.

preeti
Oct. 13, 2016, 8:40 a.m.
awesome