Potato Spinach Casserole



Ingredients
For Spinach layer
2 cups spinach, blanched
2 green chilies
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp plain flour
½ cup warm milk
1 tsp oil
1 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste
For Potato Layer
4 large potatoes, boiled and pealed
 ½ cup warm milk
2 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste

½ cup boiled corn kernels
2 tbsp parmesan
1 tbsp dry parsley

Freshly cracked pepper


To prepare the spinach, heat oil and butter and sauté garlic and onion for 2 minutes.

Turn down the heat and add flour and cook for a minute stirring constantly.

Stir in milk and  cook on low heat til milk bubbles.
 Grind coarsely spinach and chilies together and add to the milk mixture along with salt and pepper. Bring it to a simmer. Take it off the heat
 Roughly mash the potatoes. Mix milk, butter, salt and pepper into it.
 In a greased microwave safe dish spread half of the mashed potatoes.
 Spread corn on the potaoes.
  Cover the corn with the spinach mixture.

 Finish with the remaining potato mash. Sprinkle parmesan, cracked pepper and parsely. Bake in the microwave on low rack for 20 mins.

Enjoy with garlic bread and a side of fresh salad!

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