Paneer Paratha|Mini Bites|BM#6

Today 3rd day of Blogging Marathon. My recipe for the day is Paneer Paratha.
Ingredients
For Outer covering
1 cup Whole wheat flour 1 tea spoon salt water to knead Stuffing
1 cup of grated paneer
2 tsp methi leaves
1 tsp Corainder powder 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tbl spn oil
salt to taste

Method:
For the Dough
Knead the flour with some water to form a thick dough. Place it aside for 1/2 hour.
Divide the flour to 10 equal parts.
For the Stuffing
In a pan, add oil,cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.
Then add all the other ingredeints and stir fry for couple of minutes and now the stuffing is ready.
For the Rest..
Now, roll the dough and flatten little bit and scoop 1-2 spoons of the suffing.
Roll out with a little flour into a flat chapathis'.Make it small for kids.
Heat the pan and place the paratha in the pan and allow it cook until you see brown spots on both sides. Add a drop of oil while cooking after you flip once.
Serve hot with Boondhi raitha or any raitha.

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Snack

14

Paneer Burji

I had a store bought paneer was tempted to cook it today, I was bored of always making a dish with gravy. Hence decided to do Burji out of it.
Recipe for Paneer burji is as follows,
2 cups of grated paneer
1 onion cut fine
1 Capsicim
1 cup of peas and carrot
2 Tomato
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
2 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp Aam chur powder
1 tbl spn Kasoori methi
1 tsp Jeera
1 tbl spn oil
salt to taste


Method
In a pan add the oil, jeera and allow it to splutter.
Add the onions and salt and fy till golden brown.
Add the peas, carrot and capsicum and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the tomato and cook well till the oil seperates.
Add all the masala powders and mix well.
Finally add the Grated paneer and cook till the raw smell goes away for about 5 minutes.
Serve hot with Roti's.

Side Dish

4

Milk Peda for Diwali 2009

Happy Diwali to all of you:-)
Back after a long time with some series of sweets made for Diwali.
I got this recipe from my sister-in-law and it is very easy and very tasty. Thanks to her for the recipe.

Here goes the recipe,
1/2 pound Paneer (2-2 1/2 cups)
1 tin Sweetened condensed milk
1 cup Milk powder
2 tsp cardomom powder
1 tbl spoon Ghee

Method:

• Grate the Paneer
• Mix milk powder,condensed milk with the paneer
• Heat a heavy bottmed vessel on a medium heat and pour the mixture into the vessel.
• Keep stirring until it forms a like a dough/thick paste.
• Remove from the stove and add the ghee and cardomom powder and mix well.
• Pour the dough into a greased plate and spread well
• Cool it for some time and then cut into desired shapes.
• This makes good number of pedas.
  

Sweet

1

Rasmalai

After a long time, I am back with a desert. I got this recipe from my colleague and tried out everything from scratch.
Ingredients
For malai
3 cups of whole milk
3 spoons of lemon juice
Sugar Syrup
1 cup sugar
2 cups water

For the Ras
3 1/2 cup of milk(I used 2% Reduced fat milk)
10 spoons of sugar
A pinch of Safforn
Cardomom powder 1 tsp
Method to make malai

• Boil the 3 cups of whole milk. keep stirring making sure it does not burn in the bottom.
• Once it comes to boil, add the lemon juice and stir slowly
• Once the milk is separated, drain in a muslin cloth and separate the malai(paneer).
• Squeeze the excess water from the paneer.
• Mash the paneer well and make it a flat and round shape.

For the Sugar Syrup

• Boil 2 cups of water and add sugar to it make a sugar syrup.
• Add the paneer balls in the hot water and keep the lid closed for 15 minutes.(Keep the gas in medium flame).
• Place the malai in a broad vessel, it will puff up after boling them.
  

For making the Ras(Syrup)

• Boil the 3 1/2 cups of milk , Keep stirring and see to that it does not stick to the bottom.
• Boil the milk for approx 25 minutes until it condenses and turns into light pink color.
• Add the saffron, cardomom and sugar and stir well.
  

Final Steps

• Add the boiled malai from the sugar syrup and add into the Ras.
• Chill the Rasmalai for couple of hours.
• Serve chilled.

If required garnish with pista and serve chilled.

Rasmalai goes to Srivalli's Mithai mela.

Sweet

5

Paneer Pizza

Pizza is very simple to make at home using the pillsbury dough.

Ingredients:
Pillsbury dough 1 pack (you get in Safeway and many grocery stores)
Pizza sauce 3 tb spoon
Mozarella cheese 4 Tb spoon
paneer 3 tb spoon
Tomato 1 nos
Onion 1/2
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

How to make?

1. In a drop of oil add the onion, tomato and paneer and fry for sometime.
2. Add all the masala and salt.
3. Roll the pizza dough like roti
4. Spread the pizza sauce
5. Add the cooked paneer
6. Add the cheese at the top
7. Pre-heat the oven for 425 degrees
8. Cook for 10-12 minute till it is cooked.
   

Note:In one pack of pillsbury pizza dough, you can make two pizza.

Tiffin

1

Matar Paneer

Ingredients:
Peas 1 cup boiled
Paneer 10 pieces
Tomato puree 1 cup
Onion 1 nos
Jeera 1 tsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
garam masala 2 tsp
Dhania powder 1 tsp
Aam chur 1 tsp
red chilli powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste

• Fry paneer and keep aside
• Add little oil in kadai and add jeera.Fry till it splutters
• Cut 1/2 onion and make a paste of other 1/2, fry both till golden brown
• Add tomato paste and add little water
• Boil till the oil separates the pan
• Add garam masala, dhania powder,aam chur and salt and boil for a while
• Finally add boiled peas and fried paneer
• Matar Paneer is ready to serve

Side Dish

1

Paneer Butter Masala

We always wonder how does hotel dish tastes different and yummy. But here is recipe for Paneer Butter Masala made at home as it tastes in all hotels.

Ingredients:
Paneer cut into cubes 15 pieces
Butter 2 Tb spoon
Tomato puree 2 tomatoes
Onion 1 nos
cashew nuts 1 tb spoon
Ginger&garlic paste 1 tsp
Red Chilli powder 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder 1 tsp
Aam Chur powder 1 tsp
Kasthoori methi 1 tsp
Jeera 1 tsp
cilantro to garnish
salt to taste

To Grind:

• Grind 1/2 onion to smooth paste, chop the other half into small pieces.
• Grind the tomato and make it a puree.
• Grind cashew into smooth paste

Method:

1. Fry the Paneer to half brown stage in little oil.
2. Drop the fried paneer in hot water and keep aside.(this is to reduce oil and make it soft)
3. In a kadai put the butter and add jeera. fry till it splutters.
4. Add grounded onion and fry little.
5. Then add the cut onion and fry till golden brown.
6. Add Ginger& Garlic paste and fry for a minute.
7. Now add tomato and boil it till the oil separates from the pan.
8. Add red chili powder, garam masala, kasthoori methi, amchur powder, and salt.
9. Add a little(1/2 cup) water if needed to make semi liquid state.
10. Add the cashew paste and cook for five min.(till the gravy becomes thick)
11. Finally add the paneer pieces and boil for five minutes.
12. garnish with cilantro
13. Serve hot with Naans, chapathi or rice.

Alternatives:

• we can use cauliflower or potato instead of paneer. Just need to boil the vegetable and put in the gravy.You need not fry.
• You can put as raw paneer instead of frying.

Side Dish

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