Tawa Fried Paneer Tikka

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Scroll down to laugh or say Ohhh!Very funny incident happened while making this one.  I wanted to make 100% microwave cooking with paneer. I got a recipe from LG microwave cooking book(I got it when I brought my microwave, 3 years back). The recipe was Hariyali Paneer Tikka.I kept in my draft and was planning to go to the shop to get Paneer. The same day I saw this  recipe!  It tempted me to prepare it the same day. But it was oven grilled dish. I thought let me use the ingredients at least.

Immediately I went to the shop and brought paneer.

Read the ingredients, the steps and the procedure:

Paneer - 500 gm (cut into big cubes)

Capsicum - 1 big, diced 

Tomato - 1 big, cubed

Onion - 1 big, cubed

For Marination

Hung curd - 1 cup( I used normal curds)

Ground mint leaves - 1 tbsp

Fresh Coriander leaves (ground) - 1 tbsp

Green chillies -1, finely chopped (I reduced it to one, in LG Book, they have given 4)

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp(my addition, it was not there in LG recipe)

Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp(I used MTR)

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 tbsp

Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

Gram flour - 1 tbsp (My addition)

Procedure

Mix all the ingredients for Marinade in a Microwave safe big and wide bowl. (I had the plastic one which was given by LG People with the M/W.)

Marinate it for 2 hours at least. 

                                    

Now the real fun started.

(As per the LG recipe, we need to place the marinated cubes and vegetables in a M/W safe dish  on the high rack and grill for 15 - 20 minutes, till golder brown all the sides)

I transfered the marinated cubes and vegetables in to another safe bowl and kept it on high rack  and chose " Grill" and kept  for 15 minutes. Nothing happened. So I thought I will try with "combo grill". I pressed the option and kept for 15 minutes.

Aftet 5 minutes, what I can see!! The bowl is melting!!! I offed the M/W immediately and took the bowl out. I burnt my finger without realizing it was hot. I transfered the ingredients in to another bowl.

See in the photo what happened to my bowl, in which I used make many things :-(

                               

My dosa pan came to my rescue.  I arranged the cubes in to wooden skewers and kept ready.

I made the pan very hot, brushed some oil on it, and kept the skewers. After few minutes I brushed the cubes with oil and turned upside down. Repeated the process till they were golden brown all the sides.

Paneer tikka was ready to eat.My daughter who does not like paneer so much, she asked me to make again for the dinner :-)

Very easy and yummy tikka without oven, without grill and without without tandoor!!!

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Paneer Nuggets

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

After my both the daughters are feeling better, I am also relaxed. As per doctor's advice, I did not give the milk to them, and all the milk was lying like that only in the fridge. I was thinking what to do with so much milk. Then I remembered the show I watched last week.

I really envy those food show anchors, who get chance to try all the food under the sun!!!! With that jealousy,  I never miss any shows whenever I get time!! NDTV Good Times has lot of good programs on food around the world. And last week I watched the show run by Aditya Bal. In that show his mother made these Paneer nuggets!!!

Thats what came in my mind to make these nuggets with home made Paneer. But I did not take the photos of making Paneer. May be later when I make paneer again, I will take the pics and post the recipe. I took photo only after I prepared it. Here it is :

The chef  in the show, had taken the ready paneer cubes and marinated it with SALT, RED CHILLY POWDER, GARAM MASALA,  and I think he added  LEMON also. And he had kept it in the fridge for an hour or so. BUT,  check my version below.

I put the paneer in a rectangular box and kept in the fridge for an hour. After an hour, I removed it, cut into the pieces. In that one hour, I prepared BREAD CRUMBS at home with fresh bread.

For bread crumbs:

Fresh white bread - 4 to 6 pieces

(white bread or wheat bread or you can mix both)

Cut the bread into pieces. Keep it in microwave for 2 minutes to dry the bread. Keep it to cool. Put in a food processor or grinder to make it into a coarse or fine powder according to the requirement. Some recipes require coarse powder. I made it fine powder.

You can store it in airtight jar and can be stored in the fridge for a week. 

Ingredients :

For Paneer Cubes:

Paneer - 200 gm

Salt to taste

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp

Lime Juice - 1 tsp

Here is the twist in my version : Mix all the ingredients nicely. Transfer in to a square box. Keep in the fridge for an hour or two. Remove it and cut into cubes or desired shapes. Here it looks like :

                                           

Now the ingredients used for the coating,

Bread crumbs - 1/2 or 1 cup

Salt a pinch

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp

Mix  bread crumbs, salt, red chilly powder  and coriander powder. Spread it in a plate.

Maida or All purpose flour - 1/2 cup. Spread it in a separate plate.

Egg - 1, break and beat the egg in a bowl.
If not using egg, 
Maida to coat the cubes

Oil to fry

Here it is :                       

                                             

Here is the clumsy work begins,

TAKE ONE PANEER  CUBE,

FIRST ROLL IT WITH MAIDA. 

WASH IT WITH EGG MIX. (DIP THE PIECE FULLY IN  EGG ) 

OR

Make a thin paste of maida and water. Dip the cubes in it instead of egg. 

(thanks Madhuri for reminding me!!!)

THEN PUT IT IN A BREAD CRUMBS PLATE AND ROLL IT TO COVER THE PIECE PROPERLY.

REPEAT WITH OTHER PANEER CUBES. 

Here it looks like,

                                         

Heat oil in a kadai. Once it is very hot, lower the flame and fry the paneer cubes in batches till golden brown.

PANEER NUGGETS ARE READY TO SERVE WITH HOT TEA OR AS A STARTER.

HEY, DOES IT LOOK LIKE MORE WORK???? NO!!! MY POST IS LONGER. 

IT IS VERY EASY AND FAST TO MAKE. TRY IT!!

Keep Smiling,

Capsicum & Paneer Stir fry(Food Remake)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

(It is so easy to prepare food, when some one is guiding you!! That's why I enjoy very much when ever I follow other blog and cook any dish. And I post it in 'Food Remake' label, as, it is very common in Indian film industry to remake the movies from one language to the other. So even my food here is the remake one!!!)

If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know that I love Paneer in any form. I keep on trying paneer dishes, from many blogs and from the world of recipes.

This time, when I saw  Sushma Mallya's (http://authenticfooddelights.blogspot.com/) this recipe, (Authentic Food Delights: Capsicum & Paneer Stir Fry), Visit her blog for the details.(I am not able to copy the link of her blog and the recipe also, thats why  I have typed only the blog name and the recipe name!!)

I could not wait to try it. I tried it the very next day she posted it in her blog, but I took so much time to post it. Sorry!!

I liked it very much, that I have already repeated it 2 to3 times. And, I am sure, you all also will like it.

Keep Smiling,