Paneer Fritters / Pakora

Yet Another Paneer recipe.... Paneer lovers this is for you. Paneer fritters hot and spicy to have in the rainy season. Hope this will be helpfull to our mysore / bangalore people. They are enjoying rain finally.

Ingredients

• Paneer (lowfat) - 10 long pieces
• Besan / Gram flour - 1-1/2 cups
• Rice flour - 1/2 cup
• Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Hot oil - 2 tsp
• Ajwain Seeds - 1 tsp (crushed)

Method

• Mix all the above ingredients and make a smooth paste using a bit of water (consistency should be thick, just like pakora)
• Take a each paneer pieces and dip into the batter and deep fry it in the oil. Remove and Drain on paper towels
• Serve immediately with hot chilli sauce, mint chutney, ketchup

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Vegetable Dosa

This is the easiest of the dosa's . Good for health becoz it includes raw vegetables. You can have it like morning breakfast or evening snacks. I would say kids defintely like this and Bachelors can make this too as there is no grinding necessary.

Acutally this is my sister's recipe. She used to make this a lot. I used to make for my little one. He likes that. Everytime i made it i used to forget taking a pic of the dosa.

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups Besan / Gram flour
• 3/4 cup Rice flour
• Salt to taste
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 1 Tomato, chopped
• 1 Carrot, grated
• 1 Potato, grated
• Coriander leaves , chopped
• Red Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
• Jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Oil

Method

• Mix all the ingredients in a pan then add 2 cups of water. Mix the batter properly. Keep aside for few minutes
• Heat a griddle / tava sprinkle oil
• Pour a laddle full of batter and add oil and cook till brown color and flip over and cook for few minutes.
• Serve with Ketchup / chilli sauce / Chutney

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Paneer In Tomato Gravy

This is a unique gravy. Sometime back i had got the recipe for the gravy from a tv food show. It's a kashmiri dish. Beautiful flavour with tomato puree and fenel powder. This will go well with Naan's / Roti's. This has become my favorite and fastest gravy.

Ingredients

• Paneer Big Cubes - 10 Pieces
• Tomato puree / Tomatoes - 2
• Homemade Ghee / Desi Ghee - 2 tsp
• Ginger + Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric Powder a pinch
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder / Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
• Kasoori methi - 1 tsp
• Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Boil the tomatoes with garam masala and blend with a cashew nuts (2 /3) make a smooth paste/puree
• Oil deep fry the paneer cubes, remove and soak it into luckwarm water with a pinch of turmeric and salt
• Heat kadai / pan add ghee
• Add ginger garlic paste
• Add tomato puree, chilipowder, turmeric, salt, jeera powder, garam masala, kasoori methi & fennel powder. Add oneafter the other
• Bring to boil if it too thick add little water and boil
• Add paneer and serve hot with roti's

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Methi - Palak In Coconut Gravy

The combination this methi palak uses many dishes. The same way this is the one which i loved it a unique taste mixed leaves with coconut paste. Suitable for all indian breads and simple to make.

Ingredients

• Palak / Spinach - 2 cups
• Methi / Fenugreek leaves - 2 cups
• Paneer cubes - 1/2 cup (optional, I used in this recipe becoz gives a nice taste.)
• Coconut, grated - 4 tsp
• Green chillies - 3 or 4, chopped lengthwise
• Cashews - 2 or 3
• Ginger + Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsbn
• Onion - 1, chopped
• Tomato - 1, chopped
• Sugar to taste
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric Powder - a pinch
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
• Lemon juice

Method

• Blend a Coconut and Cashwes to a nice paste. Keep aside
• Wash the green leaves and chopped, keep aside
• Heat oil in a pan
• Add jeera allow to sizzle
• Add onion stir fry, add tomato & chilli fry for a minute
• Add chopped green leaves close the lid & allow to cook for 2 minutes
• Add turmeric powder, garam masala powder stir fry
• Add the coconut paste and add salt and sugar cook for a minute if it is very thick add 1/2 cup water. Bring to boil
• Then add paneer cubes stir well. Remove from the flame
• Add lemon juice and Serve with roti/chapati/naan

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