Paneer fritters

A simple and easy paneer recipe for kids. I know Paneer is the all time favourite food of kids . so definitely this is a worth trying item.
This can be packed in lunch box or snack box and can send it to school to surprise your little ones

Recipe

Paneer -1 pkt (200 gm)
Maida + Red chilli + tomato ketchup + Green chilli sauce + salt + garlic paste - enough to make a medium
thick batter.
Bread crumbs - enough to roll on
Cut the paneer to cubes , roll on batter and then on bread crumbs and deep fry in hot oil. Serve with sauce or ketchup.

Paneer Fried Rice

One more Awseome dish from Paneer family.. Paneer fried rice is my son's favourite as it is easy to chew, and easily digestible, very light to tummy.

Please see the recipe for making Fried rice in my easiest chinese album.  Only difference is I added Paneer instead of veg or non veg.

Paneer Pakodas

Very easy and simple Recipe for making Paneer pakodas. Excellent snack box recipe for kids.

Ingredients required are:

Gram flour , salt, a pinch of hing and red chilli powder  to make a thick batter.
Can add chopped small onions, green chillies etc to the batter if interested. 

Method:

Cut the paneer into desired shapes. Long strips or cubes. Mix in batter and fry in oil. Serve with tomato sauce.

Methi- Malai Paneer

Methi Malai Chicken I have prepared recieved a wide round of applaud from friends who tried it at their home. This is another version of methi malai with Paneer

Ingredients:
Paneer -200gm cut to cubes
Kasur Methi -2tbspn soaked in warm water

Onion -1 big
Garlic- 2cloves
Ginger - 1 small chopped nicely
Malai (home made) 1 cup
Cooking Butter -1 tbspn
Sugar - 1/2 tspn
Chilly powder -1 tspn
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tspn
Gharam masala -1/4 tspn
Veg masala 2 tspn
Mustard and jeera -a pinch each

Salt and oil as required.
Method
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Shallow fry paneer cubes in oil and keep aside .In a seperate pan pour some oil splutter some mustards & jeera, add onion , garlic, and ginger one after the other.
When the onion is almost golden brown add chilli powder, turmeric powder, vegetable masala and gharam masala. saute the masalas in oil. Now add the soaked methi and saute again till the masalas get coated over methi. Now add paneer . Sprinkle salt over this mixture. Mix everything.Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. Now add butter to this and when it is melted add malai and sugar. cook on a low flame for further 2-3 min. garnish and serve.

Paneer manjurian

Once again its a manjurian with Paneer. This time I havent fried the paneer. Recipe is similar to the other manjurian recipes. Only the major ingredient is different.

Rasgulla

Picture -1

Paneer -200 gm

Maida -2 tspn

Sugar 2 cups

water- 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder -1 pinch 

Knead the paneer into  small dough using maida as in picture 1. Make a syrup out of the sugar into a one thread consistency. Can add cardamom powder now. Add the paneer balls (rasagulla balls) into the syrup and cook on the sugar syrup till well cooked (picture -2)

         

Picture -2

Serve with syrup and balls and a topping of chopped almonds or nuts. 

Few tips to make it softer and sweeter:
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1) knead the paneer with 2-3 tbspn of maida. (Dont use more of maida).. The more u knead the more softer it will be. U can feel the softness while rolling to balls

2) If using ready made paneer ( i used the same ;-)] add 2 tbspn of milk too while kneading.
3) Boil in pressure cooker for 1 whistle. Dont cook too much as it will make it harder and after the pressure subsided u can heat it on low flame for 3-4 min if needed

Never thot it is such an easy sweet to prepare.. Felt it very tougher when the paneer got harder the next day.
Try and Enjoy..

Home made Paneer Masala Dosa

Got the idea from the menu of "Dosa plaza" in bangalore. Tried at home and this is my version of how I made this

Recipe for the crispier dosa

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Raw rice and urad dhal in 3 : 1 ratio
Put a teaspoon of methi seeds to urad dhal and soak for 4-5 hours

grind seperately with a handful of poha and mix thoroughly .keep it for fermentation overnight. 

Recipe for Paneer masala
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Paneer -100 gms
Carrot -1 half
Onion- 1 big
garlic- 4-5 cloves chopped
ginger -1/2 inch size thinly sliced

Boil the above ingredients with little salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder (can use green chillies instead for better taste.) and a pinch of gharam masala. Boil till carrots are cooked. Add paneer (crushed) towards the end and saute till the gravy is thick.
In a kadai heat some oi,l splutter mustard seeds , half a teaspoon of jeera, 2-4 curry leaves, add the cooked veggies to this and saute till well mixed.

In a dosa pan pour 1 laddle of batter spread nicely. keep on low flame now and after spreading increase the flame. Pour 1 tbspn of ghee or oil on sides of dosa . keep it on high flame till the edges become crispier. spread 2 tbspn of masala in the centre , longitudinally. keep it for few seconds. roll it and serve hot .

What to name this Paneer Dish ? Paneer Fritter's? Paneer Fries? or Paneer starters? But I would love to call this dish as " Kids Paneer " Because this is my son's Favourite.

How to make this? Take some corn flour and gram flour just to make a thick batter for 200 gms paneer. Add some salt, garlic paste, a pinch of chilli powder, and food colour less than a pinch (only optional .you can avoid this if allergic or health conscious)

Cut the Paneer into cubes, roll in the batter and fry in oil till crispy. Serve with tomato ketchup o green chutney.

Paneer Baby corn Manjurian in a much healthier way .. See the recipe for the secret :D

Paneer and Baby corn can be combined together to make a yummy manjurian in a much healthier way. I have not fried the pieces before making this manjurian and thereby the quantity of oil used is just 2 tbpn.
Here goes the method. As usual my recipe this time is also very easy to make and is done in less than 5minutes time. Kids would love to finish the plate.

Paneer -200 gms packet
Baby Corn -4 nos
 Cut both into square cubes

Onion -1 big
Capsicum -1/2 portion ( though I havent used in this now as it was not available in my kitchen)
Green chillies -2 slits ( if capsicum is there you can avoid this)
Garlic -10 cloves chopped

Soya sauce- 2tspn
Tomato sauce-1-2 tspn (depending on ur likeness for the sweety flavour)
chilli garlic sauce-1-2 tspn
Green chilli sauce- 1/2 tspn
Corn flour -3 tspn
water-4 tspn
Red chilli powder -1/4 tspn or red chilli paste 
Pepper powder -1/2 tsp

In a pan heat some oil and saute the baby corn. till it is half done add onion, garlic and capsicum one by one. No need to cook too much. Just sauting is enough. Now add the sauces one by one. saute again. Salt is not required as the sauces themselves contain salt content in it.  Now dissolve the corn flour in water and add to it. simmer the flame and again saute till dry and the sauces get coated over the vegetables. Finally add pepper powder and saute. Serve hot. 
Try this at home and enjoy and send me the feed back.. 

Shahi Paneer ( with a difference)

And the difference is instead of Cashew paste I have added thick coconut milk to this (calorie conscious :D)

Paneer Burji

Awwwwwwwwww.. I cant simple resist the taste of this

Recipe

Paneer -100 gms grated
Onion - 1 medium sized chopped thin
Tomato -1 small
capsicum (if you want can take a quarter portion of it and chop thin)
Slit green chillies -2-3
Curry leaves and dhaniya leaves chopped few
turmeric powder a pinch
Red chilli powder -1/2 tspn
salt and oil as required

Heat some oil in a kadai, splutter some mustard seeds, saute one after another all the vegetables. add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/2 tspn chilli powder and salt.

Add grated paneer and mix well. adjust the amount of salt and serve with rice or roti.

Paneer Money Bags

Money Bags ?? Yes these are money bags but the bags contain paneer and not cash :)

This is yet another kids recipe.. ..Are you some one who enjoy surprising your kid? then try this.. very crispy and yumm
 Simple and easy to make..And surely you will get to see that million dollar smile on ur child's face :)

Quantity required for 8 bags

Maida - 1 aatta scoop
Make a soft dough of maida using 1 tspn butter, 1 tspn oil, salt and water and a pinch of baking soda. Keep this dough for 15 minutes

For the filling
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Paneer grated - 4 tbspn
Cheese grated -1 tbspn
Gharam masala -a pinch

Make small chappathis out of the dough and using a katori cut it to perfect rounds. Roll on the leftover pieces to thin strings. Fill inside the round small chapathis the paneer and cheese mixture bring up the edges together as we tie a cloth bag . Use the string pieces to roll around and tie the neck. Make two rounds otherwise it will split open.Press gently and fry in hot oil. it takes just dip and take time for frying. U will get crispy paneer money bags. Enjoy with tomato sauce.

Paalak Paneer

Haaaaaaa.. Calorie rich paalak and Paneer. How can an Indian resist the taste of this?

Here is my version of how I made this

The twist int he recipe is I have used Shallots and fresh whole masalas to grind . Check this out..

Palak one bunch
Paneer -1 pkt of 200 gm 
onion -2 medium
tomatos- 2 medium
Garlic -6-7 cloves
ginger-1/2 inch
shallots -5 nos
Green chilly -3 nos
curry leaves- few
cloves -2 nos
cinnanom -1/2 inch sticks 2 nos
cardamom -1 no
Pepper powder -1 tspn
Gharam Masala powder -1/4 tspn
Fresh Cream -1 tbspn

Blanch the palak and grind it to a smooth paste. Cut paneer to cubes. Grind small onions (shallots), garlic, ginger , green chilly, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom to a fine paste.

In a pan do the tadka using jeera and saute big onions, and then tomato. Add the paste of masalas saute nicely till the raw smell is gone. Then Add palak paste Add paneer, sprinkle reqd amt of salt . Cook till all the water content is evaporated and gravy is thick. Finally add fresh cream,pepper powder and gharam masala powderon top and cover and cook. 
This Palak recipe gives a nice flavour of the masalas and is definitely good if you really like to have a change from usual recipe.Enjoyyyyyyyyy

Methi Paneer Malai with Mattar

Have you heard about this combination? Try and find out...........;)

This is my husband's favourite.. Forget about the calories..Once in a while you can indulge in to such heavenly tastes

Recipe is as follows:

Paneer -200gm cut to cubes
Fresh Methi leaves - 1/2 bunch washed and chopped (can use kasuri methi too for that u need to soak it in little warm water for few min)
Mattar -few
Onion -1 big
Garlic- 2cloves
Ginger - 1 small chopped nicely
ginger garlic paste 1/2 tspn
Malai (home made) 1 cup
Cooking Butter -1 tbspn
Sugar - 1/2 tspn
Chilly powder -1 tspn
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tspn
Gharam masala -1/4 tspn
Veg masala 2 tspn
Mustard and jeera -a pinch each

Salt and oil as required.
Method
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Shallow fry paneer cubes in oil and keep aside .In a seperate pan pour some oil splutter some mustards & jeera, add onion , garlic, and ginger one after the other.add ginger garlic paste and saute.Add onions.
When the onion is almost golden brown add mattar, chilli powder, turmeric powder, vegetable masala . saute the masalas in oil. Now add the chopped methi and saute again till the masalas get coated over methi. Now add paneer . Sprinkle salt over this mixture. Mix everything.Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. Now add butter to this and when it is melted add malai and sugar. Finally add Gharam masala and cover. garnish and serve.

Paneer Pizza

 Very simple and Kids favourite.. You can make this in 20 minute time( including preparation) using a ready made pizza base. So what are you waiting for? Surprise your kids with this amazing recipe..Here it goes

Take a ready made piza base and top it with the pizza base. If it is not available Add some ketchup or tomato sauce .Even sanwich spread will also serve the purpose :)

Arrange chooped onion, capsicum, tomato, and paneer bits on tope of the spread. sprinkle some chilli flakes and oregano flakes. Drizzle few drops of tomato ketchup , chilli garlic sauce(sweet one), grated butter or cheese and mayonnise. Can arrange the toppings according to your taste

Bake in Oven for 10 minute at 200 deg celsius. ( arrange the oven timing according the oven settings) This settings is as per LG Microwave oven

Paneer Manjurian - gravy

Yet another twist in making paneer by slightly adding a Chinese taste to it. I bet this is so awsome and is heavenly

Recipe:
Paneer- 200 gms
Capsicum -1 half
Onions cubes-1 big
garlic -10-15 cloves to one full pod (as per one's taste)

Corn flour and gram flour for frying
Chopped green chilly -1 tspn
Ginger- 1/2 " piece chopped
chilly flakes -1/2 tsp
Corn flour -3 tbspn for making white sauce
Pepper powder -2 tspn
Oregano -1/2 tspn
Soya sauce -5 drops
tomato sauce -2 tbspn
Sugar -2 tbsp

Salt and oil as required.

Method:

Roll the paneer cubes in the batter of gram+ corn flour with a pinch of salt added and just shallow fry the cubes
For making sauce
Pour some oil in a wok, saute cubed oinions, garlic, chopped green chillies and capsicum till the raw smell is gone.No need to saute till the colour changes.
Add  pepper powder, oregano flakes, soya sauce and tomato sauce to this and mix well. Dissolve 3 tbspn of corn flour in 3 cups of water and slowly add this to the mixture. Add sugar and required amount of salt. Once the gravy start thickening add the fried paneer cubes and keep the flame on very low. cover and cook till the paneer absorbs the flavour.
mmmmmmm yummmmmmmmm.. serve with Roti or Rice.

I wish u give me the feedback :)

Paneer and Sweet Corn in Malai (fresh cream)

Paneer -200 gm cut to cubes
Sweet corn boiled -3/4 cup
onion-1 big
tomato-1 no or tomato paste -1 tbspn
garlic- 6-8 cloves
ginger-1/2 inch cliced
red chilli powder- 1tspn
turmeric powder-1/2 tspn
gharam masala-1 tspn
malai - 1 cup
sugar- 1 tspn

heat oil in a kadai. splutter mustards, jeera and add onion, saute well. add garlic, ginger and tomato,saute very well. add the masalas one by one . add sweet corn and mix well. cover and leave for few seconds till the flavour of masalas mixes well with corn. Finally add paneer and fresh cream/malai. add sugar . cover and cook till the oil leaves from malai

Pepper Paneer.

Simple and easy.. Would love to read the recipe? Here it goes

Paneer - 1 packet 
Onion-2 medium
garlic cloves -5 nos
Red pepper (red capsicum)-1 no
crushed black pepper - 2 tspns
Pepper powder -1 tspn
gharam masala -1 tspn
salt and oil as per requirement

Method.
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Cut the paneer into small cubes and saute in oil and keep aside.
In the same oil saute onion , garlic ,red pepper, gharam masala, pepper powder and salt. Now mix paneer to this sauted mixture . Add crushed pepper to this and cook on low flame with lid closed till the flavour is mixed well with paneer.garnish and serve

Aloo Paneer

 One more experiment done by me on Paneer. I will say this is a must try dish to go with rotis, naan or parathas. Why don't you prepare and enjoy this dish?

Paneer -100 gm
Potato -1 big
Onion - 2 big
Tomato -2 small
Garlic - 6-7 cloves (big one)
Ginger -1/2 inch size nicely chopped
Curry leaves and dhaniya patha for garnishing

Turmeric -1/4 tspn
Chilli powder -1 tspn
Coriander 1 1/4 tspn
Vegetable masala/gharam masala -1/2 tspn
Sugar -1 tspn

In a kadai heat oil and saute aloo and paneer cubes seperately and keep aside .(need not be cooked thoroughly in oil but just to shrink the size) In the same oil splutter few jeera seeds, when it start bursting add methi seeds. Add chopped garlic, ginger, curry leaves and onion.. saute very nicely till onions are golden brown. (add a pinch of salt to onions to reduce the cooking time). once onion is done add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till all the water is evaporated.. Add masalas one after the other except veg masala. sauting in between to avoid charring. Add 1 tsp of sugar also.Now add fried aloo cubes and then paneer cubes. Add 1 1/2 cup of water and cook till aloo is properly cooked. Finally add veg masala or gharam masala on top and cook with lid on. garnish and serve with Roti or Naan

Paneer Baby corn in Chilly garlic sauce

 Interesting ??.. why cant we bring a small twist in our own Desi Paneer by preparing it in a bit Chinese way? Am sure you are going to lick your fingers .:D

Here goes the recipe :

Baby corn -4 nos
Paneer -200 gm cut to cubes

onion -1 medium cut to cubes
Capsicum-1 small
ginger -1/2 inch piece chopped nicely
Tomato paste -3 tbspn
Corn flour- 1 tbspn
Red chilli powder- 1 whole tspn
crushed chilli flakes -1/4 tsp
soya sauce - 1/4 tspn
Red chilli -tomato sauce 2 tspn
Sugar -1 tspn
salt,oil as required
cilantro chopped - a fistful
garlic -10-15 small cloves


Make a chilli paste using red chilli powder, chilli flakes, 1/2 of the crushed garlic, soya sauce, sugar, chilli-tomato sauce , tomato puree and corn flour.

In a kadai heat some oil, saute chopped onion, remaining crushed garlic, chopped ginger and capsicum. once the raw smell is gone add the chilli paste.saute well. now add 3 cups of water and when it starts boiling add baby corn ( cut into two) . Add the required amount of salt now. Cook for some time till the baby corn is done. Finally add paneer cubes, reduce the flame and garnish with chopped cilantro and cover . cook for some more time on very low flame till paneer becomes soft..