PANEER CUTLET

PANEER CUTLET / ROASTED PANEER TIKKI

Paneer is one of most commonly dish cooked in Indian house holds and it is a vegetarians delight . It is full of protein and calcuim. You can easily make paneer at home by curdling milk with the help of lemon juice , curd or vinegar . But ready made paneer from the market is as good as home made for this recipe . This paneer cutlet is healthy , easy, delicious and quick to make. kids love it . You can roast , bake or fry these paneer cutlet . I have added bell pepper , you can add veggies of youe choice . Chat can also be made with the cutlets with curd and sweet and green chutney . This is the basic simple recipe of mixing paneer with potato with bread crumbs mixed with veggies of your choice like peas , carrot , beans, corn or any other veggie. Roll to make tikki and roast or deep fried .

COOKING TIME 30 minutes SERVES 2

INGREDIENTS

Paneer 1 cup

potato 1/3 cup [ boiled and crushed ]

Onion 2 tbs

bell peppers 1 tbs green , 1 tbs red, ginger and green chily 1 tsp, salt , red chilli pwd 1/2 tsp , jeera pwd 1tsp

Bread crombs 1 . 5 cup

METHOD TO MAKE PANEEER CUTLET

• Crush paneer and boiled potato .
• Cut onion finely . Cut bell peppers into very small pieces .
• Cut 1/2 inch ginger and 1 green chily finely .

• Mix together crushed paneer and boiled potato.
• Add onion , bellpeppers , ginger and green chilly .
• Mix all together and add salt , red chilli pwd , jeera pwd .

• Add 3 tbs bread crumbs .
• Make a dough by mixing every thing .

• Make shape of tikki with the dough . About 6 tikkis will be made .
• Take a tikki , Press in the centre and make a dip . Put 1/2 tsp sauce in the dip and keep a small cheese cube or shredded cheese over it . Cover it with the small piece of dough .
• Make the remaining tikkis .
• Now again roll them in bread crumbs on all the sides , press the crumbs a little so that they stick to the tikki.

• Heat a non stick tawa and put 3 tbs oil.
• When it is hot , keep 2 tikkis at a time and roast them on medium flame .
• Roast them till crisp on both the sides .
• Serve the tikkis with green chutney and sauce .

STEP BY STEP OF MAKING PANEER CUTLET

1. Boil the potato and make paneer at home or buy readymade paneer.
2. Cut onion finely . Cut bell pepper or vegetables of your choice like 1 tbs carrot , 1 tbs peas , 1 tbs beans . 1tbs corn or any other veggies .
3. Crush boiled potato and paneer and mix together every thing .
4. Add salt , red chill pwd 1/2 tsp , jeera pwd .
5. Add 3 tbs bread crumbs [ you can make breadc rumbs by mixing bread slices in a mixie ] .
6. Now make a dough . Make tikki shapes of the dough .
7. About 6 thick tikkis will be made.
8. Take each tikki , make a dip in the centre by pressing with a thumb. Fill it with 1/2 tsp sauce and put small cube of cheese or shredded cheese over the sauce.
9. Cover it again with a small piece of dough .
10. Roll all the tikkis in bread crumbs from all the sides propely and press the bread crumbs properly so that bread crumbs stick to the tikki . You can keep them in the fridge and roast them later .
11. Heat a non stick tawa and put 2-3 tbs oil , when it is hot roast the tikkis on both the sides on medium flame till they become crisp . Roast 2 tikkis at a time.
12. You can deep fry them too .

ENJOY HEALTHY PANEER CUTLET WITH GREEN CHUTNEY AND SWEET CHUTNEY

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