Tawa Paneer

     Nowadays am becoming a huge fan for “Paneer” so trying new recipes using it. So in that queue, yesterday tried a dish called “Tawa Paneer” inspired from Home cooking channel in youtube. This was really a sooper-dooper diah for all spicy lovers. Go ahead for the preparation method.

ALL YOU NEED:

Chopped Onion	2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Chopped GreenChilly	2 No.
Chaat Masala Powder	1 spoon
GingerGarlic Paste	1 spoon
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Turmeric Powder	1/2 spoon
Diced Capsicum	1 1/2 cups
Cumin Powder	1 spoon
Kasuri Methi	2 spoons
Butter	1 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	2 spoons

To Marinate:

Paneer Cubes	500 gms
Kashmiri Chillypowder	3 spoons
Garam Masala	1 spoon
Thick Curd	1/2 cup
Salt	Pinch

METHOD:

    Marinate paneer with all the ingredients listed in “To Marinate” and allow it to sit for 30 minutes to an hour.

    Meantime, heat butter and oil in a tawa or nonstick pan, add finely chopped onion, fine chopped green chillies, saute it until it becomes transparent. Now add a spoon of ginger garlic paste, diced capsicum, and fine chopped tomato. Saute well until it becomes mushy. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilly powder, and salt. Mix well and add 1/4 cup of water. Let it cook until raw smell goes. Once done, add marinated paneer, keep the flame in medium and gently mix with the masala without breaking the paneer. Let it roast for a while. When the oil starts oozing out and the marinated masalas are cooked, add some crushed kasuri methi. Give a quick stir and put off the stove.

Note: I used medium sized onions and big tomato. Using colored capsicum will make dish colorful.

- Sangeetha Nambi

Paneer Pinwheel

"Paneer Pinwheel" I tasted this recipe an year's back during our potluck get together. From that day on, was so eager to try this at home. So waited for the "THE DAY" to try this at home. So, there comes my daughter's first birthday party. Hence tried it finally and the output was really yummy !

ALL YOU NEED:

Puff Pastry sheet	1 sheet
Grated Paneer	3 cups
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Chilly Powder	1 1/2 sp.
Fennel Seeds	1/2 spoon
Cumin Powder	1 spoon
Garam Masala	1 spoon
Coriander Leaf	1/4 cup
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 tbsp

METHOD:
     Before starting the preparation. Take out the puff pastry sheet from the fridge and let it sit for 40 minutes. Crumble the paneer and all all the dry powders like chilly powder, turmeric powder, Cumin powder, garam masala powder, fennel seeds, required salt and some chopped coriander leaf. Mix well until it all get mixed evenly. Now heat a spoon of oil in a pan, add paneer mixture and saute it for 2 to 3 mins and put off the flame.

ROLLING:
     Lets start the rolling part, dust some maida on a flat surface. Take a puff pastry and roll it gently (not very thin). Now add the paneer filling and gently roll the pin across just once. Once done, roll the pastry sheet. Once it reaches the edges, apply some water to the edges and press it firmly,make sure the edges are joined to the roll. Grease a sharp knife with oil. Cut the both sides of the roll which will be irregular. Now cut further to get the pinwheels.

BAKING:
     Makesure you preheat the oven to 350 F before you starts the rolling process. Take a grill plates or oven tray, cover it with aluminium foil and grease it with oil. Arrange the round shaped pinwheels with some gaps inbetween two pinwheels. Spary some oil on top of each pinwheels. Place it in the oven and bake for 15 mins, until it turns into golden brown. Once done, take out and let it cool down for sometime. Transfer it and Serve hot with tomato ketchup ! Yum !!!

Note: You can also add Amchoor powder and chaat powder to enhance the taste.

Tandoori Chicken

     "Tandoori Chicken" - Being not a big fan of non veg dishes. I was keep on postponing to try my hands in this dish, at the same time i was thought this is a big cumbersome process. During my visit to friend's place, she decided to prepare this dish. I was helping her in marinating process, by thinking its going to take hell lot of time. But to my surprise, she just done her cleaning and marinating part within few minutes. Even cooking process took hardly 45 mins. From then on, i was eagerly waiting for my day to try it. Final THE DAY came and tried. Here comes....

ALL YOU NEED:

Chicken leg pieces	4 Nos.
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Red Chilly Powder	1 1/4 sp.
Coriander Powder	2 spoon
Cumin Powder	1 spoon
Garam Masala	1 spoon
Red Food Color	Pinch
Hung Curd	1 cup
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 tbsp

To Marinate:
     Clean and wash chicken leg pieces. Make a slit and let it sit down for a while. Now take a wide bowl. Add red chilly powder, corainder powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, red food color(optional) and required salt, mix well. Now add hung curd (strain the curd in strainer to get thick hung curd) and a tbsp of oil. Mix well. Make sure the masala should not be watery. Once done, add all the chicken pieces, mix well until the masala coats the pieces evenly. Refrigerate it for 5 to 6 hours. Usually i allow it to sit for overnight and will prepare the next day.

To Prepare:
     Preheat over for 350 F. Meantime, take a grill plate, and place it over the oven tray covered with foil. Line up the marinated chicken (shaking off the excess masala) with some gap in-between. Just spray some oil on top of each pieces. Now place it in the middle rack. Close the oven. Strictly NO PEEKING, in-between (Bcos i will do this :) ). Let it cook for 20 mins. Now open the oven and toss the pieces to the other side and spray or grease some oil. Close the over, again some-more 20 mins to cook. Once done finally, turn the settings to "Broil" mode. Let it be in for 5 mins and again toss it to the other side and keep it for another 5 mins. Put off the oven. Let it be in the heat for 10 mins.

     Take out the oven tray and serve hot with mint chutney garnished with lemon and sliced onions.

Note: You can mariante chicken just with storebought tandoori chicken masala (I prefer Everest Brand) with hung curd, by skipping all those dry powders.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬