Paneer Shaslik with Oriental Sauce

Ingredients: Paneer: 250 gm, Onion (Medium): 4 no, Tomato (Medium): 4 no, Capsicum (Medium): 4 no, Mushroom(Boiled): 10-15 no, Oil: for frying. For Marination: Oil: 50 ml, Salt: to taste, Pepper: 1 tsp.

For oriental sauce: Sliced onion: 2 no, Green chillies: 3 no, Curry leaves: 3 – 4 leaves, Coconut powder: ½ cup, Salt: to taste, Oil: 1 tbsp, Turmeric: a pinch.
Preparation (time 25 min.):
1. Cut paneer, onion, tomato and capsicum in cubes around 1 inch.
2. Marinate in the above marination as given.
3. Arrange the vegetables and paneer in the shaslik steak as shown.
4. For making sauce, heat oil in a pan, add the onion, saute it well, add curry leaved, green chillies, finally add coconut powder, salt, a pinch of turmeric, cook it well with little water.
5. Finely strain it, make it of sauce consistency and check seasoning.
6. Grill the paneer shaslik, until golden brown, when hot, serve it on the hot sizzler tawa with sauce poured on top, with accompament such as saffron rice, Chinese spring roll, sauted mushrooms, etc.

Serves: 4 person.

Zafrani Paneer

A dish that's fit for a king, it contains cottage cheese and a rich onion and cashew nut gravy that is bound to surprise you.
Ingredients: Paneer: 500 gm, Cashew nut: 2 tbsp, Raisins: 1 tabsp, Mint chutney: ½ cup, Turmeric: ½ tsp, Corn flour: 50 gm. For the gravy: Oil: 50 ml, Boiled onion paste: 2 cups, Boiled cashew nut paste: 1 cup, Cream: ½ cup, Butter: 2 tbsp, White pepper: 1 tsp, Salt to taste, Whole garam masala: 5 gm,

Preparation time 35 min.

Preparations:

1. Cut panner in thin slices, (½ cm), cut in to medium size triangle.
2. Prepare the stuffing by mixing cashew nut, raisins, mint chutney together.
3. Stuff it in between the panner, make a thick paste of corn flour, dip it & deep fry.
4. Prepare the gravy, heat oilk, put garam masala and sauté for few seconds. Add boiled onion paste sauté it until cook, but no change colour.
5. Add cashew nut paste, cook fo 10-12 min, add cream, butter & seasoning.
6. Now heat the paneer in oven. Put the gravy in a platter; arrange paneer pieces, garnish it with cream & butter.

Serves 4 persons.
Serve it as a main course together with Naans or Rumali Rotis.