Paneer Bread Rolls

I am not sure how I came across this recipe from Edible Garden, but I am so glad I did! This snack is super easy, quick to make and quite tasty! Hubby liked it so much the first time I tried it, that he requested for it the next week and I gladly obliged! :)

Here's a look at the delicious evening snack!

Apologies for the half bitten roll, couldn't resist having a bite before taking the pic! :D

Recipe

Prep Time: 20 mins (including the 10 mins resting time for the rolls)
Cooking Time: Under 10 mins

Ingredients

Bread slices - 4
Paneer, crumbled - 1 cup
Half an onion, finely chopped

For seasoning (adjust as per taste)

chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
coriander-cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Few strands of coriander, finely chopped
Tomato Ketchup - 1 to 2 tsp
Salt as per taste

Butter for toasting

Method

- Take the crumbled paneer, onion along with the ingredients listed under seasoning in a bowl and mix well with your fingers.

- You can taste the mixture and adjust the seasoning like I mentioned earlier. Keep aside.
- Take your bread slices and cut off the edges.
- Flatten them out with a rolling pin.

- Place about 2 tsps of the paneer mixture into each bread slice and roll it nicely. Make sure to place the folding at the bottom, so the bread roll doesn't open out.

- Cover the bread rolls in a moist paper towel for about 10 mins. This helps in getting the bread rolls a bit moist and binds everything together.

- Now for the best part! Butter up the bread rolls on all sides and toast it on your pan. Toast it on a medium flame, so the bread rolls can spend time on the pan. This will warm up the paneer mixture in the rolls as well.
- Serve with ketchup or with Sriracha sauce if you need to add a lil spice kick to your paneer bread roll!

Palak Paneer (Spinach with cottage cheese)

I love paneer and usually enjoy any paneer sabzi. Paneer butter masala and Paneer tikka masala are two of my favorite! Replace paneer with chicken and you get two more of my fav dishes!! But for some reason, I never liked Palak Paneer. Any restaurant I went to, I would never order the Palak Paneer nor did I ever think of making it myself, until I came across this recipe at Indira's cooking blog.
The recipe in itself is so simple, easy to make and so delicious that it changed my opinion about Palak Paneer forever. Now I make it quite often and am so glad that I came across this wonderful recipe. Most of the times I follow Indira's recipe quite religiously, but I also make quick alterations when I am short of time.
In addition to sharing this recipe, I am also posting it as an entry to Nupur's Holiday Buffet. This is my first entry to any blogging event and am pretty excited!

Ingredients

Two cups of paneer - cubed
Two cups of chopped spinach (fresh or frozen)
One medium size tomato (or 2-3 tbsps of tomato paste)
One small onion - chopped
3-4 green chillies - slit (depending on your tolerance level)
A handful of almonds or cashews (optional)
One tsp of ginger - garlic paste
Half a tsp of turmeric powder
One tsp of cumin - coriander powder
Half a tsp of chilli powder (optional)
Oil for cooking
Salt as per taste

Method

First saute the spinach and the green chillies in one tsp of oil in a kadai (skillet). Saute until the spinach shrinks and then allow it to cool a bit. Blend the spinach-chillies along with the almonds/cashews into a paste in a blender.
There are a few ways to use the tomato in this dish. You can either microwave the tomato in water. Peel it's skin and mash the tomato into a pulp. This is mentioned in Indira's recipe. I have also tried blending chopped tomatoes along with the spinach.

In the same kadai, heat 2 tsps of oil and saute the chopped onions until translucent. Add the ginger - garlic paste, turmeric, cumin - coriander powder and saute for a few minutes. (If you are using tomato paste, you should add it now and let it cook for about 5 mins. Add just a few tsps of water if you think the paste is too dry.)
Now add the spinach puree, salt into the kadai. Cover and cook well for about 5 to 8 minutes. If you want you can add a bit of chilli powder now to increase the spice level. The last addition is the panner cubes. Simmer for a few minutes and let it blend well with the spinach and the masalas. Your delicious palak paneer is ready!! :)