My husband and I occasionally watch a Malayalam cookery show called
Super Chef that features a restaurant review hosted by a bubbly girl who loves
food, a celebrity cookery segment featuring stars from daily soaps, and a
segment called Food Salad where the host makes simple yet interesting dishes.
Today’s paneer dish is actually an inspiration from one of the Food Salad
segments and was called Fish In and Out. The recipe used plain white flour
dough, filled it with a fish mixture flavored with spices, onions, and garlic,
shaped it to look like a fish, and deep-fried it. I swapped the fish with
paneer and the plain dough with puff pastry and baked it.
I enjoy making dishes that can be repurposed and if you are like me,
you’ll love this paneer dish. It started off as a filling for paneer puffs and
the left overs were spread onto crispy dosas for dinner a couple of days later.
Ingredients (Makes 4-5 dosas)
2 cups – Finely chopped paneer
1 cup – Diced onion
1 tsp – Chili powder
½ tsp – Coriander (dhania) powder
¼ tsp – Turmeric powder
1-1 ½
tbsps. – Oil
1 tbsp – Lemon juice
Method
Heat a pan on medium heat
Add oil to the pan and wait till the oil is warm
Add the diced onions and the ginger-garlic paste
Sauté for about 2-3 minutes to remove the raw smell
Add chili powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder
Sauté for 5-6 minutes or until the onions are tender
Add the finely diced paneer pieces
Mix well, cover, and cook for 10 minutes
Add lemon juice, mix again, and remove from the heat
(At this stage you can use the paneer masala to make puffs or stuffed
parathas)
For Dosas
Heat your dosa griddle
Tip: Sprinkle some water on it to
see if it is hot. If the water sizzles, then you are all set to make dosas
Grease the griddle with a couple of drops of oil
Take a ladle full of batter and spread it out in a circular motion, to
make a thin, round crepe
Once it starts browning on the bottom, place about 2-3 tablespoons of
the filling either in the middle or on one half of the dosa
Wait for the entire dosa to turn light brown, using a spatula release
the edges, and fold over the filling
Serve
hot with your favorite chutney (The dosas were so yummy that I gobbled them up
without any accompaniments). Bon Appètit.
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