Saturday 31 December 2016

Capsicum Paneer Rings


An Attractive Plate Makes For A Tastier Dinner’. This is truly what pushed me to try this dish. The Look of it is so comforting and the taste surely dint disappoint. We have had stuffed bell pepper in past but the way this has been cut and stuffed, its makes for a pretty handsome dish.

A #impressyourguest dish


(Recipe inspired from Cookilicious)

Ingredients:

2 Large Bell Pepper
1 Cup Crumbled Paneer
2 Boiled Mashed Potato
½ Cup Chopped Cilantro
1 Tsp Corriander Powder
1Tsp Jeera Powder
2 Finely Chopped Green Chilies
Salt to Taste
Oil for grilling

For Tomato Gravy:
5 Medium size Tomatoes
2 Onion
7-8 Cashews
1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds
2 Garlic Minced
1 Tbsp Cooking oil
Salt to Taste



Method:

1.               Cut thick slices of bell peppers after deseeding it. Reserve the leftover peppers. In a mixing bowl, add crumbled paneer, mashed potato, cilantro, coriander cumin powder, jeera powder, salt and green chilies. Mix it all together. Stuff this paneer mixture in the bell pepper slices tightly. Heat a pan, grill these bell pepper slices evenly on both the sides.
Smear oil while grilling. Keep them aside.

Now it's time to make the tomato gravy.

  • Add roughly chopped tomatoes, cashews, and onion in water and bring to one boil. Drain them and grind in a mixer along with cumin seeds
  • Add milk while grinding to give the paste a certain smoothness. Heat oil in a pan, fry garlic and the remaining bell peppers till they are done. Next add the ground tomato paste along with salt. Cook covered for 3-4 minutes so that the raw smell of tomatoes goes away.
  • Before serving, add the grilled capsicum slices. Drizzle cream or yogurt if you wish to and serve hot.