Achari Paneer Recipe |
Ingredients:
Pickle spice (achari masala)
•Cottage cheese (paneer),cut into cubes 200 grams
•Buns 6
•Lettuce 1 medium
•Ice cubes as
required
•Mustard oil 1
tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
•Hung yogurt 3/4 cup
•Salt to taste
•Garlic,finely chopped 2
tablespoons
•Butter 1
tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
•Bean sprouts for
garnish
Method:
- Discard the stem
of lettuce and tear lettuce leaves and place in a bowl. Add ice cubes and
water and set aside for 20 minutes. Heat mustard oil in a non-stick pan
till it smokes. Reduce heat and add pickle spice. Stir for a while and
cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Switch off heat
and cool to room temperature. Reserve 1 teaspoon of it and add the
remaining to yogurt alongwith salt and mix well. Combine cottage cheese
cubes and yogurt mixture in a bowl. Mix well and set aside for ½ an hour.
- Combine garlic,
butter, reserved cooked pickle spice in a bowl. Mix well.Slit mini buns
and halve them. Spread generous amount of garlic butter on both halves and
similarly make the remainining buns.
- Heat a non-stick
pan. Add marinated cottage cheese cubes and cook on medium heat for 5
minutes, turning once a while. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Heat a non-stick
tawa. Place prepared buns, buttered side down on it and cook till golden
from the underside. Flip and cook till the other side is also golden,
pressing them slightly. Remove from heat.
- Pat dry lettuce
leaves and place few pieces in the cooked buns. Add 2-3 cooked cottage
cheese cubes on top.
- Garnish with bean sprouts and serve immediately.