Paneer Cutlet (Patty made with Cottage Cheese) and Sandwiches.

As monsoons around, this is a quick and healthy recipe for munching. A very easy recipe, where you wont stop eating one. The Cutlet or patties can be shallow fried or deep fried, but i myself prefer to have shallow fried Cutlets. Have a look below.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup Shredded Paneer (Cottage cheese) 

1 Medium boiled and mashed potato

1 medium small chopped onion

2 bread sliced (dip in water and crumble it in the mixture)

1 tbsp kasuri methi slightly crushed between your palms (dry fenugreek leaves)

2 tbsp besan (chickpea flour)

1/4 cup grated cheese (i used Parmesan cheese which was left out, but please feel free to use process cheese or cheddar cheese any of it)

1 tsp Cumin Powder

1/2 tsp Garam masala powder

1 tsp red chilly powder

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Ginger paste

1 tsp green chilly paste

Salt to taste and 

Olive oil or any other oil for shallow frying the cutlets..

Recipe:

• In a bowl, Mix grated paneer, boiled and mashed potato, chopped onion, bread dipped in water and crumbled a little, slightly crushed kasuri methi,  besan, grated cheese, cumin powder, garam masala powder, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, ginger paste, green chilly paste and salt. 

• Now give a usual Cutlet or patty shape.
• Heat a little qty of oil in a non stick pan for shallow frying the Cutlets /Patties.

• Shallow fry it on medium flame until light golden brown from both the sides with crunchy texture from outside and soft from inside.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or Green coriander or Mint Chutney.

Serving Tip:

Take two slice of a bread, Spread butter and Green coriander or mint chutney, and place Paneer Cutlet /Patty. Cover it with another bread slice for sandwich. 

Here is your Paneer cutlet Sandwich ready to serve. Or else you can Grilled the sandwiches too.

Enjoy..:)

Palak (Spinach) patty

Palak Patty, a starter, tea time snack or the way to welcome rainy, but offcourse in a healthy way. Its not a deep fry version, but a shallow fry Palak (Spinach) Patty..

Palak (Spinach) Patty

Ingredients:

1 cup Chana dal soaked in water for 2-3 hours (chick pea lentil)
2 1/2 cup choped palak (Spinach)

4 tsp Besan (Chick pea flour for binding)
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic  paste
2 tsp green chilly paste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilly powder (adjust the spice level to your taste)
1 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
Salt to taste, And
Oil for shallow frying....

Recipe:

• In a mixer grinder jar, grind soaked Chana dal (chick pea lentil) roughly.
• Boil chopped Palak with a spoon full of water and pinch of salt.
• In a large bowl Mix roughly grinded chana dal with Boiled and chopped palak (spinach), Besan (Chick pea flour) ginger-garlic paste, green chilly paste, turmeric and red chilly powder, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala and salt to taste. 

Patty Mixture

• Mix all the Patty mixture and shape it (A normal Patty Shape).
• Shallow fry those patties in non stick pan from both the side on medium-low flame until crisp and brown from outside.

• Serve it hot with Green Coriander or Mint Chutney. 

• Enjoy Rainy...:)
• Happy Monsoon...