Hello Foodies! Its past dinner time and I can finally think straight with my stomach full. Just the week before the Dasara holidays I was left home alone with the entire kitchen and fridge at my disposal. Of course, without a super-talented multi-tasking Mom who turns into Goddess Durga with 10 hands when it comes to taking care of family and food, I left some stuff a little longer than I intended to.
But I definitely wouldn't be writing this to insult myself now would I? So here's a simple way to make yourself a sumptuous and nutritious meal out of milk that is close to curdling and leftover dough: a Paneer Frankie!
To make the paneer: Put the milk on the stove and heat it to above room temperature but not quite its boiling temperature. At this point, add 2-3 tablespoons of curd (even if the curd is sour, it will do) and the juice of 1 lime and stir gently a few times. Let it boil and watch the milk perform its magic and split evenly. Once done, pour the entire contents of the vessel through a sieve lined with a thin cloth to collect only the solid particles and wrap the cloth in a bundle. Place this bundle on a hard surface (kitchen counter will do) and place another flat surface on top of it with a weight on top to compress it.
Then go watch your favourite TV show and when you return, remove the cloth off your "bundle" and applaud yourself!
Now, cut this up into bite size cubes carefully with a knife and keep aside.
Let's get "rolling":
Now you may have some dough left over from your previous chapathi meal. U could either use that or prepare a fresh dough using half quantity of wheat and half of all-purpose flour (maida). Roll out a chapathi and cook it on a tava. (You can learn this just by doing it)
In a pan quickly put some butter and sliced onion followed by some capsicum rings and toss well. Add some tomato ketchup, chilly sauce and keep tasting it for a flavour of your choice. Add the paneer right at the end and give the mixture a gentle stir.
Now spread your chapathi on a plate and spread mayonnaise on its surface. If you do not have mayonnaise any cheese will do. Put a bit of the mixture towards one side of the chapathi in a vertical line and fold the chapathi horizontally up till it covers the mixture (this is to make sure nothing will spill out when eating and you have mixture till the bottom of the roll).
Now roll it along the direction of the mixture quite tightly and place it on the tava for a few seconds to keep it warm and make the cheese melt slightly.
Your Funky Paneer Frankie is now ready to impress!
The aim of this post: Don't waste any food. There are many in need of it. And why waste it when it can become something this awesome! :)
But I definitely wouldn't be writing this to insult myself now would I? So here's a simple way to make yourself a sumptuous and nutritious meal out of milk that is close to curdling and leftover dough: a Paneer Frankie!
To make the paneer: Put the milk on the stove and heat it to above room temperature but not quite its boiling temperature. At this point, add 2-3 tablespoons of curd (even if the curd is sour, it will do) and the juice of 1 lime and stir gently a few times. Let it boil and watch the milk perform its magic and split evenly. Once done, pour the entire contents of the vessel through a sieve lined with a thin cloth to collect only the solid particles and wrap the cloth in a bundle. Place this bundle on a hard surface (kitchen counter will do) and place another flat surface on top of it with a weight on top to compress it.
Then go watch your favourite TV show and when you return, remove the cloth off your "bundle" and applaud yourself!
Now, cut this up into bite size cubes carefully with a knife and keep aside.
Let's get "rolling":
Now you may have some dough left over from your previous chapathi meal. U could either use that or prepare a fresh dough using half quantity of wheat and half of all-purpose flour (maida). Roll out a chapathi and cook it on a tava. (You can learn this just by doing it)
In a pan quickly put some butter and sliced onion followed by some capsicum rings and toss well. Add some tomato ketchup, chilly sauce and keep tasting it for a flavour of your choice. Add the paneer right at the end and give the mixture a gentle stir.
Now spread your chapathi on a plate and spread mayonnaise on its surface. If you do not have mayonnaise any cheese will do. Put a bit of the mixture towards one side of the chapathi in a vertical line and fold the chapathi horizontally up till it covers the mixture (this is to make sure nothing will spill out when eating and you have mixture till the bottom of the roll).
Now roll it along the direction of the mixture quite tightly and place it on the tava for a few seconds to keep it warm and make the cheese melt slightly.
Your Funky Paneer Frankie is now ready to impress!
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