Paneer Cutlets
Paneer Cutlets: Paneer Starter Recipe: Paneer Tikki: Paneer Patties: easy, tasty, crunchy as well as a soft starter or evening snack dish made with cottage cheese and vegetables.
We know that Paneer is one of the important sources of protein and calcium as well for vegetarian and after a lot of experiments on this dish I came out with this version of Paneer Cutlets.
There are several methods to prepare this but I am sharing my personal experience of making it with less time and more of flavors. I usually prepare it for my daughter as an evening snack and she loves it always. Paneer cutlets need a lot of paneers, I am using here homemade paneer but you can also purchase it from the market.
Secondly, here I am not using boiled vegetables as it contains water and then, later on, you need a lot of binding. I am using finely chopped carrot, capsicum, and french beans. Its completely your choice to use any vegetables like sweet corn, onion, etc. Boiled potatoes provide binding support to the paneer.
Talking about the spices, I used only salt and rock salt as I love to infuse in the flavor of paneer and vegetables while having every single bite. Also, for a more healthier option you can opt baking, I am using the pan-frying method to fry them. I suggest you not to deep fry as these cutlets are extremely soft and might get dissolve in oil.
Furthermore, I am using bread crumbs here for binding, you can adopt rice flour, gram flour and semolina (sooji) for coating, suggesting you not to use cornflour as it usually absorbs the taste and you have to add more spices to make it flavorful.
As a surprise for my daughter, I always stuff something different in it like this time I am stuffing finely chopped dry fruits and you can sometimes place a cube of cheese also to make it more delicious.
This recipe is best for kids who usually avoid vegetables, protein full dish and healthy for all aged people. You can serve it as a starter in your birthday or kitty parties in addition to you can keep it in the lunch box of your kids. This dish goes well as an evening snack also and you can use it like Tikki while making a burger.
If you are vegan, replace paneer with tofu and butter with oil of your choice.
Some tips to be followed for the perfect result:
- less or no powdered spices can be used.
- be careful while flipping the cutlets.
- pan fry on low to medium flame.
- use fresh paneer.
- make sure vegetables are finely chopped.
Step by step instructions
- Take a mixing bowl and add mashed paneer to it.
- Add mashed potatoes.
Add vegetables of your choice: carrot, capsicum, and french beans.
Put green chilies and coriander leaves.
Followed by breadcrumbs about 2-3 tbsp.
- Now, add salt to taste and a pinch of black salt.
- Mix all the thing properly.
- Take a small portion from the mixture and make Tikki.
- Press a little from the center and place a pinch of dry fruits in it.
- Cover and roll to make a ball and flatten to shape cutlet. You can take some more mixture if required.
- Likewise, prepare all the cutlets.
- Heat a pan and apply butter on it.
- Coat the paneer Tikki in bread crumbs and place on pan.
- Fry on low to medium flame for 5 minutes.
- Flip after 5 minutes and fry on the other side as well.
- Once done, take it out on a paper towel.
- Paneer Cutlets are ready to serve.
- Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chutney of your choice.
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Paneer Cutlets
Equipment
- 1 pan for frying
Ingredients
- 100 gm Cottagecheese (paneer) mashed
- 2 small boiled potatoes mashed
- 1 small carrot finely chopped
- 1 small capsicum finely chopped
- 5-6 no no french beans finely chopped
- 1 cup bread crumbs for binding and coating
- 1 medium green chili finely chopped
- coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
- a pinch of black salt
- butter for pan-frying
- dry fruits for filling finely chopped
Instructions
- Take a mixing bowl and add mashed paneer toit.
- Add boiled and mashed potatoes.
- Add vegetables of your choice: carrot, french beans, and capsicum.
- Add green chilies and finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Add about 2-3 tbsp of bread crumbs.
- Put salt as per your taste and a pinch of black salt.
- Mix all the things nicely.
- Take a small portion from the dough and start making Tikki.
- Press a little in the center and stuff some dry fruits in it.
- Roll to make it round cutlet and then flatten it. Take some more mixture if require but make smooth cutlet.
- Likewise, prepare all the cutlets.
- Heat a pan and apply butter on it.
- Place all the cutlets on it and pan fry on low medium flame.
- Flip it after 5 minutes and fry on another side as well.
- Once done, take it out ona paper towel.
- Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chutney of your choice.
Notes
- Use vegetables of your choice, make sure it is finely chopped.
- Use fresh paneer
- Be careful while flipping the cutlets as they are extremely soft.