Depending on what time of the day we go shopping for vegetables, we come back with varying amounts of fresh coriander. If we’re the last customers of the day, I think “Uncle”, as S and I call him, would give us as much coriander as the other vegetables we’ve just bought from him. While it looks pretty and I’m super excited with my freebie, I have no clue how to use up these greens. Most folks at work tell me to make chutney out of this. But there’s a limit to how much chutney we can consume. I once made it and spiced up this colour coordinated salad. The next time I made the chutney, I put on my experimenter’s hat and ended up with this dish.
1 cup Paneer Cubes
1 cup Coriander Leaves
2 pods Garlic
1" piece Ginger
2 Green Chillies
Salt to taste
1 tsp Oil + Oil for shallow frying
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
¼ tsp Asafoetida
Prepare the chutney by grinding the coriander leaves with the garlic, ginger, green chillies and salt together.
Heat a skillet. Toast/shallow fry the paneer cubes on this using a few drops of oil. Keep aside.
Heat the teaspoon of oil and add the cumin seeds and the asafoetida. When the cumin crackles, add the chutney and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the paneer cubes and mix well. Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Serve as a side with rotis or between slices of bread as a toasted sandwich. It tastes great whichever way you eat it.
8 comments:
yum!! this sure looks great..adn if u do not know what to do with all that cilantro...add it to ur saald..it tastes really good...i also add mint leaves to my slad greens..is a change for sure :)
I grew up hating cilantro, so I never knew what to do with it... But now I love it and makes a green marinade for everything with it... Very similar to yours, but I also add coconut milk or yogurt to it as well... Love your chutney idea, I will try it with chicken... :) I love saying that!
I also have the same confusion when there are bunches of coriander leaves lying in the fridge..this is a real yummy dish to finish off those..!!love anything with paneer..shall surely try it out!!
fantastic entry... looks yummy and mouth watering...
Coriander leaves for free is a distant memory for me..sigh!
The paneer looks really succulnt and delicious.
This one looks good Raaga..Love the aroma of cilantro..Will try this..
Cilantro and paneer.. great combo!:-)
I love this dish! Everytime I go to my Indian deli, I always get this with lots of rice. It is so satisfying and comforting! Thanks for the recipe, now I can make it myself!
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