Nisha and Nishanth's Culinary Debacles

Ingredients: Paneer 1/4 kg cut into very small pieces Onions - 3 Tomatoes - 3 Chilli powder - 1 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Ginger paste - 1 tsp Garlic paste - 1 tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Kitchen king powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves Coconut paste - 1/4 cup Cream 2 tbsp Method: 1. Chop all the vegetables 2. Take a pan and add 2 tbsp oil. Add onions and saute. Add the tomatoes, ginger garlic paste. Add all the dry masala powders, paneer cubes, coconut paste and cook for a while. 3. Add coriander leaves and cream. Serve hot.

The paneer chilly recipe from this website turned out quite good :http://cookingmarvel.in/chinese/paneer_chilly.html INGREDIENTS Cornflour 1 tbsp. Tomato sauce 2 tsp. Maida 1 tsp. Green chilly (cut into thin & long strips) 5 Salt 1 tsp. Garlic Cloves (optional) 5 Paneer 125 gm Ajinomoto tsp. Vinegar 1 tsp. Sugar tsp. Soya sauce 2 tsp    Black pepper tsp. Chilly sauce 1 tbsp. Oil for deep frying METHOD Make a thin paste of Maida, Cornflour and 1/2 tsp of salt. Cut paneer into small square pieces. Dip them in the paste and fry to a golden brown color. Heat 2 tbsp. of oil. Fry green chilly and garlic. Put salt, sugar, black pepper, ajinomoto, chilly sauce, tomato...

I tried out the paneer tikka paste following the instructions on the cover. It does coat the paneer really well and the spices soak into the paneer. However, i found it too strong a taste and interestingly the rajmah masala and paneer tikka paste gave the same taste. I would probably not buy it again. http://www.amazon.com/Maggi-Authentic-Indian-Paneer-Tikka/dp/B004XTCV9M

I tried out the Paneer Kakori recipe from the Best of Chicken and Paneer by Nita Mehta. It was certainly quite tasty although i suspect that when she meant two potatoes she meant the smaller potatoes and i used 2 quite large potatoes. I also realised that one has to crumble the paneer roughly otherwise you cant make out the taste of paneer. I grilled these over our indoor grill. I feel baking them in the oven would have been better. For those of you who have access to her book, its definitely worth a try!

I tried out the Paneer Makhmali recipe present in Nita Mehta's "The best of chicken and paneer" and it turned out pretty good. Its a tomato based gravy with coconut milk, lemon juice and paneer tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves. For those, who have her book i would definitely recommend trying the recipe out !

Paneer 1/4 kg cut into very small pieces Onions - 3 Tomatoes - 3 Chilli powder - 1 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Ginger paste - 1 tsp Garlic paste - 1 tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Kitchen king powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves Coconut paste - 1/4 cup Cream 2 tbsp Method: 1. Chop all the vegetables 2. Take a pan and add 2 tbsp oil. Add onions and saute. Add the tomatoes, ginger garlic paste. Add all the dry masala powders, paneer cubes, coconut paste and cook for a while. 3. Add coriander leaves and cream. Serve hot.

We bought this book around 4 years back and its a worthwhile investment. Although, i have not tried any of her other recipe books i am sure they would also be just as good. Below is the link to her recipe books. http://nitamehta.com/Product_Display.asp?currentPage=2&cid=1

Serves: 8 to 10 Ingredients 20 to 25 large lychees ( i tried this with tinned lychees got from the indian store) 20-25 almonds-blanched (soaked in hot water and skin removed) 10 sheets of varq(silver sheets) - Makes the dish look pretty - i did without it 1/2 tin of milk maid or sweetened condensed milk (3/4 cup) 1/2 cup of milk 250 gm paneer grated ( i tried with the paneer grated long - its better to grate it fine) 1/4 tsp kesar(saffron) soaked in 1 tbsp of rose water 300 gm cream - chilled nicely and whipped until it turns thick (i bought whipped cream) Garnish A few rose petals a few green pistas sliced Method Peel and carefully deseed the lychees keeping the lychees whole Insert one almond in each lychee in place of the seed (The dish tastes just as good if this step is ommited). Open up a varq carefully and place two lychees on the broad end(open end) downwards on the sheet leaving some space in between the lychees.Carefully lift the paper beneath the varq to coat the lychees wit...

For 4-5 normal people (for people like us -3 people) Ingredients : 300 grams tomato (8 medium ones approx) 2-3 bay leaves 150 grams paneer (cottage cheese - desi style) cut into small 1/2 inch squares - if u get fried paneer.. good. 1 table spoon butter(ghee or oil can be used too) 1 tsp garam masala powder 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp jeera(cumin) powder 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp lime juice salt to taste Procedure : Boil the tomatoes around 10 mins till they become soft and cooked puree the tomatoes by mashing them in a mixie(blender) till there are no lumps around Shallow fry the paneer in butter, ghee or oil if required (just in case ur diet concious, dont fry it..;) ). add all the indregients in pan except for paneer and heat on medium flame for around 5 mins.. Add fried paneer and heat for on medium flame for 2 minutes garnish with coriander leaves and voila.. ur done.. Serve with parotha, roti or naan. Can be served with basmati rice Cooking Time : 10-15 mins...