Smoky cottage cheese and walnut cutlets
Directions
- 1Combine paneer, potatoes, walnuts, and capsicum with salt and pepper.
- 2Place a live coal in a small metal bowl inside the mixture, drizzle a little bit of ghee over it, and cover for 15-20 minutes to smoke the mixture.
- 3For the sauce, heat one tablespoon of ghee in a pan.
- 4Add one teaspoon of ginger and garlic paste each and sauté for a minute.
- 5Add turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
- 6Add yogurt and mix well.
- 7Add almond paste and mix.
- 8Add kasuri methi powder, garam masala powder, and chaat masala.
- 9Continuously cook and stir the sauce for at least five minutes until it comes to a boil.
- 10Add salt to taste and continue stirring for another five minutes.
- 11Shape the smoked mixture into small cutlets or tikkis.
- 12Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a frying pan.
- 13Coat each cutlet with garlic crumbs/breadcrumbs.
- 14Shallow-fry the cutlets in ghee until golden brown on both sides.
- 15Serve the cutlets hot with the prepared sauce and garnish with sliced onions.
Ingredients
- 200 g cottage cheese
- 2 boiled potatoes
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 green capsicum
- to taste Salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 live coal
- 1 tsp ghee (for smoking)
- 1 tbsp ghee (for frying)
- garlic crumbs/breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp ghee (for sauce)
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 0.5 cup yogurt
- 2 tbsp almond paste
- 0.5 tsp kasuri methi powder
- 0.5 tsp garam masala powder
- 0.5 tsp chaat masala
- to taste Salt (for sauce)
Equipment
platebowltongssmall metal bowllidpanwhiskfrying panspatula
Tips
- This recipe goes as an amazing starter for parties.