ALOO PANEER CHINEBADAM TIKKI O DHONEPATA TETUL ER CHUTNEY

 ALOO PANEER CHINEBADAM TIKKI O DHONEPATA TETUL ER CHUTNEY is an appetiser I finished cooking around around 9:30 pm .... hence I had to make it a part of a dinner spread which was simple yesterday.... this vegetarian tikki, lemon rice and raw papaya & potato with smaller prawns ..... we also had this yum chutney with tamarind & coriander leaves.... a salad too. You see today is Bhai Phota / Bhai Duj..... I should have blogged about a family favourite mutton item.... but @ 48 I believe, if there is  a special day for a brother & sister... there has to be a special day for all brothers and all sisters too! For single child like ours, I can only hope they learn to survive alone, if they are lucky enough then they get a loving spouse and trusted friends as a family! See, my brother sent me few pictures of their Diwali Celebration.... since I am not comfortable sharing family pictures in public, I could not share the right ones... I feel at peace to see the mother not alone.... My family lives some 25 km away from Kolkata in a not at all fancy, two-storied landed property.... they always show me off their terrace which has about 50-70 potted plants ... that old lady once loved to wear a variety of lipsticks, nail polish and matching glass bangles with her sarees ... she is a saree aficionado.... so is her daughter! 

The father is omnipresent in that home, in this home too .... he however is not changing his blue t-shirt for quite sometime... and eat chocolates all day! What is the daughter having? Its raining hard.... I was craving for something very spicy.... so having this instant noodle bowl..... I will never ever recommend instant noodles to anyone but if your help is on leave and you hate cooking something for yourself, you have to keep such packs handy in your kitchen.... the miser me love these one dollar stuffs.... Now some will make those exotica posts about the interiors of a five star luxury hotel they just visited .... hihi, I never get angry.... I love them.... I try to keep myself humble because my extended family on both sides could not make it big in life.... they are nice, how can I show off in front of their nose? 

Today is a day auspicious for us.... I remember the daddy going to the market early morning, the famous DumDum Bazaar it was, the mother cooking for 15-20 people.... later the number of guests lessened.... I carried on with the brother until I left for this island.... then continued in Skype... now feels it to be so stupid!

I am yet to read 1/4 of the book... busy I am.... after about a week... a help just came in today.... I can go down with my floaters.... I do not know when I can go out for my walk... the knee injury will take sometime to heal... We indeed live in an upscale condominium but only in an 1150sq.ft. of a rented property. The husband has a brother like junior colleague with whom I sailed.... This guy is a sailing Chief Officer now and got his wife & daughter from Dhaka to the neighbouring country. He was telling me that he rented a duplex or pent house within a condominium in the suburb there in just 600 Sing dollar.... Angry with that guy, I am not blogging about Ilish Maach! However, I still prefer to stay here in this island which guarantees you safety and security if you are not among the unlucky 2%.... it is 98% crime free! This arm chair socialist prefers to stay in a first world country, haha!

How beautiful it feels to tear fresh curry leaves from your own green corner, na? Lemon rice is something I swear upon... I had some leftover rice in the refrigerator, decided to tear them and go ahead with the lemon rice recipe I already have in the blog. The mother says not to touch a plant after the sunset, they go to sleep at that time. I was feeling bad later.

Let us do this vegetarian, gluten-free appetiser; ALOO PANEER CHINEBADAM TIKKI O DHONEPATA TETUL ER CHUTNEY .... Anyway, the initial plan was to use the filling for a "paneer er chop".... then you know I am using my minuscule brain matter to make things easier for myself. In the process, I ended up preparing something healthy... more or less so.... only a little of oil has been used.... potato cannot be avoided at this home! Using few things we can prepare yummy appetisers... the brother and the family can be shown love later!! In fact, they enjoy most of the appetisers!

INGREDIENTS : [FOR THE TIKKI]

POTATO : 3BIG SIZED
PANEER : 200GM
ROASTED PEANUT : 2TBSP
CHOPPED FRESH CORIANDER : 2-3TBSP
CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 2TBSP
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2TSP
SUGAR : 11/2TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : A LITTLE TO BRUSH

INGREDIENTS : [FOR THE CHUTNEY]

TAMARIND PULP : 2TBSP
CHOPPED FRESH CORIANDER : 1MEDIUM CUP
JAGGERY POWDER : 11/2TSP
GREEN CHILLI : 2
BLACK SALT : 1/2TSP


PROCEDURE :

For the chutney, get the pulp of the tamarind adding the tamarind to some water, then straining! Thereafter, wash the chopped fresh coriander and the green chillies thoroughly first. Take all the ingredients mentioned under chutney category in a blender and blend at high for 2 minutes pausing in between!

                           

For the potato-peanut & paneer tikki... oven cooked vegetarian, gluten-free appetisers, wash the potatoes and prick all over with a fork.

Take on a plate and microwave at high for 5-6 minutes.

Once cool, peel off the skin and mash them well.

Roughly chop the fresh coriander & green chillies and wash thoroughly. 

If we are using frozen paneer, we need to bring it to the normal temperature & then mash together with the boiled potato, washed & chopped green chillies, coriander & all other ingredients!

We would shape them, take in a greased oven proof plate, brush with oil!

We would place the low height wired tool inside the convection mode microwave oven & place the plate, cook one side for 10 minutes at 300 power, microwave+grill mode! Then we would turn over and cook in the same mode for 4-5 minutes!

Serve them fresh & hot with the chutney and some salad!