THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I DO NOT WANT TO HANDLE TOO MANY FOOD PHOTOS!
Today is one such day! I am at home since the morning, the gentleman who services the AC's could not make it last Saturday, he was there today! We should have offered him chai / coffee, earlier he used to refuse! Today, I forgot to offer altogether! Among us, whoever visits home, we should offer at least tea / coffee & biscuit, water!
Having had that plateful of, I had Cristine's coffee with milk & sugar, two sky flakes! I know I am a nuts but I cannot keep away from food ! You see, I have stopped getting cookies, cream biscuits without forcing myself! I am hopeful but I can never quit everything I enjoy having! Like I do not wish to stop having homemade & store bought frill-free cakes! T wants to relax at home in the weekends; the son refuses to talk for long & frequently; it is my food adventure trips that keep me happy without getting bored! Else, looking at my hopeless, unproductive self, I get irritated easily!
WITHIN A WEEK, I GAINED BACK WHAT I LOST!
What to do? "Rosh er Malpua" is an addiction! Its better than taking to drugs! If the West want, I can export malpoa to their land! Why look for chivalry in an instrument meant for the trained personnel! Each culture would have it's own vices! Till date, I could not forget that scene near that Ultadanga Foot Bridge; a mentally deranged woman giving birth to a child; he or she would never know who the father was, neither the mother would! I also do not understand how can one be beaten to death wanting to quench the thirst! I do not wish to be a social media warrior, hence would keep sharing food, that I do the best! Last Saturday, we had guests, obviously there would be some overeating! Yet, yesterday both times I had carb filled meals; the "gur narkel" stuffed bun had in between was not been clicked!
WHAT IS THIS ONION MUSHROOM PANEER?
Few months back, I cooked this in a jiffy! I had no intent to blog about it, yet did some clicks & felt if we enjoy, I would blog about it! I remember, we had about 100 gm of paneer cheese left in the freezer & I got a pack of sliced button mushrooms for some other purpose! All of a sudden this idea of cooking the mushroom slices with paneer popped up on my mind and I went ahead with it! From the preparation to cooking, it would take less than an hour! ONION MUSHROOM PANEER is a gluten-free, vegetarian dish, easy to do with a few spice powders lying in our kitchen, paneer cheese, mushroom, onion! I may tell you without the use of the onion, it would not taste as good as it tastes with the use of it! I have not used ginger & garlic pastes in this veg recipe, not required at all! I sincerely hope I am creating an useful blogpost today for my readers, who are busy with work load, be it in their office or students occupied with their studies! BTW, paneer cheese is an Indian Cottage Cheese & of few other South Asian Countries! This Everest brand Kitchen King Masala & the Kulambu Spice Mix have taken over me!
INGREDIENTS :
PANEER CHEESE CUBE : 150-200 GM
SLICED MUSHROOM : 200-250 GM
SLICED ONION : 1 MEDIUM TEA CUP [CUT A BIT FAT]
MINCED GARLIC : 1 TBSP
SLITTED GREEN CHILLI : 2-3
LEMON JUICE : 2-3 TBSP
CUMIN SEED : 1/4 TSP
BAY LEAF : 1
CUMIN POWDER : 1/4 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER : 1/4 TSP
KULAMBU SPICE MIX : 1 1/2 TSP
KITCHEN KING MASALA : 1 TSP [I USE THE EVEREST BRAND]
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2 TSP
RED CHILLI POWDER : 1/4 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2 TBSP
PROCEDURE :
We would marinate the paneer cheese with a little of salt & turmeric powder for 10-15 minutes!
Meanwhile, we would wash the sliced mushroom & soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes and then drain the water! This I must do when I cook mushrooms!
We would peel, wash & slice the onion a little thick!
We would heat the oil in the wok and temper it with the minced garlic, bay leaf & cumin seeds, give a stir! We would add the sliced onions and stir cook at medium heat until pink & translucent!
To that, we would add the mushroom slices and stir cook at medium heat for 3-4 minutes adding a little of salt & turmeric! We must remember that mushrooms catch salt easily!
Thereafter, we would add all of the spice powders and fold in well! We would reduce the heat to low & add the marinated paneer & the washed & slitted green chillies!
At this stage, we are to fold in well & carefully; we do not want the paneer pieces to break & get crumbly! We would cook for 3-4 minutes at low heat, stirring gently every minute!
We would transfer it to a bowl and squeeze the lemon juice on top! You can enjoy it hot & fresh with a variety of rice & bread!
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