Peas and Cottage Cheese kebabs/Matar Paneer Kebabs(Monsoon Mania Collab)
The Monsoons have arrived in full swing and the unending spells of rain showers here in Goa have bound us to stay indoors and enjoy some quality time with our near and dear ones. The rains can interrupt our normal life but not an Indian foodie’s food cravings. A rainy evening is a reason enough to munch on crunchy crispy snacks like vadaas,pakodas, samosas, bondas, bhajiyas with a cup of steaming hot tea.
The last few days I have been satiating my family’s rainy day cravings with healthy, non oily stuff, trying my best to avoid the calorie laden deep fried snacks. This evening I shallow fried some Matar paneer kebabs as I had crumbled home made paneer lying in the fridge. Boiled peas, paneer, masalas and a little gram flour to bind them together and these healthy kebabs were ready. I coated them with sesame seeds to make them crunchy and shallow fried them to perfection. The best part was I had a few left which I used in hot dog buns with a yogurt dill dressing and a ready made sweet onion sauce with few sliced capsicums and onions.
This post I am doing a Monsoon Collaboration with the talented Parinaaz Marolia of A dollop of that! and the versatile Sweta Biswal of Oriyarasoi. Parinaaz’ s blog mostly specialises in Parsi cuisine but her forte is baking, her bakes are to die for. Sweta is not only a food blogger who mostly blogs about Odia delicacies and culture but she dabbles with fashion and book reviews too in her other blogs. Don’t forget to peep into these talented bloggers space for more monsoon recipes and do enjoy the rains with these kebabs and chai with your loved ones .
A happy monsoon!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 10 servings | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15 minutes |
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 Crispy and delicious snacks with Peas and Cottage Cheese ,the typical Paneer Matar Curry combo in Kebab form.
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- 1 Cup green peas boiled or matar ,fresh or frozen
- 1 cup paneer cottage cheese Crumbled or grated or
- 1 onion medium ,finely chopped
- 2 tbsps Gram flour Besan or
- 1 tbsp bread Toasted crumbs
- 1 tsp cumin jeera roasted powder or bhuna powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp mango powder amchoor dried or
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- A handful coriander of , chopped
- to taste salt
- 2 tbsps sesame seeds white
- Mash the boiled peas with your hands or a masher coarsely in a bowl.
- Add all other ingredients except the sesame seeds to the peas and incorporate to a dough.
- Divide the dough into 10 equal balls ,flatten them with the palms to give a kebab shape.
- Coat them with the sesame seeds and shallow fry them in a pan till golden brown in low flame. Serve with a dip of your choice.
Notes
- Make sure the paneer or cottage cheese is devoid of moisture .
- If the dough is sticky you can add a little more gram flour or fresh bread crumbs which will help in soaking the moisture.
- The yogurt dill dressing can be made with hung yogurt, crushed garlic,chopped fresh dill or dried dill, olive oil , salt and pepper.
Some more Monsoon special recipes from my friends.
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