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Nut And Seed Crusted Cottage Cheese

Marinated pieces of paneer rolled with a crunchy nut-seed mixture and baked. Served with a fresh salad and beet chutney.

CHEF'S NAME : Vicky Ratnani
DIFFICULTY LEVEL : Easy
SERVINGS :
COOK TIME : 40 Minutes
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INGREDIENTS

 

METHOD

 
Crust for cottage cheese:

150 gms paneer

1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

30 gms walnuts

30 gms pistachio nuts

30 gms pumpkin seeds

30 gms sunflower seeds

Few basil leaves

Few parsley leaves

1 tsp ginger

1 green chili

Salt and pepper to taste


For the beet chutney:

2 beetroots roasted or boiled

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 cap malt vinegar

Pinch orange zest

Juice of 1 lime

1 big bunch bitter greens or any lettuce

2 small stalks spring onions

Juice of 1/2 an orange

1 heaped tsp grain mustard

2 Tbsp walnut oil

Few leaves dill chopped

Salt and pepper to taste
  For the crust:

Toast the nuts and grind into a rough powder in a blender.


For the paneer:

In a blender blend together basil, parsley, ginger, green chilli and olive oil with some salt.

Cut the cottage cheese into medallions/rounds 3 to 4 cm thick.

Lightly marinate the paneer in the mixture, give it a good rub.

Pat the paneer with the seeds and nuts all over.

Bake in an oven at 180 C for 6 -7 minutes.

Serve with the beet chutney.


For the beet chutney:

In a sauce pan heat up brown sugar, malt vinegar, orange zest and lime juice and reduce until syrupy.

Add the diced beetroot, season to taste and set aside.

Chop up some dill leaves and add it to the chutney


For the salad:

Wash and clean some bitter greens.


For the dressing:

Blend the orange juice, mustard, salt, spring onions and some walnut oil in a mixer.

Put the salad on a plate top it with the paneer medallions and spoon the chutney.
 
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