Instant Paneer Bhurji

Today was one of those days when I was at the behest of Murphy's law! Nothing seemed to work as planned..Came home tired..and no this wasn't the first . I was struggling this whole week.

Result- Order food everyday! But today, while rushing to catch the last bus home, I resolved to cook.

And then I remembered my mommy's quick paneer bhurji, one of my favorite lunchtime recipes as a kid



Here goes the recipe:

Preparation Time: Practically NIL                          Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Serves :2

Ingredients:

Onion: 1 Medium Chopped fine
Tomato:1 Medium Chopped fine
Cottage Cheese cubes: 200 gms
Coriander leaves: to garnish
Salt: to taste
Gingergarlic paste(optional): 1 teaspoon
Green Chilli-Chopped fine -1
Oil: 1tbsp

Cooking Method

Heat oil in pan, add cumin seeds(jeera). When they splutter, add ginger garlic paste and chopped chilli. Saute for a bit and add onions. When onions are cooked , add tomatoes. Add turmeric, red chilli powder and salt to taste and stir . Cook for a few minutes till the tomatoes start leaving oil.

In the meanwhile, heat paneer cubes in the microwave for 3 minutes on HIGH. Once done,crumble them using your hands.

Add paneer to the cooked onions and tomato and stir in till the paneer gets fully coated.

Stir for 2 minutes and voila its done!

Garnish with coriander leaves and lemon(optional)

Tastes good with : Chapatis, Small plain parathas

Quick Health tips: Replace paneer with tofu

Quick Taste tips: You could add peas (frozen) after tomatoes and cook till they become soft. You could also make paneer at home.Refer Cooking Easy for the recipe.