Once I have heard someone telling that cooking is nothing but just the right combination of salt and spices.But I really disagree!
If it would have been true then why the same dal serve in you platter daily, tastes different everyday?
Why you always miss your mom and say, "Ma ke haath wali baat nahin hai...!"?
Have you ever noticed when you are in a good mood and enjoying while cooking, you tend to make a tastier food rather than when you are in a bad mood...??
I am my mom's daughter a typical mumma's child..:) as everyone says, so my love for cooking and serving food properly are in my genes, transfered to me by my mom!! I started cooking food because of my mother and my brother.
As my mom cooks very well and my brother is fond of eating varieties. And now my son, whenever he goes to visit them in vacations, he enjoys his Mamu's company coz he makes him enjoy in all the way.... movies, parties, malls and top of them.. good food at various joints.
Once my son comes back to home, he insisits 'Ma, I want to have this and that... which I had there...'. and all this makes me to cook and serve him whatever he wants....
Ingredients
1 large block of Paneer, cut into thin horizontal slices, about 1/2 inch thick.
Vegetables ( capsicums, red onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots) 3 cups
Chat masala 3 tsp
Salt to taste
For marinade:
Curd (yoghurt) 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder1 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Tandoori powder 2 tsp
Sugar 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 2 tsps
Minced coriander leaves 1 tbsp
Minced mint leaves 1/2 tbsp
Method
Mix together all the ingredients for the marinade with some salt and keep aside.
Dice the vegetables and add the chat masala to them, and 2 tbsp of marinade. keep aside.
Apply a coat of the marinade on the paneer slices and refrigerate for 2 hrs.
Heat some butter/oil and fry the paneer on both sides till well done.
Alternatively, you can brush each paneer piece with some oil and bake in an Oven at 180 degrees C or untill done.
Heat some oil and stir fry the veggies till they are crisp.
Just like the paneer, you can also bake these in an oven.
In a platter, arrange the paneer slices and crisp vegetables around it.
Garnish with lemon wedges and serve hot.