Cabbage And Paneer Momos

CABBAGE AND PANEER MOMOS 

Summer holidays for my grand children ! The home coming of my son and daughter-in-law from the other side of the globe! It was indeed celebration time! I am not exaggerating when I say that we were in the midst of a grand food festival for the whole of three weeks! 

 We enjoyed the family time together while we relished a lot of "yummy food" ( restaurant food ) and "mummy food " ( home food) to quote my little grand-daughter who is showing signs of becoming a future   Master Chef. 

We enjoyed cooking together and tried out many new recipes which turned out to be great hits among all the members of our family. Here is one of the delicious dishes prepared by my daughter-in-law with the assistance of my grand daughter. 

 INGREDIENTS 

Cabbage leaves - 8 

 Milk - 1 litre 

Curd - 2 tbsps 

Finely chopped onions - 1/2 cup 

Finely chopped capsicums - 1/2 cup 

Finely chopped green chillies - 1/2 tsp 

Finely chopped fresh ginger - 1/2 tsp 

Butter - 2 tbsps 

Salt - 3/4 tsp 

Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp 

METHOD 

1. Separate whole cabbage leaves carefully from a huge tender cabbage.  

2. Wash and soak them in a bowl of warm water adding a pinch of salt. 

TO MAKE PANEER 

3. Boil the milk and stir in a table spoon of curd . 

4. Keep boiling until the milk curdles using the remaining curd if needed. 

5. Filter out the clear whey water using a strainer and let the paneer stand in the strainer. 

TO MAKE THE FILLING 

6. Heat butter and add the chopped green chillies and the ginger ( and crushed garlic if you like)

7. Add finely chopped onions and salt and saute till it becomes glassy. 

8. Add the chopped capsicum and cook till half done. 

9. Add the drained paneer and keep stirring till it becomes dry. 

10. Mix in the pepper powder and keep aside. 

TO MAKE THE MOMOS 

11. Drain out the cabbage leaves and pat them dry. 

12. Place a heaped table spoon of the prepared paneer curry in each cabbage leaf. 

13. Fold like an envelope as shown in the following pictures. 

14. Place each momo with the folded side down in the steamer. 

15. Steam for ten minutes. 

 INGREDIENTS FOR THE SOYA SAUCE DIP 

Organic Tamari  - 2 tbsps 

Vinegar - 1 1/2 tsp 

Finely chopped onion - 1/2 cup 

Finely chopped green chillies - 1 tsp 

Roasted and coarsely crushed ground nuts - 1 tbsp 

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and relish with the 'yummy mummy' Cabbage And Paneer Momos!

Cheesy Muffins

I made these as an after school snack, and they disappeared so fast. They've even asked me to make more, so they must be good!!

Ingredients

1/4 pint sunflower oil

1 egg

284ml buttermilk, made up to 300ml with milk

1 lb 2 oz self raising flour

1 tsp English mustard powder

5 oz Cheddar grated

1 bunch spring onions, sliced

small bunch chives, snipped

1 oz Parmesan, grated

7 oz full fat soft cheese, cut into small cubes.

Method

Preheat oven to 180C fan

Whisk oil egg and buttermilk until combined.

Add all the other ingredients and gently combine, do not over mix.

Fill the holes in a muffin tin with the mixture.

I lined mine with muffin cases first and made 16 in total, the cases need to be very full.

Bake for 25 minutes.

I forgot to take photos!!!

Announcing Serve It Series - Serve It - Raw

This month's theme for Serve It series is Serve It - Raw. Summer is in full swing everywhere and all we want to eat is something light, cool and that wouldn't weigh you down. We get a lot of fresh produce in spring and summer and I love to have salads as much as I can. Salads need not be something boring or unsatisfying as that is the commonly conceived notion. Adding little protein like eggs,