“Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Vegetable Bhurji" served with Brown Bread (store bought), Air-Fried Potato (Batato) French Fries (Crispies), Tomato Ketchup (store bought), Ginger Lemonade (Adraki Nimboo Sherbat) … though for lunch I love relishing rice with amchi dishes, it is tiresome when you can’t store them if leftover … added to agony I have some more of the paneer still to be finished off which is sitting nicely in half working freezer … so for lunch decided on this awesome combo dish … enjoyed delicious paneer bhurji with lots of veggies after ages … Yummilicious …
** Bhurji is a delicious scrambled veggie dish that started of with eggs and then went on to be prepared with paneer and with some other ingredients too. A delicious dish that has become world famous and in India it has also become a favorite of even street vendors who sell food on beaches, markets etc. Being a non- vegetarian I have always prepared bhurji with eggs and hardly prepared using paneer/ cottage cheese. In fact paneer dishes are not prepared much in my home though we love to have it. I think I must start off preparing more of paneer dishes too. Well to cut short, this was my lunch today as I always love having bhurji with pav/ bread for lunch as it is quite filling. Let me get on with this simple recipe, though I am sure all of you are aware of it or have your own recipes.
** Here is my simple method of preparing “Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Vegetable Bhurji” … My Style …
** Wash and slice of the stem portion of one large sized green capsicum and cut them into ½ inch sized cubes. Keep this ready aside. Now wash, wipe dry and cut 2-3 medium sized tomatoes and cut them also into ½ inch size and keep them aside separately. Peel off the outer skin, wash, pat dry and then grate one medium sized carrot and keep it ready too. Peel of the skin of 2 large sized onion and cut them also into ½ inch sized cubes and keep it ready. Now crumble and keep ready about one cup of freshly prepared paneer/ cottage cheese (you can use store bought too).
** Heat 2 tblsp of oil/ ghee in thick bottomed kadai/ pan, when hot lower the heat and add in 5-6 finely chopped garlic (losun) and fry till light brown in color. Now add in the chopped onion along with ½ tsp of grated or finely chopped ginger (adrak/ alle') and fry till the onions are translucent. Now add in a few curry leaves (kadipatta/ karbevu) (I did not add as I did not have them, but it gives fragrance) and continue to fry for a minute. Now add in the capsicum kept ready and fry for another 2-3 minutes, then cover with a lid and cook for a few minutes till capsicum is half cooked.
** Add in ¼ tsp haldi (turmeric) powder, 2-3 tsp of kashmiri red chilly powder (laal mirchi powder/ mirsange pitti)/ (+/- as per individual choice), 1 tsp of coriander (dhania/ kothimbir) powder, ½ tsp of cumin (jeera) powder, ½ tsp of goda masala or garam masala powder, ½ tsp fennel (badisep/ saunf) powder and fry well for a minute or two. If you find it too dry sprinkle some water and continue to fry. Now add in salt (namak/ meeta) to taste and chopped tomatoes and mix well. You can add in green peas and cook a bit if you have them now, I have not as I did not have any.
** Cover with a tight lid and cook on low heat, stirring in between a few times, till the tomatoes turn slightly soft but not overdone. The capsicum will have been cooked by now, add in the grated carrots and mix well and cook only for 2 minutes, they do not need much cooking and will taste great if slightly crunchier. Finally add in the crumbled paneer/ cottage cheese kept ready and mix well. Cover and let cook till it combine together for about 4-5 minutes, mixing in between to avoid getting burnt at the bottom. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, I have not as I did not have any.
** “Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Vegetable Bhurji” is done and ready to be served. Always served this dish hot immediately as it tastes best when done so with bread/ paratha/ roti/ chapati etc. You can also serve them with Bombay Pav or Bread or panpolo too, it tastes very good. I served this with Brown Bread (store bought), Air-Fried Potato (Batato) French Fries (Crispies), Tomato Ketchup (store bought), Ginger Lemonade (Adraki Nimboo Sherbat) for lunch as in my home we prefer having it either during lunch or dinner as this dish is not only tasty but slightly heavier and tummy filling too.
** The spice level mentioned here is individual choice and you may increase/ decrease the amount of chilly powder as per your choice. However, considering there are kid’s around, the spice level should be kept to minimum as too much of spice is not good for both young and old alike. If Goda Masala, a Maharashtrian spice masala is not available you can add in Garam Masala Powder, which is available everywhere. You can add in some cooked green peas as mentioned above after frying of the onions, as it tastes great, I did not have any so I had to leave it out.
** For “Air-Fried Potato (Batato) French Fries (Crispies)” Recipe, Please follow the link given below ….
** For “Ginger Lemonade (Adraki Nimboo Sherbat)” Recipe, Please follow the link given below …
** There are a few “Egg Bhurji” recipes in the Blog, and if you are a non- vegetarian, you can check them out in the common link shared below ….
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