Grilled Paneer with Dal Sauce

Ingredients for Grilled Paneer with Dal Sauce:

1. Paneer – 100 gm

2. Capsicum (green, red and yellow) cut into square pieces – 6 pieces each (each colour)

3. Onion – 1, cut into square pieces

4. Tomato – 1, cut into square pieces

5. Curd – ½ cup

    Turmeric powder – 1 small spoon

    Salt – For taste

6. Sambar dal – 100 gms

7. Ghee – 1 big spoon

8. Onion – 1, chopped fine

    Garlic – 2 cloves, chopped fine

    Ginger – 1 small piece, chopped fine

9. Tomato – ½, chopped fine

    Salt – As required

How to prepare Grilled Paneer with Dal Sauce?

1. Cut paneer into small pieces, deep fry in hot oil and immerse in cold water.

2. Pierce paneer, capsicum, onion and tomato in a skewer in alternate fashion.

3. Mix together ingredients no: 5 and marinate the above ingredients.

4. Allow it to rest for a while and grill it.

5. Cook dal and keep aside.

6. Heat ghee in a pan and sauté ingredients no: 8.

7. When it’s done, add tomato and salt and mix well.

8. Add cooked dal to it, mix well and take off the flame.

9. Transfer this dal sauce to a serving plate and place the grilled vegetables on top to serve.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, November 1-14, 2010

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