Bread Cheese Canape

Bread Cheese Canapé  

Winters are in. Time to enjoy winter veggies. My favourite one is green Chana. I prefer to add these Chana in various vegetables that i cook. Recently I prepared another variant of evening snacks using these Chana and paneer. I prepared paneer bhurji which is quite popular in our homes. For variation to that I added green chana and put crushed black pepper.

This gave it a different taste and crunchiness of chana made it more delicious. Once this stuff is ready I placed it on top of brown bread canapes, to make them more tempting for kids to pick one and gulp down. It is  nutritious and a change from routine evening snacks. Great option which is filling, healthy and innovative.

Enjoy and delight your family...

Preparation Time :  20 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

Ingredients :

• Cottage Cheese (paneer ) 200 gm
• Onion 1 medium size sliced
• Potato 1  medium size disced 
• Green chana 1/2 cup
• Green chilly chopped 2
• Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper crushed 1 tea spoon
• Sant according to taste
• Oil 2 tablespoon for cooking
• Coriander chopped 1 Tablespoon
• Brown bread slice 4

Procedure :  

• Slice onion keep aside, chop potato keep a side

• In a pan take oil 1 1/2 tablespoon heat it add cumin seeds

• Now add sliced onion to this cook it for a minute or two
• Now add potato to this and on low flame cook this for 5 minute or till the potato is cooked

• Add salt, chopped green chill along with crushed pepper

• Mix it add green chana and cook is fro 3 minutes

• Crumble cottage cheese and add to the mixture

• Now increase the flame to high and cook the whole mixture for two to three minute. Make sure that all water is evaporated but paneer should not be over cooked

• Add chopped coriander to this

For Canapés   

• Take brown bread cut, it into square or rounds what ever shape you like
• Toast it on hot tava from both the side by applying little oil.

• Now place small portion of paneer and chana bhurji as shown in picture

• Repeat the steps with rest of the canapes 

• Serve it with a glass of milk or juice 
• Or you can serve this bhurji with lacha parantha and butter milk .. the way you like 

Tip :   

• If you wish you can apply green chutney to bread canapé to make it more spicy
• You can give it more colours by adding bell pepper to your bhurji
• You can use this as a sandwich filling
• Variations are unlimited ... 

Cheese Capsicum

Cheese Capsicum

Paneer is one of the main ingredient of vegetarian food. We make so many snacks, starters, curries using paneer. This one is a very simple paneer preparation which I usually cook twice a week in my kitchen and this can be used in a many versatile ways. You can enjoy this with a normal chapati, apply on a bread and have open sandwich or can be be used as a filling for sandwich or you can have a yummy wrap of this ....

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time : 8 -10 Min

Ingredients :

• 1 Tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 Teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 Tablespoon chopped ginger and garlic
• 2 Green chilly chopped
• 1 Onion sliced
• 2 Tomatoes chopped
• 1 Capsicum sliced
• 100 gm Cottage cheese (paneer)
• 1 Teaspoon haldi (turmeric powder)
• Red chilly powder according to taste
• Salt according to taste
• 1/2 Teaspoon garam masala
• 1 Tablespoon chopped coriander 

Procedure :

• Finish cutting and chopping first
• In a pan add oil heat it add cumin seeds and roast it for 10 seconds

• Now add chopped ginger, garlic and cook for a minute

• As ginger, garlic is cooked for a minute add sliced onions and chopped green chillies and cook for sometime till onions are translucent 

• Now add chopped tomatoes to this along with haldi powder, salt and chilly powder and cook for 2 minutes or till tomatoes are cooked properly and masala leave the oil 

• Now add sliced capsicum to this and toss it for a minute in masala as shown in picture

• Add scrambled paneer to this mixture and cook for a minute. don't over cook the paneer 

• Add garam masala and chopped coriander before serving

• Serve it with chapati , bread or pav ....