Chana bhapa or bhapa crumble paneer is a very delicious and flavorful full of protein dish. Very easy and simple to make, need only necessary ingredients to make this mouthwatering dish. You can have it with rotis or paratha.
Method :
Bring milk to boil, add the lemon juice, and stir slowly.The milk gets curdling, switch off the stove. In a strainer, cover with muslin cloth and pour the curdled milk. Immediately pour water and wash the curdled milk. This is to remove the sourness of the lemon juice, just pour the water for 3 to 4 min and wash nicely. Now drain the water by squeezing the cloth and then place any heavy weight (I used big pressure cooker filled with water) on the cloth and keep it for 30 to 45 mins, or still the water drains off completely. Remove the weight and cloth and the paneer is ready. For crumbled paneer, just keep the weight for 30 min and remove and then start crumbling it with fork or spoon or even with hand.
Now in a mixing bowl, mix paneer together with the mustard-poppy seeds paste, chopped onion, chopped green chilli. Add turmeric powder, salt, sugar and generous amount of mustard oil, mix well. Put the paneer mixture in a tiffin box with the lid in place tightly.
Ingredients :
- Milk(Full Cream) - 1 litre
- Lemon juice/Vinegar - 2 tsp
- Muslin cloth - 1
- Chopped onion - 4 tbsp
- Chopped green chilli - 1 tbsp
- Mustard-poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Mustard oil - 1 tbsp
Method :
Bring milk to boil, add the lemon juice, and stir slowly.The milk gets curdling, switch off the stove. In a strainer, cover with muslin cloth and pour the curdled milk. Immediately pour water and wash the curdled milk. This is to remove the sourness of the lemon juice, just pour the water for 3 to 4 min and wash nicely. Now drain the water by squeezing the cloth and then place any heavy weight (I used big pressure cooker filled with water) on the cloth and keep it for 30 to 45 mins, or still the water drains off completely. Remove the weight and cloth and the paneer is ready. For crumbled paneer, just keep the weight for 30 min and remove and then start crumbling it with fork or spoon or even with hand.
Now in a mixing bowl, mix paneer together with the mustard-poppy seeds paste, chopped onion, chopped green chilli. Add turmeric powder, salt, sugar and generous amount of mustard oil, mix well. Put the paneer mixture in a tiffin box with the lid in place tightly.
Put the tiffin box inside a pressure cooker and add 1 glass of water. The water around the tiffin box would help build steam. Close the pressure cooker tightly with the lid and cook until 1 whistle on medium heat.
Serve hot with Rotis or paratha.
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