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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Fun in the Sun with Fajitas!!!!!!!!

With a little beforehand preparation you can rock your grilling picnic party or camping. You need to prepare a sauce to marinate your paneer and veggies. For the sauce you need yogurt, paprika powder, garam masala (substitute with all spice powder), turmeric powder, salt to taste. You can get paneer from the freezer section in an Indian grocery store. Paneer is nothing but fat extracted by curdling the milk with lime juice or vinegar. It is also known as curd cheese. Even meat lovers will get allured to this dish. You can use chicken in lieu of paneer. If you are a vegan, you can use firm tofu. You should let the paneer to reach the room temperature. For veggies you can add your favorite ones. I usually use green peppers, red onions, red bell peppers. If you are not big fan of red onions you can use zucchini, mushrooms etc.
Cut all veggies in a similar shape and size for even cooking. It you are using wooden skewers soak then in water overnight. Take a large bowl and add your veggies and paneer into it. Add the sauce to it coating all the veggies and paneer. With not one particular combination in mind add your veggies and paneer to skewers as shown in the picture to the left. This can be stored in a box and left it in the fridge and next day it can ride with you in the ice box.

This can be grilled on a charcoal grill or propane gas grill. Place an aluminum foil over the grill and place the skewers on it. Remember that paneer does not take a long time to cook. Let each side cook for not more than 2 min. Again the grill should be maintained at medium heat. If it is very hot it can burn your food. You can also use a thick pan to kind of even out the heat. After it is cooked you can drizzle some lime juice on it. You can serve this with tortilla and guacamole salsa and your fajitas are ready.
Guacamole Salsa: Cut a well-ripened avocado into small cubes. Add chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro. Season it with salt, pepper and lime juice.

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2 comments:

  1. paneer = cottage cheese ! havnt heard the term curd cheese for it

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  2. Thanks for commenting. I looked it up on wiki to make sure. Cottage cheese is also correct I guess..

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