Colourful Bell Pepper and Cottage Cheese Cubes

Hi!

Cottage Cheese is the only cheese which is readily available in the Indian market and we enjoy it in all the forms. Lot of people also make masala paneer, mint paneer to add in more flavour to the cottage cheese. I make all these versions as well as the plain one at home and let me tell you the home made cottage cheese  is any day better than the store bought. It’s creamier and softer.

While I was making the cottage cheese in red pepper gravy, suddenly the thought propped in my mind that if only I can add veggies to the cottage cheese, how colourful and nutritious it would be. The thought kept lingering in my mind all these days and after I announced my event there was no looking back, I had to make the cottage cheese with the veggies. I tried this preparation as an experiment using a litre of milk and coloured bell peppers, to add more flavour to it I made it a little spicy too. The end result was a colourful looking cottage cheese which not only looked attractive but was very tasty.

This version of cottage cheese can find a good deal of use in trying out many more recipes. One can eat the cheese as it is or use it in sandwiches or marinate it and roast them as tikkas or simple roast lightly in oil and eat with some chaat masala. I did the last version and I must say we enjoyed eating it, the cubes simply vanished fast from the plate.

 

Since this was an experiment I do have to admit there were a few flaws which I will try to correct next time but for those who want to try this ..I did not cut the French beans very fine which should not be done and the amount of pepper to be added needs to be  a little less that will help cheese bind more firmly and hence they can be cut into even sized cubes. If you are not so particular about the shape then you can add more.

Sending this to my event ‘Only’ Original Recipes guest hosted by Nivedita.

Ingredients

1L full cream milk

1 lemon’s juice

2 tbsp. each of red, yellow and green capsicum

3 green chillies finely chopped

4-5 French beans finely chopped

1/2 cup cilantro finely chopped

1 tsp. white pepper pwd

1-2 tsp. salt

Method

Bring milk to boil and add salt and white pepper.

Chop the vegetables finely and mix it in the boiling milk.

Squeeze the lemon juice in the milk to curdle it.

Pour the curdled milk into a sieve and wash with cold water, this stops the cooking process.

Put the cheese into a cottage cheese press, I have a round  one. Let it set for half an hour.

Unmould.

Cut it into cubes.

Roast it on all sides using a little oil in a pan.

Sprinkle chaat masala over it and serve hot.

Another view to the colourful cubes..

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