Habanero Spiced Paneer and Broccoli Stuffed Pita.
Serves 6
Prep Time: 20 mins
Idle time: 2hrs
Cooking time: 20 mins
Pita bread
Ingredients
Makes 8 rounds
- 1 cup warm water (not hot or boiling)
- 2 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast
- 2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 to 2 teaspoons olive oil (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Form the Pita Dough: Mix the water and yeast together, and let sit for about five minutes until the yeast is dissolved. Add the flour and Knead for about 5-7 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Press with your finger and it should bounce back.
- Let the dough rest in a clean bowl and coat it with a little olive oil on all sides. Cover with a clean dishcloth or plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it’s doubled in bulk, 1-2 hours.
- Once the dough has risen, divide it into 8equal parts and gently roll it to make a flat discs.
- Bake it on medium-high heat on a iron skillet if you are using a gas top, or at 450 degree for about 2 to 3mins in an oven over a baking tray, until the pitas have ballooned up.
Stuffed paneer steaks
Makes 6 steaks
- Paneer 200gms
- Onion 2 medium, finely chopped
- Ginger Grated 2 tbsps.
- Curry leaves finely chopped 3 tbsps.
- Coriander leaves finely chopped ½ cup
- Gouda cheese grated: 4 cups
- Habanero sauce 3 tbsps.
- Smoked Chipotle Sea Salt to taste
- Light olive oil 2 tbsps.
Instructions
- Finely chopped all the ingredients and transfer to a bowl. Make a nice crumble of the paneer and add it to the bowl. Add 1tbsp of habanero sauce and 1 cup of cheese. Set the remaining sauce and cheese aside.
- Mix all the ingredients and gently knead to a rough dough. Divide the dough to make small flat steaks of the size slightly bigger than a regular cookie.
- Heat a non-stick grill pan and add the oil. Gently place the paneer steaks and fry it until golden brown on both the sides. Atleast 5 mins on both the sides on low to med heat.
- Place it over an absorbent paper and let it rest.
- Meanwhile take a mixing bowl and add the remaining 3 cups of grated cheese and 2 tbsp. of habanero sauce. Put around 2to 3 tbsps. of the mix on top the paneer steak.
- Transfer it to an baking tray and bake it at around 180 degree in the middle rack untill the cheese has melted.
The other components of Pita
Ingredients
- Broccoli florets sliced in to halves- around 4 to 6 florets in each pocket.
- 2 tbsp of butter
- Smoked Chipotle Sea Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Bell pepper Red and yellow – 1 of each for 8 pita pockets
- Saute the vegetables for 2 mins on each side. Don’t overcook them, Retain the crunchiness.
Sauce for the Pita
- ½ cup of honey
- 2 tbsp of habanero sauce.
- Mix the honey and the sauce and add the broccoli to it.
- ½ cup of cream cheese sauce or veg mayo.
- Coat the sauteed capsicums with it.
Stuffing the Pita pockets
- Gently open the puffed pita bread along half of the periphery using a scissor.
- Assemble all the stuiffing and start filling with Broccoli at the bottom, followed by the Paneer steak and then the bel pepper. You can also add lettuce for added flavour.