Here are some of the most delicious and easy to cook Cottage Cheese recipes:
1.Cottage cheese- Capsicum Masala
Ingredients:Capsicum – 2 big ones cut lengthwise, Cottage cheese cubes – 100 gms , Onion – 1 big one finely chopped, Tomatoes – 2 medium finely chopped, Ginger Garlic paste – 1 1/2 tsp, Tomato paste – 1 tsp OR tomato puree – 2 tbsp, Cashews – 2 tsp, Milk – 2 tbsp, Cream – 1 tbsp, Cumin Powder – 1 1/2 tsp, Red Chilly powder – 1 tsp, Turmeric powder – 1 tsp, finely chopped coriander leaves – 2 tsp, Butter, salt.
Method:
- Take a heavy bottomed vessel and add butter to it.
- When butter heats up, add turmeric powder.
- Now add ginger garlic paste and onions and fry till onions are slightly brown in color.
- Then add finely chopped tomato and fry for a minute.
- Make a fine paste of cashews and milk by grinding it in a mixer.
- Now add the tomato paste, cashew paste, red chilly powder and cumin powder and fry for a minute.
- Let this mixture cool for about 10 minutes and then grind it in a mixer to a fine paste. (This paste will be nice orange in color).
- Take a vessel and heat butter.
- To this add capsicum and fry for about 5 minutes.
- Then add the fine paste.
- Let it boil for a few minutes.
- In another pan heat some butter and shallow fry cottage cheese cubes.
- Add this to the above mixture and fry for a few minutes.
- Add beaten cream to this mixture and garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with rotis, naans or parathas.
2.Sweet and Sour Cottage Cheese
Ingredients:Tomatoes-4 (big), Cornflour-2 to 3 tbsp dissolved in water, Cottage cheese -200 gms, Sugar2-3 tsps, Salt as per taste, Pepper-1/4th tbsp,1 tbsp Chilly sauce, 1 Cheese cube shredded, A handful each of Beans, Capsicum, Cabbage, Peas.
Method:
- Cut the vegetables into thin long pieces
- Put tomatoes in hot water.
- Remove skin and make puree in mixer.
- Marinate cottage cheese in 1 tbsp chilly sauce or ginger-garlic-chilly paste. Marinate for around 1/2 an hour.
- Later fry and keep aside.
- Put the vegetables in boiling water for few minutes, strain them and keep aside.
- Boil the tomato puree.
- Add to it the corn flour paste,sugar, salt and pepper. Keep stirring whilst boiling.
- Add the vegetables and then after 3-4 minutes add the cottage cheese. When done garnish with cheese shreds.
3.Chilly-Cottage Cheese
Ingredients:500gm Cottage Cheese (Prepare small cottage cheese balls), 4 tbsp Corn Flour, Green Chilly (10 to 15 medium size), 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce,1 tbsp Chilly Sauce, 2 tbsp Soya Sauce, Salt to taste, Oil, 1 green Capsicum, 4 onions
Method:
- Mix cottage cheese ball with corn flour in dry condition and fry it with oil in a wok till it become brown.
- In a separate wok fry onion with oil till brown.
- Cut green chilly into small pieces and add it to fried onion. Then put small cut piece of capsicum and fry it for sometime. Add fried cottage cheese to it. Then add tomato/chilly/Soya sauce into the pan. Add salt and stir it for 3/4 mints. Now the item is ready. Serve it hot with Naan or Parathas.
4.Cottage Cheese Butter Masala
Ingredients: 250 gms Cottage Cheese, 200 gms Fresh Cream, 200 gms Tomato Puree, 2-3 tbsp Butter, 2 tbsp Dried Fenugreek leaves, 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder, 1/2 tsp Hot spice mix powder(readily available as Garam Masala), 2-3 Green Chilies, Salt as per taste
Method:
- Melt the butter in a pan, add slit green chillies, tomato puree, dried fenugreek leaves, salt, red chilly powder and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the cream and hot spice mix powder and cook further for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the cottage cheese pieces and cook for a minute. Serve hot garnished with coriander.
5.Stuffed Cottage Cheese
Ingredients:500 grams Cottage cheese, 350 grams Boiled Potatoes, 40 grams Onion (cut into small pieces), 15 grams Garlic, (grated), 15 grams, Ginger (grated), 2-3 Green Chilies, 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds, 4-6 Curry Leaves,1 teaspoon Red Chili powder, 2 tablespoon Coriander Leaves chopped, 200 grams Gram Flour, Salt to taste, Oil for frying, Lemon Juice of 2 lemons.
Method:
- Cut cottage cheese into squares of about 1.5 inch wide.
- Marinate these cottage cheese pieces in salt and lemon juice and keep aside while you prepare the stuffing.
- Mix gram flour, water and salt into to mixture and keep it aside. This mixture should not be thin but thick.
- In a wok heat some oil and add cumin seed, mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry for few seconds.
- Next add onion, garlic and ginger and fry till golden in colour.
- Now mix mashed potatoes and keep on stirring for 5 minutes. Also stir in the green chilies and red chilies. When this is done let it cool.
- Now take out the cottage cheese pieces from the marinade and put a thick coating of potato on each piece.
- Heat oil and dip this cottage cheese piece in gram flour mixture and deep fry in oil till little red in colour.
- Enjoy this snack with tomato ketchup.
