Easy Til Paneer | Sesame Crusted Cottage Cheese

This Easy Til Paneer or Sesame Crusted Cottage Cheese is a very easy high protein party appetizer. Keto friendly to boot as well.

Paneer wasn’t something we made in our house till a while ago but that is slowly changing since the child loves it so much. This easy Til Paneer is one thing I make very often now. And like many of my recipes, it is easy, adaptable and of course delicious.

The first time I made it, I had some sesame podi lying around. I mixed it with some black sesame seeds, coated my paneer and that’s it! Next time, I had no podi so I quickly made some dry run imitating the podi ingredients. And then next time, my keto vegetarian friend was home for dinner so I used almonds instead of lentils. And it worked fabulously everytime.

So here is the super simple recipe with tips for the variations as well.

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Easy Til Paneer | Sesame Crusted Cottage Cheese

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine global vegetarian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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For the dry rub

• 1/4 cup Sesame seeds black/white
• 1/4 cup urad dal use almonds if making the keto version
• 3-4 dry red chillies
• 1/4 tsp heeng
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• Salt to taste

For the Paneer

• 250 gm paneer
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tbsp black sesame seeds
• Sesame oil to shallow fry

Instructions

 

• Roast all the dry rub ingredients together till fragrant. Allow to cool and grind to a coarse powder
• Slice paneer in thin traingles and coat with dry rub powder + chilli powder + black sesame seeds
• Shallow fry in sesame oil till lightly golden brown on both sides. Serve warm

Notes

NOTE - If you have sesame seed podi used to eat with idly and rice, use that as a dry rub works very well.

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