Recipe: At Home Chanar Paturi (Paneer / Cottage Cheese cooked in Banana Leaf)

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Chanar Paturi (Paneer / Cottage Cheese cooked in Banana Leaf). Parcels of mustard-coated paneer steamed in banana leaves for a perfect evening. The basic idea is to cook the paneer in a wilted banana-leaf envelope. If you do not find banana leaves at your local grocers, you may use tender pumpkin leaves or a foil instead.

You can use banana leaf or pumpkin leaf etc.

Paturi can be made with fishes like hilsa or ilish, bhetki etc, eggs or make niramish paturi with chhana or paneer/cottage cheese, cauliflower, broad beans or any other vegetable following this recipe. chanar paturi (paneer wrapped in banana leaf) A delicacy of Bengal is 'Paturi'.

Generally, oily fish is sliced evenly and then wrapped in banana leaf after the fish has been hit by a basting of a freshly pounded mustard with a hint of green chili, coconut, mustard oil, turmeric and salt; baked or roasted on very slow heat.

You can have Chanar Paturi (Paneer / Cottage Cheese cooked in Banana Leaf) using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chanar Paturi (Paneer / Cottage Cheese cooked in Banana Leaf)

1. Prepare 200 gm of paneer, mashed.

2. It’s 1/2 cup of fresh grated coconut.

3. You need 2 tsp of mustard seeds.

4. It’s 2 of green chilies.

5. Prepare 10-12 of cashew nuts.

6. You need 2-3 tsp of Poppy seeds.

7. Prepare 2 tbsp of yoghurt, well beaten.

8. It’s to taste of salt.

9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

10. It’s of few extra fresh green / red chilies.

11. Prepare 2-3 tbsp of coriander leaves, chopped.

12. It’s of banana leaves as required.

13. You need 3 tbsp of mustard oil.

Generally we Bengali make fish paturi using Iilish or hilsa ,Bhetki or Baramundi and chingri or prawn.

In those recipes,fish is marinated in mustard paste wrapped in banana leaf or pumpkin leaf and cooked through slow cooking.

But today I am going to share vegetarian version of paturi which is' Chanar Paturi 'or Paneer Paturi. ছানার পাতুরি Paturi is an age-old Bengali delicacy in which fish, prawns, paneer/chana coated or mixed with some traditional spices.

After that wrapped up with banana leaf.

Chanar Paturi (Paneer / Cottage Cheese cooked in Banana Leaf) step by step

1. Grind the cashew nuts, mustard seeds, green chilies and coconut to a smooth paste. Mix along with yoghurt, salt, turmeric powder, 2 tbsp. mustard oil, coriander leaves and paneer..

2. Heat a tawa / pan and place the banana leaves on them for a few seconds on both sides. This will help it to become more pliable so that it can be easily folded without breaking..

3. Place some of the paneer mix in the centre along with a chilli & fold them..

4. Tie with a string & keep aside. Do the same with rest of the paneer mix..

5. Heat the remaining oil in a pan & gently place all the folded banana leaf parcels. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes..

6. Carefully flip them over & cook the other side too till done..

7. Enjoy with hot steamed rice..

In the case of Paturi, you need a leaf to cover the Chana (in this case) and that follows the steaming..

Chana Bhapa is a Bengali delicacy cooked with Chana/ Paneer/ Cottage cheese where the chana is steamed with the spices.

Chanar Paturi is an authentic Bengali recipe of paneer that is flavored with mustard, coconut and green chillies and steamed in pumpkin leaves.

Paneer is called as Chanar in Bengali language.

This recipe is a vegetarian adoption of popular Bengali fish recipe paturi, one of the royal dishes of Bengali cuisine. Pumpkin leaves wrapped parcels of mustard-coated paneer is steamed to make the. 'Paturi' is a cooking process wherein marinated fish, chicken, vegetables or paneer (Indian cottage cheese) is wrapped in a banana leaf and then either grilled or steamed.