Paneer Shawarma
I have posted a simple recipe of Chicken Shawarma in an earlier post of mine. So I thought why not try a vegetarian version of this Shawarma? What better than substituting chicken with everyone’s favourite paneer? But I was pleasantly surprised and pleased to see so many recipes not paneer Shawarma on the internet 🙂 so here is my version of very simple and flavourful Paneer Shawarma. Pair it with healthy whole wheat pita bread or corn tortillas or plain rotis and serve with lot of veggies, home made mayonnaise, hummus, pickled vegetables. Please do share your feedback if you happen to try these at home.
Ingredients:
- Paneer/cottage cheese 200 gm
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder a pinch
- Cumin powder 1 tsp
- Coriander powder 2 tsp
- Chili/paprika powder 1 tsp
- Chopped coriander/parsley 1-2 tbsp
- Lemon juice 1 tsp
- Thick curd 1 tbsp
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Chopped garlic 1-2 cloves
- Onion 1 big
- Cabbage a small piece
- Lettuce few leaves
- Picked onion/carrot/beetroot
- Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
- Oil for grilling the paneer
Method:
- Cut the paneer into 8-10 long thin slabs.
- In a flat mixing bowl add salt, chili, coriander, turmeric, cumin powder, chopped coriander leaves, minced garlic cloves, oil, lemon juice and curd and make a smooth paste.
- Dab the paneer slices nicely with this paste and marinate for few hours in the refrigerator.
- Take a grill pan and grill these paneer slabs till done.
- Finely slice the onion, cabbage and lettuce leaves.
- Chop the grilled paneer and mix it with onion, cabbage n lettuce.
- Chop everything finely. Add the mayonnaise and mix well.
- You can add chili/tobascco/Chipotle sauce for added flavour.
- Serve these with pita bread along with hummus and falafel or pickled vegetables like onion, carrots n beetroot.
- Bake pita bread, cut into half and stuff this Shawarma or apply some mayonnaise on the pita bread, then spread this Shawarma and roll and serve 🙂
