Paneer Sandwich Recipe | How to make paneer grilled sandwich | Paneer Sandwich on Tawa
Paneer Sandwich Recipe on Tawa is a simple, delicious, healthy, protein-packed, and easy sandwich recipe, made with quick paneer sabzi and bread. This sandwich paneer can be made for breakfast, evening snacks, lunch, dinner, or at any time and is kids’ friendly.
Servings 4
Calories 191kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients for Paneer Bread Sandwich
- 8 slice Bread
- ½ cup Butter / Ghee / Oil
Ingredients for Paneer Stuffing for Sandwich
- 200 grams Paneer / Cottage Cheese
- 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
- 1 inch Ginger piece (finely chopped)
- 6 cloves Garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 Onions (chopped)
- 2 Tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 Capsicum (chopped)
- ½ tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
- ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds (Rai)
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seeds (Methi dana)
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
- ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds Powder
- ½ tsp Garam Masala
- ½ tsp Chilli Flakes
- ½ tsp Amchur Powder
- 2 tsp Tomato Ketchup
- 1 tsp Kasuri Methi (crushed)
- 1 tsp Salt (or as per your taste)
- 1 tbsp Water
- 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)
Instructions
How to make paneer stuffing for sandwich:
- Firstly, chop the vegetables: ginger, garlic, onions, tomatoes, capsicum, and cut the paneer into cubes.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a Wok/Kadai and Add Cumin (Jeera), Mustard Seed (Rai), and Fenugreek Seeds (Methi Dana) and saute them for a few seconds.
- Additionally, add finely chopped garlic and Saute for a minute or till the garlic is light brown.
- Further, add chopped onions and saute for about 2 minutes on low-medium heat until the onions are translucent. Keep stirring often.
- Now add chopped tomatoes, finely chopped ginger, and salt. Mix well and cover the Kadai/pan with a lid.
- Cook them for about 2 minutes on a medium-low flame till they soften and become pulpy. Keep stirring in between.
- Further add Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Fennel Seeds Powder, and mix well.
- Cover the Kadai/pan with a lid and cook them for about a minute.
- Give all the ingredients a stir.
- Add chopped capsicum and 1 tbsp of water and mix well.
- Cover the Kadai/wok and cook them for 2 minutes on low-medium heat and Keep stirring in between.
- Further, add Paneer (cottage cheese), Salt, Garam Masala, Amchur Powder, Chilli Flakes, and mix all the ingredients gently.
- Cook them for a minute.
- Now add Tomato Ketchup, Kasuri Methi, mix well and cook for about 2-3 minutes on low-medium heat or until the flavours are well absorbed. Keep stirring gently in between.
- Add chopped fresh coriander and mix well.
- After that, mash the paneer with a spatula and mix it well.
- Finally, Paneer stuffing for sandwich is ready now.
How to make paneer sandwich:
- Firstly, Take the two slices of bread. I have used white bread but you can also use whole wheat bread or any bread.
- Now spread 2 tbsp of prepared paneer sabzi.
- Further, cover the paneer stuffing with another bread slice.
- Press gently the paneer bread sandwich.
- Heat up a grill pan or tawa on medium heat and grease some butter / ghee / oil on it.
- Alternatively, you can toast this on a sandwich maker or griller too.
- After that, place the sandwich on a hot Tawa/grill pan.
- Press down gently with a spatula and cook for a few minutes till it turns golden brown in colour.
- Now spread the butter/ghee on the other side.
- Flip over the sandwich and cook from another side on low flame.
- Further, Press down gently with a spatula and grill the sandwich until both sides are crispy and golden brown in colour.
- Finally, cut half the sandwich and serve these crispy and delicious paneer sandwiches with sauce and chutney.
Notes
If you are using store-bought paneer then keep in warm water for 2-3 minutes to retain the softness.