Paneer Croissants | How to make Paneer Croissant Sticks

For the second day of Bite size Appetizers, I have a Stuffed Paneer Croissants. These are not your flaky buttery croissants, rather yeasted rolls. However these warm rolls are just right to lighten your time, when you are enjoying time party. In spite of blending in the paneer into the dough, I also stuffed it spiced up, to ensure you get the spicy cheesy dig when you bite into it.

Apart from paneer, I had ideas of stuffing cheese cubes. Then decided that my ideas seem to end up very monotonous, with cheese stuffed into every other snack. I know my kids will love cheese, but including that in everything seems so predictable. I know paneer falls in that category as well.

Just the other day, seeing me work overtime, trying to get all the dishes done for July, Athamma was asking me if I was cooking for the blog for the next two months. I said I have about twenty plus posts to be done for a month. She was shocked and asked what all I plan to make. I said I am aiming at simpler ones and she also nodded saying I must have blogged all of Amma's and hers already! Yes I know, even the simplest chutney has made an appearance. 

So coming back to the paneer Croissants, I hopping on blogs and landed at Archana's. I knew my kids will love it as they enjoyed the twisted Pizza sticks. I thought these might be interesting for them as well. I was very happy when Chinnu tasted it and said he liked it. He went on for second one as well. Konda was going on encouraging him. I know its a good thing he was not eating all purpose loaded stuff. However nothing wrong in just tasting it. So in that way I was much happier.

If you are wondering why those ribbons seem to make an appearance, well those are my boy's handiwork. On a Sunday with about seven dishes to cover, I hardly have energy to set this up. So I ended up asking their help. They decided these ribbons will be great. I didn't want to discourage them. I am hoping with time and exposure, they will learn the coordination soon. 

Paneer Crescents

Ingredients Needed

For the Dough

All purpose flour - 2 cups
Salt - 1.5 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Paneer, crumbled - 1/4 cup
Melted Butter - 2 tbsp
Instant Yeast - 1.5 tsp
Warm Milk - 1/2 cup and water as required to knead to a soft dough

For the Stuffing

Paneer, crumbled - 1/2 cup
Red chili flakes -1 tsp
Salt to taste
Butter for glazing

How to make the Paneer Crescents

In a mixing bowl, take the flour, salt, crumbled paneer, instant yeast, olive oil, sugar and warm water. Mix everything well together. Knead well.

Finally add the melted butter and continue kneading till you get a soft dough. cover and let it rise. Mine rose by 45 mins.

When read to bake, punch it down softly and knead for couple of mins again.

Dust and roll out as to a disc. Using a sharp knife slice through the middle and do a crisscross to get 4 pieces. Slice each again to get a thinner triangle.

Place a small serving of the spiced paneer in the outer wider place and start rolling from outer to inner, ensuring the stuffing is fully covered.

Continue with rest and place everything on a greased baking tray.

Bake in pre heated oven at 185 C for 20 mins.

Brush with butter on top and bake for another 2 mins.

Serve warm.

Notes:

Stuffing can be more spicy if you want, can stuff with cheese as well. top it with more spiced butter or any other topping if required.

Just before serving you can warm it for 20 -30 secs in MW and pour spiced butter or sauce. You can serve this with some spicy dips as well.

Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

We are starting yet another new week for BM#55 with me trying out my hands at an interesting theme - Make in a Muffin. somehow I always loved the idea of cooking in a muffin, not just a muffin but almost everything else. The idea was so pressing that I had to include it in this edition and I desperately wanted to try my hands at various ideas I came across. Making something in muffin ensures you have single serving and portion control. I enjoyed making pizzas and other savory dishes in this as well.

While I was quite prepared for the Healthy Breakfasts being done in Spice your Life!, this theme looked bleak. I was so caught up with cooking for Sep Mega BM as none were ready, I almost thought I might be skipping it. I started making it almost after dinner was done last night. I was inspired by this idea, though I ended up making it randomly based on my previous cookie recipes. As always when baking a cookie, I think to myself that I should give sometime for the cookie to settle down and harden. I am always in a haste. However my boys were so excited and declared it heavenly!

They had it for their breakfast this morning and couldn't have a better start in their thinking! Make in a Muffin brings in so much creativity and I am hoping I will do justification to the theme and cook the next two dishes on time this evening!

I hope you will enjoy this treat as much as my kids did!

 
Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

Ingredients Needed:

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Unsalted Butter - 3 - 4 tsp
Salt a pinch
Granulated Sugar - 1/4 cup
Brown Sugar - 1/4 cup
Choco chips - 1/2 cup

for the stuffing
Choco chips - 1/2 cup

Muffin Tray

How to make Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

Grease the muffin tray with butter, keep it

In a bowl, take the flour, add soda, sugars, choco chips and mix well. Then add the soft butter and mix to a dough. If needed add a tsp of milk.

Divide the dough into 12 equal balls. Flatten 6 balls and place in the muffin tray. Bake in a pre heated oven at 185 C for 10 mins.

Melt the choco chips till soft, keep it aside.

Remove, make dents in the center, pour the melted choco chip and place the other flatten cookie and press well to enclose completely.

Bake again for 15 mins, rest to cool down and store it in an airtight container.