Capsicum and paneer burger is a lip-smacking burger recipe with bell peppers and indian cottage cheese. A fusion recipe, with a spicy masala made of bell peppers, paired with toasted paneer/indian cottage cheese.
Course Breakfast, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine American, fusion, Indian
Keyword Bellpepper masala, Burger recipe, Capsicum masala burger, Desi style burger, Fusion burger, How to make Indian style burger, Paneer burger
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories
Ingredients
For the Capsicum masala
½eachcolored capsicumsred, green, yellow and orange
1nomedium sized onion
1nolarge tomato
1nogreen chili
½teaspooncumin seeds/jeera
½teaspoonred chili powder
½teaspooncoriander powder
½teaspoonturmeric powder
½teaspoongaram masala powder
salt to taste
Forthe Burger
100grams paneer, cut into thick slabsindian cottage cheese
½cupbaby spinach
½cupcream cheese sauce
Burger buns as requiredi used store-bought
little salt and chat masala to sprinkle on the paneer
For the cream cheese sauce
5tablespooncream cheese
4nosgreen chilies
2tablespoonchopped coriander and mint leaves
Instructions
Capsicum masala
Wash the peppers and cut them into thin slices. Chop the onion and tomatoes fine.
Heat a wide pan, add a tablespoon of oil, once hot, add ½ teaspoon cumin. Once the cumin crackles, add chopped onion and green chili and saute until onions turn translucent.
Next add chopped tomatoes, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Add ¼ cup of water and let it cook, until tomatoes turn mushy.
To this add sliced bell peppers and saute. Let this cook for 6-8 minutes, until the peppers absorb the masala. Add garam masala powder and mix well. Remove it from stove. Let it cool, until used in the burger.
Toast the paneer
I used store-bought paneer block. I cut them into thick slabs, got around 7 thick squares of about 1 or 1.5 inches
In a wide pan, add 2-3 tablespoon of oil, when it is hot, reduce the flame and place the paneer slabs 2 or 3 at a time. Cook until the bottom browns, takes about 2 minutes in medium flame, flip and cook the other side for another 2 minutes.
Remove from the pan, and keep it on a kitchen towel, to remove the excess oil. Sprinkle little salt and chat masala over it for little extra zing.
Cream cheese sauce
Take all the ingredients in a food processor, blend until smooth. Remove it to a serving bowl, refrigerate until use.
Assembling the burgers
Cut open the burger buns, apply a generous tablespoon of cream cheese sauce, place 2-3 tablespoon of bell pepper masala on it.
I have used store-bought burger buns, if you want to try home made burger buns, check out the recipe here
Add a bunch of baby spinach leaves on top, top it with 2 or 3 slabs of paneer, squeeze a blob of fiery tomato sauce, close it with the top slice. Enjoy!!!