Indian flatbread filled with spiced Indian cottage cheese [paneer], onions & green pepper!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: Not specified
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: Not specified
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Indian Street Food
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

Marination

  • 1 cup paneer cubes
  • ½ cup chopped green pepper
  • ½ cup chopped onions
  • 3-4 tbsp yogurt (preferably use hung curd)
  • 1 tbsp chickpea flour [besan]
  • 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  • ½ tsp chat masala
  • ½ tsp kasuri methi (crushed)
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ¼ tsp curry powder
  • ¼ tsp paprika powder
  • ¼ tsp red chili powder (or to taste)
  • salt (to taste)

Roll/Wrap

  • 4 flour tortillas (or use rotis)
  • green coriander chutney

Garnishing

  • grated cheese
  • 1 cup onions (sliced and mixed with lemon juice & chaat masala)
  • tomato ketchup
  • chaat masala

Others

  • 2 tsp oil
  • chopped cilantro leaves (to garnish)
  • mint leaves (to garnish)

Method

  1. Make the filling
  2. Chop paneer [Indian cottage cheese], onions and green pepper [capsicum]. Set aside.
  3. In a bowl mix together all the ingredients listed under "to marinate".
  4. Marinate the paneer, onions and green pepper and let it sit for around 30 minutes.
  5. Slice onions, add chaat masala and lemon juice. Mix and set them aside.
  6. Heat oil in a pan and add marinated paneer mixture.
  7. Cook the paneer for 4-5 minutes till it's lightly golden brown in color. Add chopped coriander & mint leaves and switch off the flame. Filling for the kathi rolls is now ready.
  8. Make the kathi roll
  9. Take the roti/tortilla and put some green coriander chutney in the middle. Put the paneer mixture over the chutney.
  10. Put sliced onions then sprinkle grated cheese, chaat masala and ketchup on top.
  11. Fold the the roti/tortilla to make a roll.
  12. Heat the kathi roll with little oil/butter before serving.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.