Fusion Thali

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Today another week of Blogging Marathon #15 is getting started. I have selected Thali for this week. For the first day I will be posting about the thali I prepared for Tamil New Year. My younger brother visited me on that day with his family and I prepared this thali for lunch. We had a filling lunch that day. It is actually a fusion thali which has dishes from many parts of India. The sweet chenna poda is from Orissa and the Jodhpuri Mirch Paneer from Rajasthan. The other dishes are from South India but I couldn’t tell you any particular region for the dishes. These are prepared most houses during special lunches.

The Menu For Thali for the first day:

Chenna Poda – Cottage Cheese Cake:
Baked Paneer Cake which is famous in Orissa
Cauliflower Roast with Lemon Wedges:
Roasted Cauliflower florets with gram flour batter
Jodhpuri Mirch Paneer:
A Rajasthani dish which includes green chillies and fried Paneer.
Vegetable Pulao:
Coriander based pulao with lots of vegetables
Thayir Vengayam/ Onion Raitha:
A simple yet delicious raitha with onions and fresh curds.
Thayir Saadam/ Curd Rice:
Rice mixed with curd and milk to create this perfect cooling rice.
Kothumalli Thuvaiyal/ Coriander Chutney:
Coriander leaves sauteed and ground with tamarind and green chilies.

The Dishes:
Today I will share with you the recipe for Jodhpuri Mirch Paneer. The preparation is very easy. The chilly makes the paneer hot. The whole chillies are sauteed in oil and so it tastes great along with paneer.

Jodhpuri Mirch Paneer

Ingredients:

Paneer-200gm

Tomatotes-3

Onion-2

Green Chilly-10-12

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Ginger-1″ long piece

Oil-2tbs+2tbs

Garam Masala-1/2tsp

Salt-to taste

For The Paste:

Ginger-a small piece

Garlic-4cloves

Red Chilly-4

Procedure:

1. Grind ginger, garlic and red chillies to a fine paste.

2. In a non stick pan, take 2 tbs oil and add cubed paneer.

3. Saute until golden and crispy. Transfer to a bowl of water.

4. Heat remaining oil in the same pan.

5. Add cumin seeds and when they crackle, add onion and ginger

6. Add slit green chillies and saute until the onions are transparent.

7. Add the paste, tomatoes and salt.

8. Cook until oil separates.

9. Remove the paneer pieces from water and add it along with garam masala to the pan. Give a nice stir and transfer to a serving bowl.

10. Serve along with pulao or rotis.

The Other Dishes:

Thayir Vengayam(click to view recipe)

Kothamalli Thuvaiayal

Thayir Saadam

Cauliflower Roast(click to view recipe)

Vegetable Pulao(click to view recipe)

Chenna Poda(click to view recipe)

I will be updating this post when I post the other recipes.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#15

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33 Comments

Champa
April 23, 2012
Beautiful Thali. I loved the collage showing entire thing in individual pictures over the entire thali background. Beautiful work.
Anu
April 23, 2012
Tempting thali. Love to have the plate.
Priti
April 23, 2012
Yum ..that’s a wonderful combo of dishes .looks so gud
Priya
April 23, 2012
Omg, mindblowing spread, am hungery even after having my lunch..excellent dishes.
Nalini's Kitchen
April 23, 2012
Tempting and delicious thali,drooling over the pictures..looks yummy.
Shama Nagarajan
April 23, 2012
delicious thali…lovely photos.Ongoing event : http://easy2cookrecipes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/fruit-of-month-grapes-event_02.html
The Pumpkin Farm
April 23, 2012
what a platter…looks perfect…lvoed the combinations indeed fusion
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
April 23, 2012
Lovely platter. drool worthy pictures too.
Pavani
April 23, 2012
Delicious thali. Yummy dishes and beautiful clicks.
Ankita
April 23, 2012
Wow Perfect click and tempting dishes.
Jayanthi
April 23, 2012
Such a beautiful fusion thaali…my eyes are totally on the cauliflower roast …fantastic. Good one Gayathri.
rajani
April 23, 2012
Everything looks so awesome! Nice clicks too, as always.
Nupur
April 23, 2012
Great clicks Gayathri.. love the idea of fusion Thali, Quite an intelligent one 🙂
Rasi
April 23, 2012
loved the fusion thali !
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Chef Mireille
April 23, 2012
what a comprehensive thali – absolutely superb!!!
Akila
April 24, 2012
I am drooling here…
veena krishnakumar
April 24, 2012
Gauatri……..enakku venum…romba tempting!!!!!Awesome pics
Gayathri NG
April 24, 2012
Well done gayathri, simply yummy platter…Luv all dishes!!
Srivalli
April 24, 2012
Awesome post and thali..you are rocking Gayathri! thanks for the lovely entry!
Asiya Omar
April 24, 2012
Wow! Very Nice.
Kalyani
April 24, 2012
great clicks & a wonderful fusion spread, Gayatri !! look fwd to your Thali series this entire week !
Kalyani
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Vardhini
April 24, 2012
Beautiful thali and loved the clicks.
Vardhini
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Priyas Feast
April 24, 2012
Nice fusion thali…luv the name Chenna poda.. 🙂
vaishali sabnani
April 24, 2012
know what?..this thaali event is driving me crazy..lovely fusion…loved the collage and clicks!
Cool Lassi(e)
April 24, 2012
Awesome collage and scrumptious spread!
Degchi
April 25, 2012
Amazing spread and clicks. Glad to see Jodhpuri mirch paneer as I am born and brought up in Jodhpur 🙂
Hema
April 25, 2012
Wonderful spread and the paneer looks delicious..
Rati
April 26, 2012
Awesome thali.You have not mentioned recipe for Coriander chutney.Can u please post the recipe.
Rati
April 26, 2012
Hi.Its an Awesome Thali,very beautifully presented.Can you post recipe for Coriander chutney.
PJ
April 26, 2012
Lovely thali Gayathri. Love the jodhpuri mirch paneer. Lovely clicks
Jayasri Ravi
April 27, 2012
Wow, beautiful thali, beautiful clicks too..,
Suma Gandlur
April 28, 2012
Though I would never have the courage to eat that spicy curry, the menu is lovely.
Preeti Garg
April 29, 2012
completely fusion…..i can pay double for this