INTERNATIONAL DISH!!

GRILLED COTTAGE CHEESE ON POTATO CAKE

GRILLED COTTAGE CHEESE

Cottage cheese 250gms

MARINATION

Olive oil 30ml

Chopped garlic ½ tspn

Crushed pepper corns ½

Paprika ¼tspn

Mustard powder 1/8tspn

Salt to taste

Dill leaves ¼tspn

Lime juice 1tbspn

Dry white wine 20ml

SALSA

Dices of mushrooms 10gms

Dices of bell pepper 10gms

Dice of deseeded tomatoes 10gms

Olive oil 10ml

Chopped parsley 1/8tspn

Stuffed olive halved 4nos

Virgin olive oil 5ml

Lime juice 1 tbspn

Castor sugar ¼tspn

Salt to taste

PREPARATION:

Prepare the marinade. Cut the cottage cheese into rectangles 1½inch × 2inch. Apply the marinade & keep in refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours. Prepare salsa & keep aside. Heat grill bars & brown the cottage cheese on both sides until colored.

FOR PLATING THE DISH:

Spread boiled vegetables on the base followed by potato cake & finally topped with the cottage cheese. Arrange the prepared salsa around.

HOT POTATO CAKES

Mashed potatoes 120gms

Egg yolks 1nos

Butter 20gms

Finely chopped onions 20gms

Chopped parsley ¼tspn

Grated nutmeg a pinch

Salt & pepper to taste

Chopped mushrooms 1tspn

Milk 10ml

Flour for dusting

PREPARATION:

Prepare mashed potatoes. Pass through a fine sieve. Keep aside. Melt 10gms butter, saute onions, mushrooms. When dry, add to the mashed potatoes. Combine all the ingredients except flour & butter. Divide the mixture into 2 parts.

Shape into round patties. Dust in flour. Refrigerate for 30minutes.

Melt butter in a non-stick pan. Dust the potato patties with flour, shaking off excess flour. Shallow fry on both sides until nicely browned. Serve hot with main dish.