Baked Paneer Taco

baked paneer taco

A traditional food wrap from Mexico consisting of a taco shell that is filled with cabbage salad, baja sauce, delicious roasted paneer and topped with salsa.

Ingredients

Chopped cabbage                     1 cup

Onion juliennes                         1 cup

Lemon juice                              2 tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Crushed black pepper                to taste

Olive oil                                    2 tsp

Taco shells                               2 – 3 nos.

For baja sauce

Hung curd                                 1 cup

Sour cream                               2 tbsp

Red chilli powder                       ½ tsp

Salt                                          to taste

For salsa

Chopped tomato                        2 tbsp

Chopped onion                          2 tbsp

Chopped jalapenos                    1 ½ tbsp

Chopped coriander                     ¼ cup

Chopped garlic                          1 tsp

Tomato juice                              2 tbsp

Lemon juice                               1 tsp

Salt                                           to taste

For the paneer mixture

Roasted paneer with yogurt,

Gram flour and masala                100 gms

Lemon juice                               1 tsp

Oil                                            1 tsp

Salt                                           to taste

For garnish

Parsley leaves                            as required

Method

To prepare the salad

Take a mixing bowl, add chopped cabbage, onion juliennes, lemon juice, crushed black pepper, salt, olive oil and mix well.

cabbage salad 

To prepare baja sauce

Take another bowl, add hung curd, sour cream, red chilli powder, salt and mix well.

baja sauce 

To prepare salsa

Take another bowl, add chopped tomato, chopped onion, chopped jalapenos, chopped coriander, chopped garlic, tomato juice, lemon juice, salt and mix well.

salsa

Take roaster cottage cheese (paneer).

roasted paneer 

Now cut the roasted paneer into strips and mix with lemon juice oil and salt.

paneer mixture

Then take a taco shell.

taco

Now fill with the prepared salad, prepared salsa, prepared paneer strips, prepared baja sauce and add more salad.

put filling in tacco 

Make more tacos like this.

Place the ready tacos on serving plate and put baja sauce and salsa on them and garnish with parsley leaves.

garnish the baked paneer tacos