Cottage Cheese Shaslik

Cottage Cheese Shaslik

From   Style Chef

Prep: 55 minutes

Cook: 10 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Fusion

Cottage cheese cubes marinated in a flavourful marinade with some vegetables, grilled and served with salsa

Ingredients

  • Cottage cheese, cut into medium sized cubes 200 gms
  • Tomato cubes 1 cup
  • 3 coloured capsicums, cut into medium sized squares 1 cup
  • Onion cubes 1 cup
  • Medium pineapple, peeled and cut into medium sized cubes ½
  • Garlic, chopped 2 tbsps
  • Ginger, chopped 2 tbsps
  • Green chillies, chopped 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Fresh basil leaves as required
  • Borges light olive oil 4 tbsps
  • Salsa
  • Tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 cup
  • Black olives, chopped ½ cup
  • Fresh basil leaves, torn 4 to 5
  • Extra virgin olive oil 4 tbsps
  • Mustard sauce 4 tbsps

Methods

  • Take tomatoes, capsicums, onions and pineapple in a mixing bowl and mix.
  • Add cottage cheese cubes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, salt, basil leaves and light olive oil and mix gently till all the vegetables and cottage cheese cubes are well coated. Let them marinate for 15 minutes.
  • Skew the cottage cubes, pineapple cubes, tomato cubes, basil leaves, onion cubes and capsicum pieces one after the other onto skewers.
  • Heat a non-stick grill pan, place the skewers in the pan and cook, rotating the skewers so that everything is cooked evenly all around.
  • To make salsa, take tomatoes in another mixing bowl, add olives, basil leaves, extra virgin olive oil and mustard sauce and mix well.
  • Place the shashliks on a serving platter and spread the salsa alongside and serve.