Spiced Paneer with Coriander and Lime Salad

Name: Spiced Paneer with Coriander and Lime Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 75 g roasted peanuts, chopped; juice of 2 limes; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced; ² tsp ground coriander; 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, deseeded and thinly sliced; 1 red serrano chilli, deseeded and finely diced; 50 g fresh coriander, stems finely chopped, leaves roughly chopped; 1 tsp garam masala; ¼ tsp salt; 225 g paneer, cut into 2 cm cubes; 1 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil; 25 g picked mint leaves, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Salads

By Fi Buchanan

Published 2023

About

I make this salad with paneer because we love it so much in our house, but it would be just as delicious with grilled chicken or king prawns in its place.

Ingredients

225 g paneer, cut into 2 cm cubes
1 tsp garam masala
¼ tsp<

Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Spring
March

Method

Toss the cubes of paneer in a large bowl with the garam masala and the salt.

Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the paneer for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until crisp and golden then set aside.

Whisk the lime juice, olive oil, ground coriander and chilli together in a bowl large enough to hold the salad, then add the cucumber, red onion, fres