Malai Paneer Starter – Quick Protein Rich Paneer Starter

Malai Paneer Starter is a very quick protein rich paneer starter recipe. It's a super easy paneer starter recipe to cook at home which tastes amazing. This Paneer starter is a very healthy recipe to fulfil all our tastebuds.

This is a type of paneer starter which you may not generally find in the restaurants. At my home, this is mostly the recipe we cook when it comes to preparing paneer starters because it is really quick to prepare. And all credit goes to my sister for introducing this creamy and chilled paneer starter to me.

If you are paneer recipe lovers then I am sure you are going to love this Paneer Starter recipe. Because, this paneer starter is super simple to cook which doesn't take long time and once it's ready you will enjoy a bowl of paneer starter with nice and tasty cabbage salad.

I would say best time to enjoy this Malai Paneer Starter or simple paneer starter recipe is summers because it's a chilled starter which keeps you cool in hot summer days.

This super simple paneer starter have some resemblance with Malai Paneer Tikka. However, it is completely different recipe which gives you an amazing taste.

Diet friendly Paneer Starter Recipe

Super simple Ingredients are used in this Malai Paneer starter. Simple ingredients make this Paneer starter a very interesting and a healthy recipe. The combination of veggies used in this paneer starter are cabbage, capsicum, tomato and onion. And if you know balanced diet rules, then all of these are healthy choices to include in your meals while you are on a diet too.

I have used just a table spoon of butter for this paneer starter recipe because it gives an amazing aroma and flavour to this Paneer Starter. However, if you want this paneer starter to be completely oil or butter free, use a non-stick pan to lightly cook them.

I have used cream in this recipe which is homemade malai. Malai means a layer of cream formed by heating milk. Use normal room temperature malai, because if malai or cream is too chilled and whisked it forms Makkhan (Indian White Butter). If your diet doesn't permit to have Malai, you can skip adding it though. However, adding malai to Paneer starter gives it an awesome taste.

Sources of Protein

Paneer and curd are good source of protein for vegetarians.

I referred this Malai Paneer Starter as a protein rich Paneer starter. So I must provide some information here about how it is a protein rich paneer starter. Paneer is really good source of Protein because 100 gms of Paneer would give you 23-25 gms of protein. Also, I have used Curd to prepare this paneer starter and curd gives 11 gms of protein per 100 gms.

So with all these combinations, we can say this Malai Paneer starter is a quick Protein rich starter.

A mouth-watering Salad with Malai Paneer Starter

Simple yet very tasty Paneer starter with a super simple salad to serve with. This is a super easy cabbage salad which goes really well with Malai Paneer starter recipe. We just have to use shredded cabbage and few spices to make this mouth-watering cabbage salad recipe. You can read through the blog to know complete recipe to make quick cabbage salad at home.

I have another cabbage salad recipe explained in Paneer Tikka recipe which you may like to visit.

Looking for More Paneer Recipes?

If you love paneer starters, check the recipe for restaurant styled but homemade Paneer Tikka cooked without Tandoor. If you would like to see this recipe in video format, then here is the YouTube Video for Paneer Tikka recipe.

Paneer recipes are very common in north India, this Kaju Malai Paneer Recipe is from north India and you are going to love it.

Here is a 2 ingredients soft paneer recipe, using this recipe you can cook super soft paneer at home which can be used for any recipes.

Prefer to watch videos? You can watch Malai Paneer Starter Recipe on FoodQuench’s YouTube Channel too.