As I had my french bread ready, I was super excited to make some Indian style bruschetta. We all know bruschetta is an Italian snack. I have usually had the bruschetta topped with tomatoes. There could be so many other toppings. See how beautifully we can give an Indian twist to it.
This one is taken from Chef Kunal Kapoor's recipes from the Yellow Table. Love his simple and yet so delicious recipes.
I have already cut my french loaf into medium sized breads to make bruschetta.
So here's the indianized version of Bruschetta. Chhena ( soft paneer) bruschetta with orange marmalade chutney. Also shared the recipe of my own version of orange marmalade.
1) We will firstly make Chhena out of the milk.
Take around a litre of milk. Let it come to boil. Now add the juice of 2 lemons and around 1 tsp salt. Let the curd and whey seperate in the milk. Switch off the gas. Let the milk rest for about 5-10 minutes to cool down. Now strain out the chhenna through a muslin cloth.
Remove all the moisture gently from the cloth. Now transfer the Chhena in a bowl.
2) Add little fresh cream around 1/2 cup to it. Mix it well. Keep it aside. I also added a little sugar to it as I like a little sweet Chenna. :-)
3) Now let's quickly prepare orange marmalade chutney. If you already have orange marmalade then it will be super quick.
Take around 1 cup of marmalade in a heated pan. Add little water around 1/2 cup and add few thin strands of orange zest. ( peel of the orange zest and cut long thin strands from the same.) Add around 1 tsp of roasted ground cumin. Little black salt and normal salt as per taste. Heat it until the strands absorb the marmalade sweet flavor. Should not take more than 10 minutes.
I made my own 'not so bitter' and quick orange marmalade as below.
Peeled the zest of 5-6 oranges. Seperated out the pieces inside, cut each into halves and seeded it out. Thinly cut out strands from the zest. Kept it aside.
Blended the orange pieces in a blender with around 1 cup water.
Now transferred the juice to a pan along with the strands of zest. Let it simmer until the strands became wilted and soft. Added around 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup honey then. You could add more sugar if needed. Let it simmer till it becomes semi thick like a raw mango pickle but it should be setting solid like a jam. Now transfer the marmalade in a clean dry container and put the lid on.
This is my quick way :-) Authentic way involves cutting oranges along with the skin and cooking it till it becomes soft. It takes a little longer and more sugar too.
4) Keep few fresh leaves of spinach or basil aside. We will be using it for our topping.
5) Now we have all ingredients for topping ready. Also our bread pieces are ready.
-Lets quickly roast our breads on both sides just for a minute.
-Now spread some olive oil with the help of a garlic clove on one side on which you would put the toppings.
-Keep the bread pieces in your serving plate.
On each piece, put 1-2 leaves of spinach or basil on the top. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over it.
-Top it up with a spoon or more of chenna mixture. Sprinkle little pepper if you wish.
-Now pick out few strands of orange zest from the marmalade and top it up on the Chhena. Add more marmalade chutney if you need.
Serve it as a starter in your party. It's simple, quick and delicious. Everyone including children will love it.
Chhena here replaces cheeze in an authentic french bruschetta and orange marmalade chutney replaces the marmalade. That's the little Indian twist to the Bruschetta.
Don't forget to enjoy :-)
Cheers,
Shweta
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