We love paneer. To be honest, The Husband more so than me and I thought I was its loyal fan. The number of times I have made Paneer paratha(s) with some variation or the other and Paneer Cigar rolls is too many to even give a rough estimate! In fact can you image a husband and wife having arguments over food? No? Well the last week saw the husband miffed over the fact that the wife has no time for him. By that he meant, its been 3 whole months (he's even keeping count!) since I made him these rolls! Yeah right! Can you believe him? Well that's how much he loves paneer :) May be more so than me! I am scared to ask in case he confirms my suspicion!! Needless to say, Paneer is part of my refrigerator. I dont remember my fridge ever being without paneer. He might forget the whole list I sent him for groceries but he sure will buy paneer home :)

Changes I Made: I had some beautiful looking fava beans from the farmer's market and wanted to make a salad. I am the only taker for salads (sans the leaves, roots and shoots types) in my house. The husband will not touch it (or make weird faces) owing to the fact it is "cold" and "spoils the appetite!". I wanted to use them for a meal and I thought I will add in some paneer to the mix just to check if that would coax him to eat it. Well he did, not as much as I would like him to, but enough to make me smile and him to complain to a teeny 9 month old about how his future is full of dirty tricks from his mom! Sigh! that's my life! I used the basic recipe from the magazine with few changes here and there. The chicken was replaced by paneer. I used some walnut oil instead of olive oil to brush the paneer. I think I was tad more generous with my mint (fresh from the garden hence generous). The flavor was fresh bursting with minty and lemony flavors. The earthy fava beans benefitted from the mint and the chewy paneer made it substantial. The grilling gave it a fried flavor but without the frying. A simple but a healthy salad to brighten up your regular salad routine.