All these food shows on TV show some version of crusts being used on different ingredients. What has been stopping people to use different things to make the crust - other than Bread crumbs.
To be fair this was not the first thought that came to me :P. I was out of bread crumbs and was too lazy to make fresh one. So I googled "Crust without breadcrumbs"; all the results were telling me was "How to make breadcrumbs". So I thought lets atleast read a recipe and then decide how to tweak it.
First thought for the base came to me was salted peanuts. Second thought was blanched almonds. Third was rolled oats - coarsely chopped. And I promise the final one was Wheat/oat bran. So I used the bran for this recipe because there was a box that was just lying around :P. I have been using this bran in chapatis and parathas but since husband didnt really like it, I use it only for mine.
Let us get to making this gorgeous paneer. :)