Grilled Paneer Tikka

Grilled Paneer Tikka

Just imagine, chatting with friends in an open garden, and enjoying the taste of Paneer Tikka on Tandoor in middle. We always want to have a wonderful time along with such a wonderful dish. I have tried this Paneer Tikka at home to give almost the same experience to my family members. Although, we don't have an open space and Tandoor, I prepared this dish on my grilling pan and believe me it was as good as Tandoor, and everyone in family enjoyed it. This dish is full of different flavors, it has a nice aroma of ginger-garlic paste along with sweet and sour flavor of Chaat Masala. It is hot, spicy and colorful dish. Here is the recipe of Paneer Tikka.



Preparation time:  45 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Servings: 4

Ingredients: (For 4-5 people)

Cottage cheese(Paneer)(cubes)	600gm
Thick curd(drained)	2cups
Green bell pepper(capsicum)(cubes)	1
Onions(cubes)	3
Tomatoes(pulp removed)(cubes)	2
Everest Tandoori chicken masala	1tbsp
Turmeric powder	1/2tbsp
Red chilly powder	as per taste
Coriander powder	1/2 tsp
Salt	as per taste
Garlic paste	1/2tbsp
Ginger paste	1/2tbsp
Chaat masala	for sprinkling

 

Method: How to prepare Paneer Tikka

• Tie fresh curd in muslin/cheese cloth for about 2 hours to drain out the access amount of water and bit it well.
• Now add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander powder, salt and finally tandoori chicken masala and mix it well.
• If the paste looks light in color, you can add more of tandoori chicken masala or kashmiri red chilly powder.
• Marinade is ready.
• Chop all the vegetables and Paneer in form of cubes.
• Mix all of vegetables in this marinade. You can mix Paneer separately so that they do not break while mixing.
• Now refrigerate this for about 6 to 7 hours.
• Arrange tomato, capsicum, onions and paneer on toothpick or skewer as show in the picture below.

Raw Paneer Tikka arranged in toothpicks

• Heat the Grilling pan and grease it with oil. Now arrange these sticks on grilling pan as shown below.

Paneer Tikka arranged on pan

• Grill them by turning around on each side till it turns golden brown in color.

Paneer Tikka after grilling

• Keep them all on serving plate.
• Sprinkle some chaat masala and few drops of lemon on it and serve hot with mint and coriander chutney.

To avoid access oil, you can grill them in microwave in you have grilling option in it. If you don't have grilling pan, you can also use a normal pan. So, do try this recipe and give surprise to your family members.