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Paneer tikka Recipe (Restaurant Style)

Name: How to cook Paneer tikka Recipe (Restaurant Style) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3/4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Sakshi Nillawar

Paneer tikka Recipe (Restaurant Style)

#Win #Week1 #cookpadindia #winterrecipe This Restaurant Style Paneer Tikka is a popular and delicious tandoori snack where paneer (Indian cottage cheese cubes) are marinated in a spiced yogurt-based marinade, arranged on skewers and grilled in the oven.

Ingredient

Food ration :

3/4 servings

Cooking time :

15 minutes

200-250 grams

Paneer or Indian cottage cheese

1/2 cup

diced onions or 1 medium sized onion

1/2

diced capsicum or 1 small to medium bell pepper –green, yellow

200 grams

Hung Curd or greek yogurt

1 tablespoon

Ginger Garlic Paste

2 teaspoons

kashmiri red chili powder

1/2 teaspoon

turmeric powder (ground turmeric)

1 teaspoon

cumin powder (ground cumin)

1 teaspoon

Coriander Powder (ground coriander)

1/2 teaspoon

Garam Masala

1 teaspoon

ajwain (carom seeds)

1 teaspoon

dry mango powder (amchur powder)

1 teaspoon

chaat masala

1/2 teaspoon

black pepper powder

1.5 teaspoons

lemon juice

1 tablespoon

mustard oil

1/2 teaspoon

black salt – optional

as required

salt

some

mustard oil for brushing

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preparation Chop the paneer in square shaped cubes. Dice the onions and capsicum in 1 or 1.5 inches square pieces. Making Marination In a large bowl, take the hung curd (greek yogurt) and whisk it lightly till it becomes smooth

* Step 2

Add ginger-garlic paste, all the spice powders, carom seeds, black salt, regular salt, lemon juice and mustard oil. Mix very well. Check the taste and add more seasonings if required. Add the veggies and paneer to the marinade. Slowly and gently mix them with the marinade. Cover the bowl and marinate for at least 2 hours or more in the refrigerator. After 2 hours thread the paneer and veggies alternately on bamboo skewers. Soak or rinse the bamboo skewers before threading.

* Step 3

Grilling Paneer Tikka Preheat the oven for 15 to 20 minutes at 230 or 240 degree celsius or 464 degrees Fahrenheit. Use only the top heating element. Line a baking tray with aluminium foil or parchment paper. Arrange the paneer skewers on the tray. Brush some oil on the veggies and paneer cubes all over. Place the tray on the top rack. Grill the paneer tikka first for 7 to 10 minutes at 230 or 240 degree celsius or or 464 degrees Fahrenheit. Then remove and turn the skewers.

* Step 4

Place back on the top rack in the oven and continue to grill for 3 to 5 minutes more till the edges of the paneer are golden or slightly charred. Do not grill for a long time as then paneer cubes becomes hard. Since temperatures vary from oven to oven do keep a check. You can reduce or increase the time as required. Total grilling time will be 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and then place the paneer cubes on a serving plate. Sprinkle some chaat masala and lemon juice.