Delicious Paneer Tikka recipe you can try out at home
Paneer Tikka is a popular Indian appetizer made with cubes of paneer and veggies marinated with yoghurt and spices. Traditionally it's grilled in a tandoor, but you can make the same version in the oven with this easy recipe!
FollowEveryone's favourite snack is Paneer Tikka flavoured with many spices. Every Indian dinner party will surely have tikkas on the menu. Paneer tikka is a delicious and must-have vegetarian snack at any kind of party. This paneer tikka recipe will surely give you the restaurant-style paneer tikka that you've been craving. It is a delight for all vegetarian food lovers. Here is a recipe by Narayan Dutt Sharma, Culinary Head, Barbeque Nation Hospitality Ltd, that you can try out
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Ingredients required
Onion – 1 Medium sized
Capsicum – 1 medium-sized
Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
Paneer – 200 gms
Hung curd – 200 gm
2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chilli powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon garam masala powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur)
1 teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds)
1 teaspoon chaat masala
½ teaspoon black pepper powder (optional)
½ teaspoon black salt (optional)
1.5 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon mustard oil
Method of preparation
Peel, rinse and dice 1 medium-sized onion into square-shaped 1 to 1.5 inches pieces. Rinse and slice 1 small to medium-sized capsicum (green bell pepper) into 1 to 1.5 inches pieces. Set them aside. You can include tomatoes if you want. Slice 200 to 250 grams of block or paneer into cubes or squares and keep aside. Make Tikka Marinade
Take 200 grams of hung curd (greek yoghurt) in a bowl and whisk till it's smooth. Add one tablespoon of ginger garlic paste or 1 tablespoon of crushed ginger garlic to the curd. Add all the dry spice powders given in the ingredients. Add ½ teaspoon of black salt and regular salt as per your taste. If you do not have black salt, then you skip this step.
Add lemon juice and mustard oil. If you do not have mustard oil, you can use a neutral-tasting oil. Mix very well. Add onions, capsicum and paneer to the marinade. Now Slowly and gently mix it with the marinade.
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Cover the marinated paneer and veggies and keep them in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Assemble and Grill Paneer Tikka
Preheat oven to 230 or 240 degrees Celsius or 464 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse the bamboo skewers before threading. Thread the veggies and paneer alternately and use only the top heating element while preheating them as well as grilling. Place them on a tray with aluminium foil or parchment paper. Brush with some oil all over. Place the tray on the top rack and grill in the preheated oven for at least 7 to 10 minutes, first at 230 to 240 degrees Celsius or 464 degrees Fahrenheit.
Then remove the tray from the oven and turn the paneer tikka skewers around. Keep them back on the rack in the oven and continue to grill till the edges of the paneer and veggies are golden for at least 3 to 5 minutes. Do not grill for a long time, as then the paneer becomes hard. The total grilling time will be 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle chat masala and lemon juice on the paneer tikka. Serve it hot with mint chutney, onion slices and lemon wedges as accompaniments.
