Paneer Tikka
Paneer Tikka is a north Indian cottage cheese appetizer marinated with yoghurt, herbs & spices, grilled and served with a mint-youghurt chutney.
Ingredients
- 200 g Paneer homemade is best
- 1 Capsicum cubed into big pieces
- 1 Onion cubed into big pieces
- 1 Tomato cubed into big pieces (optional)
For the marinate
- 2 tbsp Besan roasted
- 100 g Hung Curd you can use curd that is thick
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder increase according to taste
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder if you have it
- 1 tbsp Kasuri Methi
- Salt as per taste
- 3 tbsp Oil mustard oil, preferred
Instructions
Prep Work
- Cut the paneer pieces into equal size cubes. Cut the onions, tomatoes and capsicum in similar size as the paneer so that all pieces can be skewered and grilled evenly.
- Roast the besan on a slow flame for 2 minutes. The roasting will yeild a lovelt flavour to the mariante.
- Add the hung curd, roasted besan and rest of the ingredients under the "For the marinate" to a large bowl.
- Mix well and add the cubed paneer pieces and vegetables. Give it a good mix until all the pieces get coated evenly with the masala. Keep aside at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. You could even make it overnight, but make sure to leave the bowl out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before you grill them.
How to make Paneer Tikka on the grill pan
- Take pieces of marinated paneer and pierce them on to a skewer. You can alternate it with cubed pieces of capsicum, tomato and onion.Prepare all the skewers of paneer and vegetables and keep aside. If you do not wish to skewer them, you can even place the individual pieces to grill them.
- Place a grill pan on medium flame and let it warm up. Brush the pan with some oil.
- Place the skewers on the grill and let the grill do its job. It will take about 45-60 seconds on each side for a nice charred/grilled finish. Flip the skewered on to the other 3 sides until all sides get a nice grill finish. (Please cut the paneer cubes equally so that each of the paneer piece gets grilled evenly.)
- Once done, repeat it for all the skewers. Place them on a plate and drizzle some lime juice over it. Serve with mint & yogurt chutney.
- If you have leftover masala from the paneer sticking to the sides of the bowl, just toss a few of those cubed vegetables in it, skewer the vegetables and grill them too.
How to grill Paneer Tikka in the air fryer?
- Pre heat the air fryer for 5-6 minutes on 170C.
- Place the pieces of marinated paneer and vegetables in the air fryer with sufficient space next to them.
- Close the fryer and begin the grilling at 170C for a total of 15 minutes. Around the 8 minutes mark, turn the pieces of paneer and vegetables around and brush a little oil over them.
- Once the machine beeps, remove and place the pieces in a serving tray with some mint yogurt chutney.