Delicious Paneer Tikka Easy to make No Oven No Grill make it in a pan. Ingredients: 500 gms Paneer- cut in cubes or rectangles 2 sticks of butter for roasting – almost 100 gms 2 tbsp oil for cooking 2 green and red bell peppers – chopped in triangles or any shape you like 2 large onions, sliced length wise – thick enough to go inside the skewer 1 tbsp Chaat Masala 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves ( cilantro) To make the marinate : 1/3 cup yoghurt- almost 150 gms 1 tbsp salt 1 tsp Pickle Masala of your choice ( only masala, no pickle pieces ; totally optional ) 1 tbsp breadcrumbs – ( the roasted variety will work better than the fresh ones ) 1 tbsp corn flour 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp Garam masala 1/2 tsp roasted and ground cumin seeds (jeera) 1 tsp ginger- green chilli paste 1 tsp black peppercorns (kalimirch) powder 1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) 1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf) powder 3/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi) 1/3 cup besan (Bengal gram flour) a few saffron (kesar) strands, dissolved in 1 tbspmilk.- (optional) Preparation: Mix all the above ingredients mentioned under the marinate thoroughly in a big bowl. Add Paneer cubes and bell peppers and fold into the mixture so that each cube is coated well. Cover the bowl with a cling film, and leave this mixture in refrigerator for 4-5 hours to marinate, folding once or twice in between intervals so that it gets absorbed evenly. Dont leave the bowl in a warm temperature, else the yoghurt will go sour and ruin the taste. Try to keep it in a cool place. After 5 hours- in a pan heat butter till it melts, keeping the flame low else it will burn off. Add a tsp of oil to it now, and let it heat up. Now, start with roasting all paneer cubes in batches according to the size of your pan, keep on flipping them so they are cooked from each side. You don’t have to make them brown, but just light brown from the edges would indicate that’s its done properly. Keep aside After you are done with paneer, get on with capsicum pieces. Do not roast them for a long time, since we need to maintain their natural crunch, and we don’t wish to make them soggy and over cooked. Keep aside There must be some marinate mixture remaining by this time, mix all the onion pieces into it and put them all together in the pan on a medium flame. Roast them just for 2-3 minutes on medium till it gets a bit translucent and turn off the flame. All the ingredients are ready now, you may decorate them on a plate just like that and sprinkle some chaat masala on top with chopped cilantro. Or you may insert the pieces alternatively in a skewer and present with Chutneys. Notes Alternatively, grill the paneer tikkas on a tandoor or barbecue grill till light brown in colour from all sides.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:07:35 +0000
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