Paneer Tikka

If there's one thing you'd want to make and serve to your guests without thinking twice, its Paneer! Paneer is a firm Indian cheese which soaks up the flavor of the marinade and keeps its shape when cooked. The mild, milky flavor of the paneer goes well with tandoori masala.It makes a good starter for an Indian meal or you can do smaller portions on cocktail sticks for party finger food. Soft, juicy chunks of paneer marinated in Tandoori masala and then grilled with veggies! This is a great dish to serve at your next barbecue.

RECIPE:

INGREDIENT:


For the marinade:
4-5 Cloves garlic
1/2″ Piece ginger, peeled and chopped
1/2 tsp. Red chilli powder
1 tsp. Punjabi garam masala or Tandoori masala
1 tsp. Cumin, roasted and ground
1/2 Cup curd (plain yoghurt)
Oil
Juice of half a lime
Salt

For the tikka:
400 gms Paneer, cubed
2 Red onions, halved along the equator, sectioned
1 Capsicum
Few button mushrooms
1-2 Tomato , sectioned into eighths

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a blender or food processor mix all the marinade ingredients.
2. Pour the marinade into a large bowl.
3. Put the paneer cubes into the marinade and refrigerate covered for upto an hour.
4. Add the prepared vegetables to the marinade 10 minutes before assembling the skewers.
5. Turn on the broiler. Alternatively, you can roast them over coals.
6. Assemble the tikkas by skewering the marinated paneer and vegetables, and broil for 5 min. Turn the skewers around and broil again till the paneer and the vegetables are spotted with black.
7. Serve hot with a mint-coriander-green chilli chutney and a twist of lime if desired.

Note:
If you don’t have skewers (and round ones are a waste anyway – the vegetables and paneer just keep slipping into the same position), just spread everything on a foil-covered baking sheet and broil.