Paneer Tikka In Oven
Servings 6 People
Ingredients
- 200 grams paneer (cottage cheese) cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 medium sized onion cut into 1 inch square pieces
- 1/2 medium sized red bell pepper cut into 1 inch square pieces
- 1/2 medium sized green bell pepper cut into 1 inch square pieces
For Marination:
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste preferably home-made
- 3/4th cup yogurt or thick curds
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon gram flour / besan roasted
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder Kashmiri
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon kasuri methi crushed
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt or as per taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
For Garnish:
- 2 tablespoon Coriander Leaves finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Butter for brushing the tikkas
Instructions
- Take a mixing bowl and add thick curds. To this add roasted besan, all spice powders, ginger garlic paste, kasuri methi, salt and oil and mix well.
- Add the cubes onions and capsicum and mix well.
- Next add cottage cheese or paneer cubes and mix gently. Keep this in fridge for atleast 1 hour to get marinated.
- Take the skewers and carefully thread the paneer, onion and capsicum onto the skewer.
Let’s begin making the paneer tikkas in oven:
- Pre-heat the oven to 220C for 10 minutes.
- Place the grill rack on the cooling pan.
- Place the skewers with paneer and vegetables on the grill rack and place in the oven.
- Grill them for 8 to 10 minutes and then turn them to the other side and grill for further 10 minutes.
- Do not overcook the paneer tikkas as they will turn hard.
- Brush the paneer tikkas with butter.