Paneer and Vegetable Tikka(without tandoor)
 
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Paneer and Vegetable Tikka, grilled on skewers in tandoor or in an oven (or without tandoor or oven) is a delectable, easy, and full of flavors, grilled Indian starter/appetizer.
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Ingredients:
  • for Paneer and vegetables Tikka
  • Paneer/Cottage cheese 250 gms
  • Red & yellow bellpapers 1 each
  • Green Capsicum 1
  • Cherry tomatoes few
  • Baby Potatoes boiled 8
  • Whole of Sweet corn cut into 3 pieces & boiled/steamed with salt
  • Mushrooms 8
  • 1 big onion
  • FOR 1ST MARINADE:
  • Mustard Oil 2 spoons
  • Carom seeds/Ajwain ½ tsp
  • Gram flour /Besan 1 tsp
  • FOR 2ND MARINADE :
  • Curds 1 bowl
  • Lemon juice 2 tsp
  • Fennel/Saunf powder 1 tsp
  • Coriander/Dhania powder 1 tsp
  • Chaat masala 1 tsp
  • Garam masala a pinch
  • Kashmiri Red chilli powder 2tsp
  • Turmeric/Haldi 1 tsp
  • Tandoori masala powder 2 tsp.
  • Ginger garlic chilli paste 2tsp
  • Few mango pickle pieces crushed/pounded
  • Pickle Oil 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Wooden skewers few – soak in water for 10 minutes so that while making tikka it will not catch fire.
Instructions
  1. For the 1st Marinade :
  2. In a pan put mustard oil. After it comes to smoking point, add carom seeds/ajwain.
  3. Add gram flour/ besan. Saute till nice aroma comes out. It should be of liquid consistency.
  4. Pour this on paneer and vegetables.
  5. Keep aside for atleast 15 minutes.
  6. Second marinade:
  7. Cut paneer & Vegetables into big dices. Marinate it using above mentioned 2nd marinade ingredients with curds.
  8. TIP:
  9. Marinate paneer & other vegetables separate, otherwise cottage cheese/paneer will break, if mixed & marinated with other vegetables.
  10. Cover & keep in fridge for about 2 hrs in 2 different bowls.
  11. Now pin all veges and paneer pieces on skewers.
  12. Cook paneer and vegetables on grill pan or tava/griddle by adding little oil time to time.
  13. Keep rotating sides by adjusting flame from medium to high.
  14. Paneer doesn’t take long to cook. Keep veges crunchier too by roasting them for a while only.
  15. Take out from grill pan & now hold skewers directly on high flame for few seconds by rotating it to give it a smokey effect.
  16. In the last sprinkle some chaat masala over it.
  17. Serve hot with green chutney, lemon wedges and lachha pyaz.
Recipe by at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/paneer-and-vegetable-tikka/