Smoky Paneer tikka

Name: Smoky Paneer tikka
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 g Indian cottage cheese; 1/2 cup curd; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 1 tsp kasuri methi; 1 1/2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp ajwain; 1 tbsp roasted gram flour; 1 lemon; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 large-size capsicum; 2 onions; 2 tomatoes

culinarycubit @culinarycubit

I loves paneer tikka with supplementary chutney. So prepared it in much elegant style. #CA26

culinarycubit @culinarycubit

I loves paneer tikka with supplementary chutney. So prepared it in much elegant style. #CA26

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Ingredients

30 mins

3 people

300 gIndian cottage cheese
1/2 cupcurd
1 tbspginger-garlic paste
1 tspkasuri methi
1 1/2 tbspmustard oil
1/2 tspcumin powder
1 tspgaram masala
1 tspsalt
1 tspajwain
1 tbsproasted gram flour
1lemon
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chilli powder
1large-size capsicum
2onions
2tomatoes

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Steps

30 mins

1

Take curd in a bowl and beat well. Dice cottage cheese. Cut veggies in cube shapes.
2

Take oil in a pot on low flame. Turn off flame after oil gets heated. Add red chilli powder as per mentioned quantity.
3

Add ginger-garlic paste, kasuri methi, turmeric powder, garam masala, ajwain, cumin powder, roasted gram flour, mustard oil and salt in the beaten curd. Add prepared mixture of red chilli powder earlier.
4

Finally squeeze lemon and mix well the added ingredients in the curd. Do coating of prepared mixture on cottage cheese and veggies separately.
5

Add butter in a pan. Roast the coated cottage cheese and veggies in the pan on both sides for around 30 seconds.
6

Arrange veggies and cheese cubes on skewers in a pattern of paneer tikka. Grill it well and apply butter over both sides. Your paneer tikka is ready. Serve it with chutney and ring onions.

Tips

Roast the coated cottage cheese and veggies to remove their raw smell.

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culinarycubit @culinarycubit

on July 13, 2026 17:56

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