Paneer tikka: Easy recipe to cook this perfect lip-smacking dish at home

Paneer is one of most popular food items of Indian. Reportedly, Paneer is also recognised as 'chenna', in some parts of rth-eastern India. Since paneer is prepared from milk, it is rich in protein and calcium. This indulgent and milky flavour of paneer marks it as an ideal dition to Indian curries. Paneer tikka is a special food item mainly in rth India. If you want to cook scrumptious delicacy at home, follow steps below.

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How to make that perfect Paneer Tikka Masala at home

Ingredients

• 150 grams of yogurt or thick yogurt
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 tbsp mustard oil
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp chaat masala
• 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
• 3/4 tsp garam masala
• 1/4 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp kasuri methi
• 1/2 tsp salt or as per taste
• 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
• 2 tbsp chopped mint
• 300 grams’ paneer, cut into big cubes
• 1 large onion, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 large bell pepper, cut into 1-inch cubes

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Method

• Beat yogurt in a large bowl until smooth. Use regular yogurt. However, make sure to strain it for several hours until you have a thick yogurt.
• Mix all ingredients to d flavour to  yogurt — ginger garlic paste, mustard oil, coriander powder, chaat masala, Kashmiri red chili powder, garam masala, red chili powder, kasuri methi, and salt.
• Stir paste well and d juice of 1 lemon along with chopped cilantro and mint. Mix well.
• Mix in paneer cubes, onion and bell peppers.
• Mix all paneer pieces and veggies and well coat it with paste. Lid bowl and refrigerate for an hour or up to 4 hours.
• After 1-2 hours, take paneer and veggies out of refrigerator. Take a skewer and arrange paneer, onion, and peppers on a skewer, one by one.

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• Pre-heat oven to 450 F for a good 15-20 minutes.
• Place all arranged skewers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle tikka with an oil spray. Do this so that veggies do t dry.
• Bake paneer skewers at 450 F degrees for 10 minutes and n turn on broil. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until paneer pieces appear to be well-cooked.
• Remove from oven and squeeze some lemon juice, scatter chaat masala and serve with fresh cilantro mint chutney.

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