Paneer Tikka (Tawa Paneer Tikka Recipe)

Spicy grilled paneer and capsicum tikkas .

Ingredients

• Cottage cheese (paneer) – 250 grams
• Green capsicums – 2 large
• Tomato – 2 (optional)
• Ginger, peeled – 1/2 inch piece
• Garlic, peeled – 7 cloves
• Hung yogurt (curd) – 3/4 cup
• Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon
• Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
• Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Lemon – cut in to 4 pieces
• Butter or ghee – 2 tbsp

Method

Cut paneer in to large cubes.

Grind  ginger and garlic into a fine paste. Take hung yogurt in a bowl. Add half ginger-garlic paste, black pepper powder, salt and mix . Mix paneer cubes with curd, keep it covered for half an hour.

keep out the panner cubes from yogurt, put on the plate and put this in Refrizrator for 1-2 hour.

Deseed and cut green capsicums into one and a half inch sized pieces or thin long pieces (Wash tomato, onion & cut in to thin, round pieces, If you want).

Heat nonstic pan or tava, add butter, add paneer pieces in to it, fry(on meadium flame) paneer both sides untill it will be golden-brown in colour. Remove it from fire.

slow down the gas flame, Add cumin powder, ginger-garlic paste to remaining butter in the pan, stir it with spoon. Then add capcium and stir it. Cook in covered pan for 1 minute. Now add tomato(optional), paneer cubes, chaat masala, red chili powder. Mix all well and stir for half or 1 minute. Put paneer in a plate.

Paneer tikka is ready.Garnish with green dhania and lemon and serve hot.