HARIYALI PANEER TIKKA

HARIYALI PANEER TIKKA

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INGREDIENTS

3 tbsp oil
200-250 gm paneer (cottage cheese)
½ cup of hung yogurt (hang yogurt into a linen cloth for 30 mins) dahi
½ tsp roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera)
1 tsp fennel seed (saunf)
1 tbsp garlic paste (lehsun)
1 tbsp ginger paste (adrak)
2 tbsp chopped onion (pyaz)
1 cup chopped coriander leaves (dhaniya)
3 green chilies (hari mirch)
½ cup + 1 tbsp mint leaves (pudina pata)
2 tbsp lime juice (nimbu ras)
½ tsp sugar (optional)
3 tbsp gram flour or as required (besan)
1 bell pepper or capsicum cut into square (simla mirch)
1 big sized onion chopped into square (pyaz)
black salt as required (kala namak)
chat masala as required
6-7 skewer or as required
line or lemon wedges as required for garnish (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Firstly slice paneer into long pieces with a width of ¾th inch thick atleast.
• Rinse the greens and place side.
• Combine coriander leaves, mint leaves, onion, lime juice, chilies, roasted cumin powder, fennel seed, ginger and garlic. Also add sugar now if using.
• Grind all with little water if required until smooth chutney is formed.
• Now add gram flour, black salt, a tsp of oil and chat masala. Give a nice whisk as the mixture need to be smooth and lump free.
• Coat paneer with this mixture. Repeat the same with the rest of paneer.
• Marinate the paneer for 20 mins.
• Also marinate capsicum, bell pepper and onion with this mixture for 20 mins.
• Take a skewer and gently slide a onion first then a capsicum then a marinated cottage cheese until the skewer is left with no space.
• Heat your grill pan or pan, drizzle some oil over it.
• Once the oil is hot place 2 skewers and shallow fry them.
• Once fried from one end, fry from reverse side until golden brown in color.
• Fry and repeat the rest with other skewers. Alternatively if you don't wish to use skewer then just fry the paneer first then the veggies.
• Serve your hariyali paneer hot with green chutney and some lime wedges.
• Baking or Grilling in Oven:
• Place the marinated paneer with skewer or without skewers on a greased pan.
• Preheat the oven at 220ºC for 15 mins.
• Drizzle some oil over the paneer. Grill or bake at 200ºC for 7-8 mins. Again check drizzle some drops of oil and bake for 4-5 mins more.

SOURCE: http://www.flavorsofmumbai.com/hariyali-paneer- tikka-recipe/
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