KAVERI PANEER TIKKA

Kaveri Paneer Tikka is a South Indian style paneer tikka flavoured with curry leaves. It is spicy, flavorful and delicious too. This is very easy, quick recipe and can be served with any spicy dip sauce. You can use this tikka as fillings for chapatti wraps or can be served as a starter snack or as an accompaniment. This recipe of paneer don’t need paneer tikka masala. It is one of the best paneer recipes that requires either BBQ grill or Conventional oven to get smoky flavour. This method gives nice and crispy texture to paneer and vegetables but does not have smoky flavour.  You can give smoky charcoal flavour to your paneer tikka  using charcoal and ghee if you want .

Recipe credit goes to Chef Gautam Maharshi.

INGREDIENTS:

250 gms Paneer

For mariantion:

4-5 Sprigs Curry Leaves[30-35 leaves]

½ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder [optional]

1 tablespoon Green Paste [chillies+ginger+ garlic]

2 teaspoon Coriander Powder

1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder

1 teaspoon Aamchur Powder

2 teaspoon Cumin Powder

½ teaspoon Ajwain

1 tablespoon Thick Curd

½  tablespoon Cheese Spread

Salt as needed

Oil for shallow frying

1 -1 Pepper cut into cubes [all coloured ][optional]

1 Onion [cut into big chunks]

METHOD:

STEP 1 – Wash the curry leaves and let them dry on a colander.

STEP 2 - Heat a pan and dry roast curry leaves in it till crispy.

STEP 3 – Crush them with hands and keep aside.

STEP 4 – Cut the paneer into big size squares or rectangles and keep them aside.

STEP 5 – Now take a mixing bowl, add , coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, aamchur powder, salt and crushed curry leaves powder.

STEP 6 – Add oil and curd in it and mix it well.

STEP 7 – Marinade the paneer pieces with it and keep aside.

STEP 8 – Heat a non-stick pan on medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon oil on it.

STEP 9 – Place 3-4 pieces of marinated paneer over it and shallow fry on medium heat.

STEP 10 – When done from one side, flip them and shallow fry on the other side until done.

STEP 11 – When done remove from pan. Insert and arrange them on skewers or tooth picks with onion and pepper and serve.[see notes]

Serve hot with schezwan sauce, mint chutney and tomato sauce or with any dip as per your choice.

NOTES: * Mariande the cubed peppers and onion chunks with the leftover marination masala and                      roast after paneer is done. Arrange them with paneer on skewers and serve.