How to make tandoori paneer

Tasty, mouthwatering, spicy and fairly easy to make ... Tandoori paneer serves as an awesome sumptuous starter.

Following are the steps to prepare this tasty starter -

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 block Paneer or cottage cheese
• 2 medium spicy green chillies
• 1 table spoon of ginger garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
• 4 tablespoons yogurt
• 2 tablespoons tandoori masala available in the market
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds powder
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2-3 Bamboo skewers
• 1 pinch orange color if needed
• grill or oven

1. 
   Cottage cheese cubes

   Cut one block of cottage cheese into as many medium sized cubes as you can.

2. 
   yogurt + tandoori masala

   Mix two tablespoons of tandoori masala with four tablespoons of yogurt in a bowl. Add 1 teaspoons of salt/ salt as per your taste too.

3. 
   Add ginger garlic paste

   Take one tablespoon of ginger garlic paste

4. 
   Red chilly powder + greenchillies + orange color ground

   Grind two medium sized chillies and one teaspoon red chilly powder in mixer or grinder. You can now add a pinch of orange color to this if needed. Adding color is purely optional.Add 1/2 spoon of cumin seed powder to this mixture.Adding cumin seeds powder is optional too. You may skip it.

5. 
   Cooking oil/ vegetable oil/ corn oil

   Take two tablespoons of cooking oil/ vegetable/ corn oil now.

6. 
   Paneer cubes in a bowl

   Put the cottage cheese/ paneer in a fairly large bowl.

7. 
   Marinated paneer/ cottage cheese

   Pour the mixture of Yogurt-Tandoori masala and ground paste of green chillies and red chilly powder on the cubes. and mix lightly with a spoon.
   Marinate this mixture for at least an hour. Better marinating time would be 3-4 hours.Smear the marinated paneer cubes with the cooking oil. This can be applied by a brush or simply with your fingers. Now pierce the marinated paneer with a bamboo skewers.This is ready to be grilled.

8. 
   paneer on grill

   Preheat your grill on medium. Put the paneer skewers on it and brush with a little cooking oil. Grill till paneer is light golden brown and soft. Do not overcook or the paneer will become rubbery.

9. Remove the grilled paneer in a plate. Spice the ready-to-eat paneer by squeezing some lemon juice over the paneer skewers, garnish with lemon wedges and serve piping hot!
   
   Enjoy the great taste!!!

Tips & Warnings

• Add up more spice! Serve green chillies and mint chutney along with tandoori paneer!
• Add a new flavor to the environs with red or sparkling wine.

[akognolkar]

on 9/23/2008 Love this one with the mint chutney...its awesome..slurrrp!

[antonyjoy81]

on 9/23/2008 WOW....who cares about calorie control....