Paneer Tikka in Oven
Paneer Tikka is a popular and delicious appetizer where paneer cubes (Indian cottage cheese cubes) are marinated with yogurt and spices, arranged on skewers and then oven baked to a delicious crisp brown.. Tomatoes, onions and bell peppers give color and zip to this delightful paneer tikka recipe! I love to entertain, and these soft and flavourful paneer delights are one of the favorite items to serve. Paneer Tikka Skewers – Oven Baked Cottage Cheese Sticks are a deliciously easy way to bring the bold flavours of Indian restaurant-style Paneer Tikka straight to your kitchen.
Servings: 4
Calories: 352kcal
Ingredients
For marinating paneer:
- 200 grams Paneer
- ½ tsp Ajwain/carom seeds
- 2 tbsp sattu/roasted chana dal powder
- 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- ½ tsp black pepper coarsely crushed
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 ½ tsp red chilli powder
- 1 ½ tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tbsp kasoori methi crushed
- 3 tbsp curd
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp Mustard oil
- 1 medium onion
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1 medium
- 1 medium green capsicum
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Butter for basting
- Chaat masala for sprinkling
Instructions
- For this cottage cheese tikka recipe, firstly preheat the oven to 210°C for 10-15 min.
- Next heat oil in a pan. The sizzle carom seeds and saute for 30 sec
- Then add sattu (roasted chana dal powder) and mix well. Cook on low heat for about two minutes. You can use besan instead of sattu.
- Now take the pan off the heat and sprinkle turmeric powder. Keep aside.
- Meanwhile cut the capsicum into cubes.
- Deseed and remove the flesh of the tomatoes and cut into cubes.
- Cut onion into cubes and separate into layers.
- Cut the Indian cottage cheese into cubes size. Transfer the cottage cheeseinto a bowl along with onion, tomato and green capsicum and keep aside.
- Now take curd in a mixing bowl and whisk well. Add crushed black pepper, ginger- garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, crushed kasoori methi and salt and mix well. Then add the cooked sattu mixture and gently mix all the ingredients.
- Pour mustard oil over the spiced yogurt and mix well.
- Now add the paneer cubes, onion, tomato and capsicum cubes to the spiced curd mixture. Gently mix all the ingredients.
- Now take wooden skewers and thread paneer cubes, capsicum, tomato, onion on to them. Repeat threading the veggies in this order, ending with a paneer cube.
- Grease a baking tray with a little oil. Place the paneer sticks on it and bake for 8-10 min. After 4 minutes, brush the cottage cheese tikkas with oil and rotate the sticks.
- After eight minutes, remove the paneer tikkas from the oven. Brush the tops with some butter.
- Transfer the Paneer Tikkas into a serving plate, sprinkle with chat masala and kasoori methi.
- Serve Paneer Tikka with salad and green chutney.