Malai Paneer Tikka / Grilled Cottage Cheese With Cream

Malai Paneer Tikka / Grilled Cottage Cheese With Cream is a appetizer made by marinating paneer/cottage cheese with a mild marinade made with cream, hung curd, cashew nut powder and flavored with kasurimethi, fennel seeds and cardamom powder. This paneer is than grilled along with onions, capsicum and tomato. The outcome is soft , succulent and juicy paneer tikka. Serve it hot with green chutney and sliced onions.

Course Appetizer, dinner, gluten free, Starters

Cuisine Indian

Keyword appetizer, cottagecheese, cream, glutenfree, kids, kidsfavorite, malai, mild, paneer, partyfood, restaurantstyle, starter, tikka

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

resting time 1 hour

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings people

Calories 373kcal

Ingredients

1/2 cup cream malai
1/2 cup hung curd
2 tbsp cashew nut powder
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tbsp coriander leaves washed and finely chopped
2 tsp green chili washed and finely chopped
1 tsp kasuri methi dry fenugreek leaves
1 tbsp chickpea flour besan, roasted
1 tsp fennel seeds saunf
1 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp cardamom powder elaichi powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1 onion cut into 4 quarters and then each leaf of onion seperated
1/2 green capsicum cut into inch cube
1/2 red capsicum cut into inch cube
1/2 yellow capsicum cut into inch cube
1 tomato deseeded and cut into cube
500 g paneer cut into 1"x1"
salt as per taste
oil for roasting

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, add cream, hung curd, ginger paste, garlic paste, fennel seeds, kasuri methi, cardamom powder, black pepper powder.
Add cashew nut powder and roasted chickpea flour (besan).
Mix them together and add salt and sugar.
Mix well. Add chopped coriander leaves.
Add the cut paneer cubes. Mix them well gently.
Add the chopped onions, capsicum and tomatoes.
Mix them gently. Cover and keep aside for an hour.
Take wooden skewers (place them in cold water for 20 minutes before using for oven) and arrange the marinated vegetables and paneer in sequence as per your choice as shown.
Preheat the oven to 200 C. Place the skewers on the baking dish lined with baking paper. Brush it with oil. Cook them for 15 minutes or till brown from the edges. Turn them once after 7 minutes.
The malai paneer tikka are ready to serve. Serve them with onion slices and green chutney.
Enjoy the malai paneer tikka.

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