Paneer Tikka

Introduction :

Paneer Tikka is a famous North Indian dish. It is very easy to prepare and very good in taste. You can surprice your guests with its delicious taste in few minutes.

Ingredients:

• Paneer ( Cottage Cheese) - 250 grams ( cut it into 2 inch pieces)
• Capsicum - 1 cup ( Cut it like sqare shape pieces)
• Onion -    1 cup (Cut it  like sqare shape pieces)

For Marination :

• Carom Seeds ( Vaamu )  - 1 tsp
• Gram Flour   -   1/4 th cup
• Yogurt or Curd  -  1/2 cup
• Red Chilli Powder -    1 tsp
• Salt   -  According to taste
• Garam Masala -   1/2 tsp
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
• Lemon Juice - 3 tsps
• Kasturi Methi - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Butter - 2 tsp

Preparation :

• In a pan add  2 tsp of butter, add Carom seeds (vaamu) to it. And also add gram flour, roast it well until you get nutty flavour.
• These three ingredients mixture should be like a paste. Take this mixture into a bowl.
• To this mixture add Yogurt or curd (preferably full creme), Red chilli Powder, Salt , Garam Masala, Dry roasted Kasturi methi, Ginger Garlic paste and Lemon Juice . Mix the whole thing nicely.
• In a pan heat 2 tsp of oil and sprinkle turmeric in to it and immediate add this oil to the above mixture and mix it well and marinate it for 5 mins.
• Now add Pneer ( Cottage Cheese), Capsicum and Onions to the mixture and mix it well.
• Take Satay sticks or you can also use Tooth picks for threading them. 
• You can thred them like one paneer piece , one onion piece and one capsicum as alternatives.
• Place the sticks on greased tray.
• Preheat the Oven to 300 degrees fahrenheit or 150 Centigrade and grill them for 20 mins or till golden from all the sides.
• Serve it with green chutney or tomato sauce.