Air fryer Falhari tikka | Baked farali tikka

We all love paneer tikka. However, we cannot eat the original tikka recipe during the Navratri or saavan fasting days. Falhari tikka is inspired from this. We use the original tikka recipe but make it gluten free. Falahari paneer tikka is a dish even kids will enjoy as it is low on spices. Most people order a tikka when at a restaurant. However, it is very easy to make at home. We use pineapple to give a hint of sweetness. Also, use root veggies like potatoes and sweet potato along with paneer cubes. Adding paneer to grilled veggies always makes things tasty. This is a dish you will enjoy thoroughly.

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• Ingredients
• Try more interesting vrat recipes 
• Instructions for paneer vrat tikka
• How to cook falhari paneer tikka in oven ?
• How to cook falhari paneer tikka in air fryer ?
• Oven baked Falhari tikka recipe | air fryer falhari paneer tikka

What is falahari or falhari ?

During the Hindu fasting period, we eat fruits, root veggies, dairy products and gluten-free flours only.

• You can eat Amaranth, Sago, Tapioca, Water chestnut, sama/moraiyo .
• We avoid eating wheat and rice.
• Generally, people eat once a day, post sunset.
• We avoid eating greens and use minimal spices like black pepper, green chillies, ginger and cumin.
• We avoid sea-salt, garlic, red chilli powder.
• Use rock salt, lime, dried mango powder.
• Veggies like cauliflower, okra, cabbage, brinjals, tomatoes are also not eaten.

Equipment

• Skewers
• Grill
• Oven
• or air fryer

Ingredients

• Boiled potato cubed
• Pineapple peeled, cubed
• Paneer / cottage cheese cubed

For tikka paste

• Yogurt/ dahi
• Mint chopped
• Green chilli chopped
• Ginger grated / chopped
• Quinoa flour or buckwheat (kuttu) or tapioca (sabudana) flour
• Salt as per taste

Refer to recipe card for exact quantities.

Try more interesting vrat recipes 

• Falhari pizza
• Falhari dahi papdi chaat
• Baked farali chiwda
• Banana chips
• Baked sweet potato chips

Instructions for paneer vrat tikka

1. Mix the ingredients for marinate in a bowl

2. Add the paneer with other items and keep them in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

How to cook falhari paneer tikka in oven ?

• It is preferred to cook the skewers in a way that they do not touch any surface, else they won't be cooked evenly. So you may use a tray or a small grill to place the skewers as shown below.
• If you do not have a grill to line the skewers, then place them in a baking tray lined with baking paper and rotate them once or twice during cooking.

• Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 180C (fan forced).Then cook them 17-18 minutes.
• Later, cook them further for 3-4 minutes using the top grill/broiler option in the oven.

How to cook falhari paneer tikka in air fryer ?

• Arrange the pieces in a skewers over a grill.

• Similar to an an oven, preheat the air fryer for 10 minutes at 180C.
• Then cook them 12-13 minutes
• Later cook them further for 3-4 minutes using the grill option in the air fryer.