air fryer paneer tikka | Best Paneer Tikka recipe
Paneer tikka starter is best served hot with mint chutney.Marinated paneer can be cooked on skewers in the oven or air fryer at home.A very easy paneer tikka recipe at home
Servings: 6
Equipment
- fan-forced oven
- skewers
- whisk
- Air fryer if not using oven
Ingredients
- 300 grams cottage cheese/paneer cubed , can be replaced with extra firm Tofu
- 2 capsicums/peppers 1 red and 1 green diced
- 1 onion diced/few baby onions
For Marination:
- ½ cup dahi/yogurt/curd
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder/jeera
- Lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon chickpea flour/besan
- 2 tablespoon mustard oil + extra oil for brushing (replace with any cooking oil)
- Salt as per taste
- Wooden skewers soaked in water
Instructions
Steps to marinate cottage cheese tikka
- Heat the mustard oil, once its hot, turn off the heat and allow the oil to cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Mix all paneer tikka ingredients for marination and make a smooth batter.
- Dip cottage cheese paneer pieces & veggies in the marination paste and refrigerate overnight(min. 4 hrs)
- Line up the Paneer and veggies on the wooden skewers
Make the paneer tikka starter in oven
- Preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius(Fan forced) for 10 minutes
- Cook them for 8-10 minutes first(fan forced mode) and 3-4 minutes using the top grill option.(Oven broiler option)
- Optionally, you may grill it over the stove top for few seconds to get the charred look.
Make the cheese paneer tikka in air fryer
- Preheat the air fryer at 180C/375F for 5 minutes
- Cook paneer tikka in airfryer for 13-14 minutes at 180/355F. (Brush with oil once in between)
- Optionally, you may grill it over the stove top for few seconds to get the charred look.
- Serve grilled paneer tikka hot with mint chutney
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Notes
Note:
You can make the paneer at home using the recipe given in a link or you can just buy it fresh from dairy or supermarket. Refer to our details post on making paneer at home here You may use other veggies like broccoli,baby corns etc and add a teaspoon garam masala or teaspoon chaat masala as per your taste. You may replace mustard oil with any other vegetable oil.
You can make the paneer at home using the recipe given in a link or you can just buy it fresh from dairy or supermarket. Refer to our details post on making paneer at home here You may use other veggies like broccoli,baby corns etc and add a teaspoon garam masala or teaspoon chaat masala as per your taste. You may replace mustard oil with any other vegetable oil.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g