easy paneer malai tikka recipe | malai paneer tikka | paneer tikka malai
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: punjabi
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cream / malai
- ¼ cup curd / yogurt (thick)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 chilli (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp kasuri methi (crushed)
- 1 tsp corn flour
- 1 tsp oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ onion (petals)
- ½ capsicum (cubed)
- 12 cubes paneer / cottage cheese
- oil for roasting
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take ¼ cup cream, ¼ cup curd and 1 tbsp lemon juice.
- add ½ tsp ginger garlic paste, 2 chilli, ½ tsp pepper, ¼ tsp garam masala, ½ tsp cumin and 1 tsp kasuri methi.
- further add 1 tsp cornflour, 1 tsp oil and ½ tsp salt. you can replace corn flour with roasted besan.
- mix well making sure the spices are well combined.
- now add ½ onion, ½ capsicum and 12 cubes paneer.
- mix gently making sure the mixture is coated well.
- cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. you can marinate for overnight for more flavours.
- after 30 minutes, mix gently.
- now take a skewer and pierce in capsicum, paneer, onion, paneer, onion, paneer and capsicum.
- roast on tawa adding oil as required.
- turn around and roast until it turns golden brown. you can also bake in oven or tandoor.
- finally, sprinkle chaat masala and enjoy paneer malai tikka recipe with green chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.