Smoky Paneer tikka

Ingredients

• 300 g Indian cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup curd
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp kasuri methi
• 1 1/2 tbsp mustard oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ajwain
• 1 tbsp roasted gram flour
• 1 lemon
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 large-size capsicum
• 2 onions
• 2 tomatoes

Steps

1. Take curd in a bowl and beat well. Dice cottage cheese. Cut veggies in cube shapes.
2. Take oil in a pot on low flame. Turn off flame after oil gets heated. Add red chilli powder as per mentioned quantity.
3. Add ginger-garlic paste, kasuri methi, turmeric powder, garam masala, ajwain, cumin powder, roasted gram flour, mustard oil and salt in the beaten curd. Add prepared mixture of red chilli powder earlier.
4. Finally squeeze lemon and mix well the added ingredients in the curd. Do coating of prepared mixture on cottage cheese and veggies separately.
5. Add butter in a pan. Roast the coated cottage cheese and veggies in the pan on both sides for around 30 seconds.
6. Arrange veggies and cheese cubes on skewers in a pattern of paneer tikka. Grill it well and apply butter over both sides. Your paneer tikka is ready. Serve it with chutney and ring onions.