Achari Paneer Tikka Recipe

North Indian food, and more specifically Punjabi cuisine is the storehouse of a variety of tikkas and tandooris. One of the vegetarian favorite is the paneer tikka – cubed pieces of cottage cheese, marinated, skewered and grilled to perfection.

It takes just one bite to fall in love with paneer tikka. But when it’s Achari Paneer Tikka, a whiff of those spices is enough. An Achari Paneer Tikka is a yummier and tad more spiced cousin of the classic paneer tikka. With an inventory of spices used to marinate it, the tikka is for spice-loving buds. Use this recipe to skewer some.

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Paneer Tikka

A tweaked paneer tikka with pickle gravy.

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Cuisine

Indian

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

people MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 2 tsp pickle gravy
• 250 g cootage cheese
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
• ½ tsp onion seeds kalaunji
• ¼ cup hung curd
• 1 tsp garlic-ginger paste
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp red chili powder
• ¼ tsp Garam masala powder
• ¼ tsp mustard powder
• 1 pinch turmeric
• 2 tbsp Oil
• A few sprigs Mint leaves

Cuisine Indian Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 2 tsp pickle gravy 250 g cootage cheese 1 tsp coriander seeds ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds ½ tsp onion seeds kalaunji ¼ cup hung curd 1 tsp garlic-ginger paste Salt to taste ¼ tsp red chili powder ¼ tsp Garam masala powder ¼ tsp mustard powder 1 pinch turmeric 2 tbsp Oil A few sprigs Mint leaves

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Instructions

1. Dry roast coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, onion seeds till fragrant. Set aside to cool.
2. Place hung yogurt in a bowl, add ginger-garlic paste, salt, red chili powder, garam masala powder, mustard powder, pickle gravy, turmeric powder and mix well.
3. Crush the roasted spices in a mortar with the pestle.
4. Add a little of the crushed spices to the yogurt and mix well.
5. Cut cottage cheese into 1 inch cubes and add to the yogurt mixture and mix well so that all the cottage pieces are well coated. Let them marinate for around 15 minutes.
6. Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
7. String the cottage cheese cubes onto satay sticks and place them in the pan.
8. Cook, rotating the sticks, so that the cottage cheese cubes get evenly cooked all around.
9. Arrange them on a serving plate, garnish with mint sprig and serve hot.

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