Tandoori paneer
Tandoori paneer recipe in the curry category
Recipe ingredients:
- 150 g. paneer, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 1/2 inch ginger piece
- 1 to 3 green chilies
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, jeera
- Flakes garlic
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 capsicum, cut into fine rings
- Few drops of orange color
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Recipe method:
- Grind garlic, ginger, jeera and green chilies in to a fine paste.
- Add salt, chili powder and lemon juice to the paste and add orange colour.
- Apply 3/4 of this paste nicely on all the sides of the paneer pieces.
- Keep the left over paste aside.
- At the time of serving keep this paneer in a greased dish and grill for 10 minutes till it is dry and crisp. Or you can leave the panner for 1 hour till dry.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan.
- Fry onion and capsicum rings for few minutes.
- Add the left over paste and few drops of lemon juice.
- Add salt. Add the paneer pieces.
- Sprinkle tandoori masala. Mix it well.
- Serve it immediately.