Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, paneer tikka with italian mix spice and pesto yogurt dip. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Cubes of paneer are marinated with yogurt and spices in this popular Indian appetizer! Make restaurant style Paneer Tikka at home with this easy recipe! Always remember to serve the tikka with a sprinkle of chaat masala and side of cilantro chutney.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have paneer tikka with italian mix spice and pesto yogurt dip using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Paneer Tikka with Italian mix spice and Pesto yogurt dip:
- Prepare 250 gms Paneer
- Prepare 1/2 green bell pepper cut in 1 inch squares
- Make ready 1/2 , red bell pepper cut in 1 inch squares (you can use tomatoes as well, just deseed the tomatoes and cut in squares)
- Get 1/2 onion cut in 1 inch squares
- Prepare Marinade
- Take 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp Mixed Italian Herbs
- Take 1 tsp (or less) Crushed red chilli
- Get 1 1/4 tsp Salt
- Take 1/8 tsp Turmeric (optional/ for colour)
- Make ready Pesto yogurt dip
- Make ready 1/2 cups basil leaves (or 1/2 cup coriander with few tulsi leaves)
- Get 1 clove garlic crushed
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp chopped pine nuts or walnuts
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Take 1/2 cup curd/yogurt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- Take Garnish
- Prepare Basil leaves: few
Firstly, to infuse the flavors paneer is marinated with yogurt, spices & herbs. It is then grilled in a tandoor along with onions and bell peppers. Paneer Tikka Masala is a flavorful and aromatic curry, made with marinated and grilled paneer cubes simmered in a rich onion tomato gravy along with warm spices. Just in case you aren't familiar with our favorite appetizer, tandoori paneer tikka is marinated skewers of paneer which are grilled in a super hot tandoor (or traditional clay It's spicy, juicy, light and slightly smoky.
Instructions to make Paneer Tikka with Italian mix spice and Pesto yogurt dip:
- Cut the Paneer in 1 inch chunks. - In a big bowl combine the bell peppers, onions and all the ingredients under marinade. - Add paneer to it and very gently mix everything together. - Let the paneer and vegetables sit in the marinade for 15-20 minutes.
- Take metal skewers and pierce the Paneer and vegetable chunks on it. - Hold the skewer using gloves or silicon handle. - Turn on the gas and grill the tikkas and vegetables on an open flame till it is well roasted and black spots appear on them. Keep turning the skewers for even roasting. It doesn’t take much long. 1-2 minutes of grilling is sufficient.
- One good option to get even roasting is to skewer the vegetables together and the Paneer chunks together in different skewers. As paneer and vegetables have different grilling time. - Take out in a platter.
- For the pesto yogurt dip, grind the basil, garlic, nuts, olive oil, salt and yogurt to a fine paste in a mixer grinder.
- Serve the Italian paneer tikkas along with the pesto dip.
Its like a vegetarian alternative to tandoori chicken, fish or prawn tikka if you've tried those. If you couldn't get garlic powder you could replace it with fresh garlic when you added the required amount. The yogurt balances the hot and spicy flavor of the samosa and gives it a cooling effect. Sumac gives a nice sour kick to the dip, and mint's herbal aroma and flavor make it refreshing. You could also add dried lemon zest to the spice mix and a squeeze of lemon juice to the dip to try and mimic the effect.
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