Achari paneer tikka

                        Achari paneer tikka

                Description

Cuisine-punjabi

Main ingerdients- cottage cheese/paneer

Nutrition facts- calorie,carbohydrates,fat,fibres and protein

Cooking time- 15-20 minutes

Preparation time- 10-15 minutes

Servings- 4

Level of cooking- medium

Course- starter

              Ingredients

• Cottage cheese/paneer,cubed- 250 gms
• Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
• Pickel gravy- 2 tsp
• Green chillies- 1
• Fenugreek seeds/methi dana- 1/4 tsp
• Fennel seeds-1/2 tsp
• Yogurt 1/4 cup
• Ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder- 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala powder- 1/4 tsp
• Mustard powder- 1/4 tsp
• Pepper powder- a pinch
• Turmeric powder- a pinch
• Oil- 2 tbsp
• Fresh mint/pudina- a few sprigs
• salt- to taste
• Coriander leaves

                  Method

                Dry roast coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, till fragrant. Set aside to cool. Place yogurt in a bowl, add ginger-garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, mustard powder, pickle gravy, turmeric powder and mix well.

                 Crush the roasted spices and fennel seeds. Add a little of the crushed spices to the yogurt and mix well. Finely chop green chillies and take cottage cheese and add to the yogurt mixture and green chillies and mix well so that all the cottage pieces are well coated. Let them marinate for around 15 minutes.

                  Heat oil in a non stick pan. String the cottage cheese cubes onto satay sticks and place them in the pan. Cook, rotating the sticks, so that the cottage cheese cubes get evenly cooked all around. Arrange them on a serving plate, garnish with mint sprig  and coriander leaves and serve hot.