Paneer tikka paratha

Cuisine Style: North India | Preparation Time: 25 minutes | Cooking Time: 5 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Kurma, raitha, pickle | Type: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

• Paneer [Cottage cheese]– ½ cup [cut into squares]
• Onion – 1 [cut in to squares]
• Green & Red Capsicum – ¼ cup [ cut into squares]
• Ginger & garlic paste– 1 tbsp
• Red chilli paste – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Curd / yogurt – ½ cup
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Butter or ghee – 1 tbsp

For dough

• Wheat flour – 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

Preparation Method

• Dip skewers in the water.
• In a bowl add paneer, onion, capsicum, ginger &garlic paste, red chilli paste, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, curd & salt mix well.
• Leave it for ½ an hour or refrigerate.
• Thread paneer, onion, capsicum in a skewer.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a tawa place prepared skewer & grill all sides till golden brown.
• Then show this skewer over direct flame for tandoor effect & chop
• In a bowl add wheat flour, salt & pour oil mix well. Then add water Knead it and make soft dough. Cover it & leave it for 15 min.
• Divide the dough into equal size balls. Then roll out into thick chapatti or puri.
• Stuff each thick chapatti with 2 tbsp of stuffing mixture & shape into a ball again.
• Sprinkle flour then roll out each ball in to 6 to 7 inch circle shape paratha.
• Heat iron dosa tawa then place stuffed paratha on it & add 1 tsp butter on it.
• Turnover and cook another side & add 1 tsp of butter on it.
• Cook till both sides are golden brown & well cooked.
• Then cut off heat serve hot with pickle, raitha or sliced cucumber.

Tandoor paneer tikka paratha