Paneer Tikka Masala - Restaurant Style Recipe / How to cook tikka in Charcoal at home.
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Paneer Tikka Masala - Restaurant Style Recipe / How to cook tikka in Charcoal at home.
INGREDIENTS:
- Onion - 2 {finely chopped}
- Coconut - 1/4 cup
- Potato - 1/4 cup {roughly diced}
- Carrots - 1/4 cup {roughly diced}
- Cauliflower - 1/4 cup {small florets}
- Beans - 1/4 cup {chopped}
- Paneer - 50g {cubes}
- Oil - 2 tbsp + as required to shallow fry veggies
- Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
- Curry Leaves - 4-5
- Green Chilis - 2 {slit}
- Dry Red Chilis - 3 + 1
- Bay Leaf - 2
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 tbsp
- Blended Tomatoes - 6 Medium
- Salt - as per taste
- Kashmiri Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
- Black Pepper - 1/4 tsp
- Amchoor Powder - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala - 1 tsp
- Sambhar Masala - 1 tsp
- Sugar - 1/4 tsp
- Coriander - handful [chopped]
- Corn Flour - 1/2 tsp
- Capsicum - 1/4 cup {roughly diced}
- Coconut Milk - 3 tbsp
- Tadka Garnish : Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Split Bengal Gram / Chana Dal- 1/2 tsp - N/A
- Split Skinless Black Gram / Dhuli Urad Dal- 1/2 tsp - N/A
- Curry Leaves - 2-3
- Dry Red Chili - 1
- Coriander - 1 tsp {finely chopped}
RECIPE STEPS:
For Tikka
- Into a mixing bowl, add all the dry spices and sattu. Mix well. Add yogurt, little at a time till you get a thick paste.
- Add in the ginger, garlic, lemon juice. In a small pan add 2 Tb canola oil. Once it starts smoking, switch off the flame and pour in the smoky oil to the marinate. Stir well.
- Throw in the onions, peppers and paneer. Get your hands in there and make sure it coats well. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins(more is better).
- Heat up a gas tandoor/baati maker and place in the charcoal. Put the grill rack and cover lighly. Heat up for 15 mins in high flame.
- Skewer the marinated paneer and veggies in any order to the wooden skewer and keep in a plate for a moment. Once done, take the skewers and place this inside the tandoor on the grill rack.
- Cover and cook for 2-3 mins.
- To the leftover marinate, add 2 tbsp oil and brush this to the paneer tikka after 2-3 minutes of cooking. Cover and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
- Try to turn them over, being extremely careful as it can catch fire. Now cook for another 2-3 minutes uncovered.
- Take them out and keep aside. These are so delicious that you cannot stop yourself from eating them.. But, save some for the sabzi :P
- For Masala / Gravy - In a wok, add the canola oil, Once hot add the black cardamoms, once it sizzles, add the ginger garlic and cook till the raw flavor is gone.
- Spoon out the brown onion paste and stir well. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add salt to taste and pour in the boiled tomato paste.
- Cook till it starts leaving sides and oil, then add the kashmiri red chili powder, pepper powder, coriander powder. Cook for a minute or two.
- Add the red food color(optional), leftover marinate, sugar.. Stir well, and also add half of the corn flour mix, and stir well.. This will make the masala silky, if it does not, add the rest of it. Stir well and cook for a minute or two.
- Add a tsp of fresh cream, coriander, green chili, lemon juice, and stir well. Add the paneer tikka and stir gently, Pour in 1/4 cup water if its very thick. Cover and cook for 2 minutes and serve HOT!
RECIPE NOTES :
Be extremely careful with the charcoal tandoor. It can catch little bit of fire at any time, so be careful. The effort is all worth, the result would be one of the bestest dish! <br/>Alternatively, you can grill the veggies in a tawa/grill tawa/grill modes on microwave/oven at the max temp. For the smokey flavor, you can add a drop of liquid smoke if you wish to. On the other way, you can place some active charcoal on a baking sheet on the lower rack and grill the tikka in middle rack. :)<br/>For the boiled tomato puree, I took 5 tomatoes, chopped then boiled in 1/4 cup water for 5 minutes, and pureed.<br/>For Brown Onion Paste, Slice, Fry and blend the onions with some water if it does not grind up.