Ingredients

• 250 gm. Paneer, cheese, cut into cubes or fingers or large, thin squares . You can buy a block of ready made paneer and use that instead.

• Marinade:

• 4 tbsp. natural yoghurt or 2 tbsp. lemon juice

• 2 tbsp. olive oil

• 2-3 clove garlic, finely grated or crushed

• 1 tsp. ground ginger paste or 1/2 tsp. ginger powder

• 1 tsp. Garam Masala

• 1 tsp. red chilli powder, adjust to taste

• 1 tbsp. tomato puree (sun-dried tomato puree is nice)

• 1 tbsp. Chat Masala

• 1 green capsicum, deseeded and cut into 1 inch squares (optional)

• 1 red capsicum, deseeded and cut into 1 inch squares (optional)

• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients for marinade well together. Adjust seasoning to taste.

2. Take out 2 tbsp. marinade in a separate bowl. Add capsicum and mix it up to coat capsicum pieces well.

3. Add paneer cubes to main portion of marinade, stir with a spoon to coat well and leave to marinate for a few hours or overnight in the fridge.

4. Either place paneer and capsicum on a lined tray or thread paneer and capsicum pieces alternately on bamboo sticks. Cook in a pre-heated oven, 200 220ºC, for 10-15 minutes, until their surface looks a little brown and crisp. Serve hot.

5. If you do not have an oven, paneer cooks really well on a non-stick tava/griddle/frying pan as well. Cook capsicum in a separate pan.

6. Serve with a garnish of onion rings/coriander leaves/lemon slices.

Notes

• Tip from Reader Neha Sharma for making Paneer sandwich: Slice paneer thinly into a bread slice size squares. Marinade or spice it up to taste and cook as above. Make a Sandwich selection with paneer alone or any salad/chutneys of choice.