Tandoori Paneer Tava Fry

Hello Friends,

I am sure after seeing the picture in the above blog, you would want to try out the easy recipe of tandoori paneer fry. My intention of my blogs are to create and show you easy recipes. They may not be authentic cuisine of any region, rather they are modified version to suit our needs and timings :) I hope you like them.

For Making Tandoori Paneer you will need :

1. Fresh Paneer. I buy Govardhan paneer, or Milky Mist paneer. I somehow prefer them over Nandini paneer. But that will be your choice. Any one would work. The best paneer I have tasted was in Switzerland. There is no match for it :)  . Also soak the paneer in warm water so that they remain moist and juicy when u cook them as well. I like it that way.

Make large chucks. So that it is easier and quicker to fry them on the tava. Not many people have tandoor or oven at home ;)

2. Dice the capsicum , Onions. You can choose variety of colours in capsicum, like yellow , red, green, orange. Its upto you to choose. Some people like tomatoes. So you can have slices of them as well. But refrain to use it because I am not a tomato fan :)

Cutting, choping, slicing and dicing- these skills you can master with practice. This time I have chosen onion rings and diced capsicum. :)

3. Prepare a masala paste with : 3 Big spoon of curd, half lemon, Tandoori masala(Everest )- 2 spoons large,  1/4 spoon red chilli powder, 1/4 spoon turmeric powder , 1 spoon ginger garlic paste , some salt, some pepper powder.

4. Add the diced veggies and paneer into this mixture and allow to stand in the refrigerator for 2 hours atleast. If you can keep it over night, the marinate will work the best. It will be absorbed well into the paneer and that will enhance the juicy taste of the dish.

5. Finally, just before you wanna prepare the dish, take the marinate out from fridge,  heat up the tava, sprinkle some oil (not for deep fry) , place the vegies and paneer pieces randomly. Fry them on both sides until the colour darkens. You will know it when its done. Take care not to burn them.

6. Serve Hot with chutney/sauce of your choice. Or you can have themjust like that.  I do make use of tooth picks and arrange the fried onions , capsicums , paneer in the way it will look tempting :)

7. Check out how it looks. If you have skeweres and oven, you can make them restaurant style. But them, mera kaam hai, kaam ko kam karna.. :P So frying pan ki jai ho!

My husband and brother are a huge fan of this dish and they insist me to prepare it frequently :) I hope you too have felt hungry , reading through the recipe. So why wait, Try it out and enjoyy the relishing spicy juicy paneer, in my style!