PANEER AND VEGETABLE SKEWERS
Ingredients
- 125ml/4½fl oz Greek-style yoghurt
- small knob fresh ginger
- peeled and roughly chopped
- 2-3 garlic cloves
- peeled and finely chopped
- salt
- to taste
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- or to taste
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- or to taste
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp gram flour (chickpea flour)
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- seeds of 6 green cardamom
- ground
- 300g/10½oz paneer
- cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes
- 1 large onion
- cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes
- 1 green and 1 red capsicum pepper
- cored and cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes
- oil
- for greasing
- 6 wooden skewers
- soaked for an hour
- 2 tbsp butter
- melted
- for drizzling
- chaat masala (a dried spice mixture available from Asian grocers)
- to sprinkle
Directions
- For the marinade
- mix together all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and add the paneer
- onion and peppers. Cover with cling film and allow the paneer and vegetables to marinate for 30-40 minutes
- or longer
- in the fridge.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and oil a baking sheet.
- Thread the vegetables and paneer alternately onto the skewers. Bake in the oven for seven minutes
- drizzle over the melted butter
- turn and cook for another 5-7 minutes or until charred at the edges.
- Sprinkle with chaat masala and serve. They are also great served with a green chutney.

