Paneer and vegetable skewers

Ingredients

For the marinade
  • 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 (also called chickpea flour)
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • seeds of 6 green cardamom, ground
For the skewers
  • 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





Preparation method

  1. 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.
  2. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and oil a baking sheet.
  3. 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.
  4. Sprinkle with chaat masala and serve. They are also great served with a green chutney.