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    Home » Recipes » Starters

    Paneer tikka in oven

    Updated on October 29, 2022 by Raks Anand 84 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Paneer tikka is a popular starter at Indian restaurants, made by marinating paneer (Indian cottage cheese) with hung curd, spices and cooked in oven.

    paneer tikka recipe
    Paneer tikka

    Perfect for vegetarians in BBQ/ out door party or starters in a get together party menu.

    You can enjoy with your family in weekends as well. Quite filling one so apt for groups to pick up couple of pieces and have a chat over it.

    Do check out the other Hariyali version of this recipe in my website.

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    Ingredients

    Here are the ingredients needed for paneer tikka in oven.

    • Paneer - Indian cottage cheese - Use fresh paneer for softest results. You can also use frozen after keeping it immersed in hot water.
    • Hung curd - Hung curd gives creamy and rich results. Just hang yogurt/ homemade curd in a cheese cloth/ clean cotton cloth for an hour and use in the recipe.
    • Spice powders - Red chilli powder, black pepper powder, turmeric, chaat masala are the spices I use.
    • Tandoori masala powder - This is optional - at times have artificial red food colour. So I avoid using it.
    • Butter - Gives flavour to the dish.
    • Ajwain - Caraway seeds helps with digestion as well as adds a great flavour to the dish.
    • Onion, Tomato, Capsicum - adds flavour as well as balances the dish with it's different texture and taste.

    Substitutions

    • Hung curd - Instead of hung curd, you can also use sour cream.
    • Spices - You can also add ½ teaspoon of Garam masala, ginger garlic paste or ginger powder and garlic powder (¼ teaspoon each).
    • Butter - You can also use desi Ghee.

    Why we love it?

    Paneer tikka made in oven is my kid's favourite starter. This recipe uses sour cream / hung curd and other spices as marinade. It is not over powering with flavours of the masala, just the apt amount you need.

    I have made this few times now in oven and sometimes I make in tawa too..

    I got this recipe from a cookery show in Discovery Travel and Living. It's sounded very simple yet very delicious.

    The spiciness level of this recipe is mild. Perfect to make for a party as starter.

    Oven method makes it simple, when you make in bulk and also is a make ahead recipe.

    The chef in the show added only yellow chilli powder(yes, you heard it right, its yellow!!), black pepper and ajwain along with cream.

    But I have just added few more according to suit our taste.

    paneer tikka in oven
    Paneer tikka

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    Paneer Tikka in Oven

    Paneer tikka is a popular paneer starter at restaurants. Indian cottage cheese marinated with perfect blend of spices and grilled in oven.
    Course Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Marination 1 hour hour
    Servings 4 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 200 gm Paneer block
    • 3 tablespoon Sour cream or hung curd
    • ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder
    • ½ teaspoon Chaat masala
    • ½ teaspoon Crushed black pepper
    • ½ teaspoon Tandoori masala powder optional , you can use garam masala if you like
    • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon Ajwain omam
    • Salt
    • Oil or butter to brush
    • ¾ cup Capsicum I used 3 colours mixed
    • 1 Onion cubed
    • 1 Tomato deseed, cubed
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    Instructions

    Prep paneer

    • Thaw the paneer firstly if using frozen. Cut them into bite size pieces.
    • Don’t cut the cubes too big as the marination won’t get infused inside the paneer. Cutting too small also will break while skewing.

    Make marination

    • Mix the sour cream, all the powders ,lemon juice, salt, ajwain and a tablespoon of oil to marinate the paneer pieces.

    Marinating

    • Marinate the paneer pieces, make sure you coat each and every piece, keep refrigerated at-least for an hour. (You can also marinate capsicum, tomato and onion too.
    • When you are ready to make, grease the skewers and a pan.

    Assembling paneer tikka

    • I used aluminium foil to wrap a wire rack and arranged the skewers over it. You can prick the foil in various places to enable the water drain as it gets roasted.
    • Pre heat the oven to 250oC. (my oven has only 230o C as maximum, so you can bake at 230o C too, the outcome was good).

    Bake in oven

    • Arrange the paneer, capsicum and tomato in the skewers as shown in the picture. Brush them generously with oil.
    • Bake them for 15- 20 minutes or until the edges of paneer starts browning. Turn in-between once.

    Video

    Notes

    • Using metal skewer is recommended. I used wooden skewers, it got burnt though not totally, it just turned black. Otherwise no complains about it.
    • Just bake till the panner starts browning in the edges. If you over bake the paneer will turn rubbery.
    • If you have tikka masala powder, just mix it with curd and omit the powders, also note that it has salt in it too.
    • For hung curd just hang ¼ cup of curd in muslin cloth for an hour.
    • As it gets cooked, will get loosened and turning might be difficult, so use tongs to turn carefully without breaking the paneer.
    • Update: Soak the wooden skewers in water for at-least one hour before baking, which prevents burning of the skewers. Thanks friends for the suggestions 🙂
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    Step by step

    Prep paneer

    1. Thaw the paneer firstly if using frozen. Cut them into bite size pieces.

    cubed

    2. Don’t cut the cubes too big as the marination won’t get infused inside the paneer. Cutting too small also will break while skewing.

    3. Mix the sour cream, all the powders ,lemon juice, salt, ajwain and a tablespoon of oil to marinate the paneer pieces.

    marinade

    Marinating

    4. Marinate the paneer pieces, make sure you coat each and every piece, keep refrigerated at-least for an hour. (You can also marinate capsicum, tomato and onion too.

    marinated paneer cubes

    5. When you are ready to make, grease the skewers and a baking sheet pan.

    6. I used aluminium foil to wrap a wire rack and arranged the skewers over it. You can prick the foil in various places to enable the water drain as it gets roasted.

    Bake paneer tikka in oven

    7. Pre heat the oven to 250oC. (my oven has only 230o C as maximum, so you can bake at 230o C too, the outcome was good).

    8. Arrange the paneer, capsicum and tomato in the skewers as shown in the picture. Brush the tikka generously with oil or melt butter.

    skewed cubes

    9. Bake them for 15- 20 minutes or until the edges of paneer starts browning. Turn in-between once.

    Ready

    Once done, again brush them with ghee or butter and serve hot with green chutney and sprinkle some chaat masala and lemon juice over the paneer tikka and enjoy!

    paneer tikka in oven

    Grill option

    In case you have grill mode in oven, you need not set the temperature. Just choose that and switch on, with the pan inside it.

    It will be pre-heating and once done it will give a beep, then arrange the paneer in the pan and just set the time for 13-15 minutes. Your paneer tikka is ready.

    Mine gives beep sound when the preheat temperature is reached. But check how yours works or pre-heat it for 15 to 20 minutes.

    Combination

    If you are using this mode, you need to be careful with the vessel you use for baking.

    You have to use only the vessel/tray meant for it. Cannot use aluminium foil as its combination mode of microwave too.

    So choose the tray accordingly and the right one. My oven has 4 menu in this combination mode, for different kind/types of food.

    You have to check yours for what has to be chosen. I have not personally tried this one still.

    In this option also it has its default setting for temperature. So just have to set the time.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Satrupa

      January 24, 2011 at 10:08 pm

      Wow this paneer tikka looks absolutely gorgeous ! And what is this yellow chili powder ... I am hearing it for the first time.

      Cheers,
      Satrupa

      http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

      Reply
    2. Smitha

      January 24, 2011 at 10:35 pm

      if u soak the wooden skewers in water for about 1 hour atleast...they will not burn out easily....
      the paneer tikka skewers look very tempting and awesome...

      Reply
    3. Suja Sugathan

      January 24, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      Oh wow ,love it..this looks absolutely delicious and gorgeous.

      Reply
    4. Mahi

      January 24, 2011 at 11:19 pm

      Colourful recipe! I never tried making this.had once at a friends house!

      Reply
    5. Cilantro

      January 24, 2011 at 11:32 pm

      I just loved the color, never heard about yellow chilli powder. Looks delicious!

      Reply
    6. Cham

      January 24, 2011 at 11:43 pm

      Very appetizing paneer 🙂

      Reply
    7. aipi

      January 24, 2011 at 11:49 pm

      My all time favorite..they look very appetizing 🙂

      US Masala

      Reply
    8. jeyashrisuresh

      January 25, 2011 at 12:01 am

      already iam so tempted to buy an oven ,by posting yummy ones like this, the degree of my temptation is increasing.
      Great pictures and detailed explanations

      Reply
    9. Priya Sreeram

      January 25, 2011 at 12:04 am

      looks super yumm- make them the same way, loved it !

      Reply
    10. Ambika

      January 25, 2011 at 12:42 am

      The tikkas look wonderful!

      Reply
    11. Soumya

      January 25, 2011 at 12:48 am

      yummy tikkas...love to have it at any time...beautiful presentation

      Reply
    12. Sush

      January 25, 2011 at 1:23 am

      I'm drooling, want to make them today 😀
      Very neat presentation.

      Reply
    13. Hamaree Rasoi

      January 25, 2011 at 1:55 am

      Paneer looks perfect. Mouthwatering preparation.

      Deepa
      Hamaree Rasoi

      Reply
    14. ♥LOVE2COOK♥

      January 25, 2011 at 2:01 am

      Owh my...paneer tikka makes me salivate!!! Am so drooling right now 😉

      Reply
    15. Home Cooked Oriya Food

      January 25, 2011 at 2:21 am

      looks yummy... will try it...

      Reply
    16. Sharmilee! :)

      January 25, 2011 at 3:02 am

      Looks very colorful, nice detailed post. Looks very tempting

      Reply
    17. Shanthi

      January 25, 2011 at 3:16 am

      Colourful, inviting and excellent

      Reply
    18. Anonymous

      January 25, 2011 at 3:18 am

      Tikkas look lovely....and colourful too...:)

      Reply
    19. Laavanya

      January 25, 2011 at 3:25 am

      I make this often - so easy and tasty but mine doesn't look nearly as good as yours... 🙂 So tempting Raks.

      Reply
    20. Ms.Chitchat

      January 25, 2011 at 3:35 am

      Beautifully prepared paneer tikka, loved them. Clicks are excellent as usual :):)

      Reply
    21. Preeti Kashyap

      January 25, 2011 at 3:53 am

      They look perfect!

      Reply
    22. Nithya

      January 25, 2011 at 4:00 am

      Awesome looking tikka 🙂 I made somewhat similar version few weeks back but made it on tawa 🙂 Yours looks fantastic and needless to say the pics are brilliant 🙂

      Reply
    23. Swathi

      January 25, 2011 at 4:10 am

      Paneer tikka looks delicious and perfect

      Reply
    24. sanjeeta kk

      January 25, 2011 at 4:10 am

      Wow! Mouth watering tikkas, Raks. Love the way you have arranged all the veggies along with the paneer. Like the sour cream option too.

      Lite Bite

      Reply
    25. Jaishree

      January 25, 2011 at 4:25 am

      Wow! Paneer Tikka looks absolutely delicious and gorgeous.Nice click and beautiful presentation!

      Reply
    26. Roshan

      January 25, 2011 at 4:33 am

      nice recipe and super presentation...

      Reply
    27. Pavithra

      January 25, 2011 at 4:35 am

      Our fav one Raji..looks yummy and I am so much tempted seeing this before going to bed. Delicious 🙂

      Reply
    28. Prathibha

      January 25, 2011 at 4:35 am

      Love them...one of my favorite appetizer dear...Next time try adding kasuri methi,it definitely does wonder to it,it gives a very nice aroma n flavor...and regarding the skewers i read somewhere that if you dip the skewers in water fro 2-3 hrs they will not get burnt while baking.I haven't implemented yet,if you give a try lemme know too.

      Reply
    29. Radhika

      January 25, 2011 at 4:56 am

      Such lovely looking tikka. the clicks are awesome.

      Reply
    30. Divya Kudua

      January 25, 2011 at 5:08 am

      Yum..looks delicious!!Paneer Tikka is an absolute favorite but I seldom order it in restaurants now coz most of the times the paneer is bathed in Red colour!!This is a great recipe to try!!

      Reply
    31. Kurinji

      January 25, 2011 at 5:14 am

      speechless, simply superb....

      Kurinji Kathambam

      Event : Healthy Recipe Hunt - 1 (Aval/Poha/Riceflakes)

      Kurinji Kudil

      Reply
    32. Rekha shoban

      January 25, 2011 at 5:26 am

      colourful paneer tikka....suberb raji!!

      Reply
    33. jayasree

      January 25, 2011 at 5:37 am

      Colorful pics..I always make it on tawa..

      Reply
    34. Kalpana Sareesh

      January 25, 2011 at 5:55 am

      i love this dish and i was searching all over the blogs for a long time but was not satisfied with the recipe i got urs is damn perfect and am doing this def tomm...thank u so so much..

      Reply
    35. Gayathri Kumar

      January 25, 2011 at 6:20 am

      Absolutely delicious tikkas..

      Reply
    36. sowmya's creative saga

      January 25, 2011 at 6:21 am

      looks awesome.. am craving for some..

      Reply
    37. PriyaVaasu

      January 25, 2011 at 7:28 am

      Looks Awesome!! Very tempting!!! paarthale Pasikarathu!!! 🙂

      Reply
    38. Priti

      January 25, 2011 at 7:43 am

      Looks yummy....I do almost the same way ...got to post mine 🙂

      Reply
    39. Priya

      January 25, 2011 at 7:53 am

      Very irresistible paneer tikkas Raji..seriously am hungry now..

      Reply
    40. notyet100

      January 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm

      i have paneer in fridge i goona try this soon,...;-)

      Reply
    41. Kairali sisters

      January 25, 2011 at 2:45 pm

      Looks very very appealing and i am sure it must have tasted great too...

      Reply
    42. rekhas kitchen

      January 25, 2011 at 2:58 pm

      Looks so colorfull and tempting...

      Reply
    43. Happy Cook

      January 25, 2011 at 3:14 pm

      Wowo beautiful just like in a Indian restraunt;

      Reply
    44. Pari

      January 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm

      Dear Raji,
      Firstly gorgeous looking tikkas, worth drooling.

      I have been using yellow chili powder in my cooking and have written about it in my blog sometime in detail, check here
      http://cooking-goodfood.blogspot.com/2010/05/mixed-veggies-in-not-so-white-white.html

      Soaking the skewers for an hour in water prevents them from burning plus sliding the veggies in them becomes easier and I agree with Prathy, kasoori methi adds amazing flavour to the tikkas, do try it next time.

      Reply
    45. swapna

      January 25, 2011 at 7:39 pm

      Delicious and tempting paneer tikka...have to try ur version in oven!!

      Reply
    46. Jackie

      January 25, 2011 at 8:08 pm

      Looks so lovely and I absolutely love the burst of colors! Did you use homemade of store-bought paneer; the texture looks perfect.

      JACKIE at PHAMFATALE.com

      Reply
    47. Jisha

      January 25, 2011 at 9:39 pm

      wow..that looks awesome...very very delicious and loved your presentation too...BOOKMARKED..

      Reply
    48. Namrata

      January 26, 2011 at 1:13 am

      Looks absolutely delish..nice write up too 🙂

      Reply
    49. G

      January 26, 2011 at 4:23 am

      They look so delicious..I want to have some right way..Great clicks!!

      G
      http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

      Reply
    50. Prathima Rao

      January 26, 2011 at 6:52 am

      These look too yummm....!!! Amazing collection of recipes u have here & now happy to be following u!!

      Reply
    51. Yummy Team

      January 26, 2011 at 7:18 am

      Really tempting paneer tikka..Loved the colorful pics..

      Reply
    52. My attempt at The Julie/Julia project

      January 26, 2011 at 9:10 am

      Wow.. that looks amazing.. love the clicks... love the recipe..
      hey thanks a lot for stopping by my blog and ur support 🙂

      Reply
    53. Anonymous

      January 26, 2011 at 10:31 am

      Yum, Paneer tikka looks delicious! I will definitely try it!

      Reply
    54. vidhas

      January 26, 2011 at 10:31 am

      wow!! Raji delicious recipe.Detailed explanation i hve only a oven with grill. Surely i will try this,

      Reply
    55. Umm Mymoonah

      January 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm

      Yummy looking tikkas with clear explanation.

      Reply
    56. Sarah Naveen

      January 26, 2011 at 3:33 pm

      oh wow!!! this is awesome...i m lovin it!!!

      Raks , i am gonna try your oats idli today..looks so tempting 🙂

      Reply
    57. Rachu

      January 26, 2011 at 5:56 pm

      awesome tikkas... love to take a hot bite..

      ammaandbaby.blogspot.com/

      Reply
    58. Megha

      January 26, 2011 at 7:20 pm

      Oh.. and I forgot to mention I love the pictures and the way you give away the recipe and this helpful information about using the oven 🙂

      Good, really helpful!

      Megha 🙂

      Reply
    59. Krithi's Kitchen

      January 27, 2011 at 2:06 am

      Paneer tikkas looks so inviting...

      Reply
    60. Premalatha Aravindhan

      January 27, 2011 at 2:07 am

      Excellent colour,nice info too...Lovely arrangement with the veggies...

      Reply
    61. Aruna Manikandan

      January 27, 2011 at 7:09 am

      Paneer tikka looks very tempting dear 🙂
      lovely clicks!!!!

      Reply
    62. Sayantani

      January 27, 2011 at 9:35 am

      tempting tikkas. amazingly charred.

      Reply
    63. Malar Gandhi

      January 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm

      Looks beautiful...quite tempting to me...awesome:)

      Reply
    64. Cynthia

      January 28, 2011 at 1:40 am

      Bookmarked!

      Reply
    65. Lavi

      January 28, 2011 at 5:25 am

      LOVE IT!, i tried last weekend, but i burnt the stick, rather than baking the paneer and veggies:)

      Reply
    66. Gulmohar

      January 28, 2011 at 9:25 pm

      Oh my ! Fabulous ! One of the best and most popular appetizers ever 🙂
      I was about to tell you that if you soak the skewers in water for a couple of hours it will not burn (though I forget it half the time !)Then I saw that you already got that suggestion 😀

      Reply
    67. Vaishali Sharma

      January 29, 2011 at 6:21 am

      OH..Those paneer tikka looks so delicious!

      Reply
    68. Anonymous

      February 01, 2011 at 6:07 pm

      Nom Nom Nom! Irresistable paneer!

      Reply
    69. Ramya

      February 07, 2011 at 1:16 pm

      Looks soo fabulous ...and great presentation:-)
      First time here...love ur collection n clicks..:-)happy to follow u!!

      Reply
    70. Seetha

      April 24, 2012 at 10:26 am

      Colorful, inviting..

      Do drop in here
      http://seethaskitchen.blogspot.com

      Reply
    71. Prachi Daroch

      September 02, 2012 at 7:59 am

      Looks good to me will try today ... thanks for updating it along with pics it really add value to the recipe

      Reply
    72. Aarthi Nithyananda

      November 05, 2012 at 12:44 pm

      i tired lots of dishes from u .it really very yummy and taste 🙂

      Reply
    73. mkris

      December 10, 2012 at 3:49 pm

      I feeeel like just grabbing it out of the images and eating 🙂 Nice pictures too

      Reply
    74. Venkata Madhavi

      December 24, 2013 at 11:53 am

      hi I have tried all the recipes and all of them have come well and tasty too, Thank u for ur delicious recipes

      Reply
    75. Chinky Jain

      January 18, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      Tried it!! loved it....thank u 🙂

      Reply
    76. Yuvi Sri

      May 31, 2014 at 2:56 am

      how to make it in a pan?

      Reply
    77. Nivedhitha Arvind

      July 08, 2014 at 1:51 pm

      in which mode have u done this tikka..convection or grill mode

      Reply
    78. Raks anand

      July 08, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      Grill mode

      Reply
    79. Kalaivani Lakshmanan

      July 08, 2015 at 12:35 am

      I tried baking at 230C in convection mode and my panner tikka got burnt :(...pls advise what went wrong. Thanks

      Reply
    80. Raks anand

      July 08, 2015 at 12:49 am

      Reduce the baking time by 2 or 3 minutes.

      Reply
    81. S. Raja

      February 07, 2017 at 1:24 pm

      I want to try this in grill mode. Should I have to grease oil in the aluminium foil sheet wrapped on the high rack in the preheating process?

      Reply
    82. Raks anand

      February 07, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      Yes, you should grease to avoid paneer sticking to it.

      Reply
    83. S. Raja

      February 27, 2017 at 2:54 pm

      Hi, want to try this recipe using rotisseries nd this is the first time i'm using grill mode so I want to know whether I ve to preheat when I use this.

      Reply
    84. Raks anand

      February 27, 2017 at 3:47 pm

      Yes you have to preheat.

      Reply

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