Tofu and vegetable tikka

At last, I got sometime to write my first cooking blog post. Hope parents don't mind my crazy cooking ;-).

OK. I prepared this dish for the first time two months back... after Harshita's request to prepare Paneer Tikka from Sanjeev Kapoor's cook book that was lying on my refrigerator's top...with Sanjeev Kapoor smiling and asking us to use the book.

Like their father, my kids love grilled food and Paneer tikka is one of their favorite. So prepared this dish with Paneer and also tried with little bit tofu. But we settled with Tofu...now preparing only Tofu tikka ....the healthy version of Paneer tikka :-).

Here are the ingredients used:
- Tofu
- Mushroom
- Colored capsicums
- 3 tablespoons gram flour
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- little bit lemon juice
- 4 cardamom's powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel powder
- Few saffron threads
- 1 cup yogurt(curd)
- 1/2 teaspoon chat masala
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
- Salt to taste

And here is the preparation with pictures. Thanks to Harshita for patiently taking all the pictures and inspiring (actually bugging) me in writing this blog. Before writing preparation steps, let me add pictures of Tofu and vegetables to make it complete.





- Cut vegetables and Tofu into half inch squares

- Roast gram flour on medium heat until fragrant, add turmeric and mix well in a bowl.
- Add ginger garlic paste, white pepper powder, salt, lemon juice, cardamom fennel powder, saffron and yogurt, mix and prepare a batter.


- Add Tofu pieces and marinate for at least one hour. (we added chat masala for the picture ;-))


- Thread Tofu cubes and vegetable pieces (dipped in batter) onto the skewers. Roast in a grill or microwave (with Tandoori setting). Sorry... I can't give exact timing and temperature. Just try it out... the way you do for other grilled food.


- Roast them until cooked.


- Stick them to toothpicks and serve to your kids.


It took me one hour to prepare...but just one minute for kids to finish it off. I love it and my kids love it. Hope your kids love it too....

I would like to dedicate this blog post to my DEAR FATHER who is a great inspiration behind all my cooking. His motto...EXPERIMENT and if it tastes good...carry on...