Afghanistan Paneer [ mugalai dish ]

Ingredients :

• Paneer - 300 gm [ cut in to squre pieces ]
• Green chillies - 4 to 5
• Salt - as required
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
• Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp
• Melon seeds - 1 tbsp
• White pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
• Dry ginger powder - 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
• Fresh cream -  2 tbsp
• Grill stick - 2 to 3
• Coriander leaves - little
• Lemon juice - 2 tsp
• Butter - 2 tsp
• Chat masala - little
• Onion rings - few [ for garnishing ]

Marinate :

Grind cashew, poppy seeds, melon seeds and green chilli in a mixer to a smooth paste. Take a bowl, add the ground masala along with milk, cream, dry ginger powder, garam masala, pepper powder,   salt and mix well with out lumps. The batter should be like idli batter. Immerse the paneer in the batter for 1/2 an hour. The paneer should get coated completely with the batter. Then remove each piece and apply butter on that and grill till it becomes golden colour. [ You can use electric grill or tandoor or normal grill ie iron tawa ].  

I used Air Fryer and Iron tawa wherein:

1. I placed the (coated) paneer in the Air fryer (at 180 degrees Celsius) for around 10 mins;
2. After that I removed it from the Air fryer & kept the same in the iron tawa for 3-5 minutes so that oil doesn't gets consumed too much.
3. Remove from the tawa & garnish with onion rings & fresh coriander leaves.

Your dish is ready & serve the same as a Starter.