The
hara paneer tikka featured here was specially made in time for the
May Monthly Mingle of Appetizers & Hors'doeuvres hosted by Mansi Desai of Fun and Food Blog - do go over the link for the round up of the event - It's a feast out there! For reasons I already detailed
here these could not be posted in time. This is an item I innovated in compulsion instead of my usual paneer tikkas - since P bought 2 big bunches of corainder, and 1 bunch of mint! It turned out refreshingly tasty, and even my son (P Jr.) kept asking for more:), and what's more - this one is the simplest appetizer I have made!
Paneer: I used whole milk to prepare the paneer as I had done here but set it in a tube so that a cylindrical block of paneer was formed, which I later cut into 1/2cm thick roundels.
This time I sprinkled about 1/4tsp. of spiced garlic powder and added 1/2 tsp. salt to the milk. The paneer had a very light garlic flavor. Poke each paneer piece with a fork once. I got the idea of spiced paneer from Arundathi
here.