Tandoori Tikka
Tandoori Tikka – Relish a Low-Calorie Soya Dish
Soya chunks are an amazing alternative to meat for people who love vegetarian food. They are not only low in calorie but as well rich in vitamin B and contain soya protein. Special ways are used for cooking them and remain soft. The very tempting Soya Tandoori Tikka is a complete delight for veg lovers.
Tandoori Tikka is very aromatic and spicy in nature. With hot and sour taste, this dish comes with a strong flavor of cumin and coriander seeds. Spices used in Soya Tandoori Tikka are a complete mixture of different spices including garlic, ginger, cloves nutmeg red Kashmiri, chilly, cumin seed, coriander seed and many more.
These lip-smacking delicious tikkas are the perfect option for party snacks/starters. It takes little time to cook. So keep the sticks marinated a day before the party and grill them when required the next day. Soya tikkas are low calorie, rich in vitamin B. It means, you may find this dish quite healthy. Special soya chunks in it are absolutely a wonderful alternative to meat for vegetarians.
If you are looking to cook this dish at home, your first priority would be how to keep it soft. They need to be soaked in water for a few hours and then get boiled with salt for few minutes.
Tandoori Soya Tikka Recipe
- 250ml hung curd
- 1tbsp garlic paste
- 1tbsp ginger paste
- 1tbsp mustard oil
- 2tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1tbsp salt
- ¼ tsp. tandoori orange color
- ½ tsp. garam masala
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2tsp deghi mirch
- 2green chilies
- 1 cup Soya Chunks
- 2 large capsicums
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- Oil to baste
Method
- Soak soya nuggets in lukewarm water with salt for 15-20 min. Squeeze water from soya nuggets
- Stir the hung curd.
- Cut the onions into chunks of your choice. Also, cut the tomato and capsicum as per your choice.
- Mash all the ingredients, except hung curd and spice mixture.
- Scrub the marinade lightly on the soya pieces and the vegetables and marinate for 3-4 hours in the refrigerator.
- Stand-in and the vegetables among skewers leaving 1cm space between cubes.
- Arrange skewers poised across a grill. Grill soya thoroughly for about (7-8 minutes). Serve hot with onion rings.
Soya Tandoori Tikka is a complete delight for veg lovers. Maharaja Chaap is specialized to provide this dish in a corporate cafeteria, wedding functions etc. Special soya chaap starter and rolls counters are often made available for any function. So, ensure ordering this very tempting dish.