An exotic, easy to
cook cottage cheese kebab for vegetarians
Cottage cheese
800 gm
Carom (ajwan)
seeds 5 gm/1 tsp
Cream 20 ml/4
tsp
Cumin (jeera)
seeds 5 gm/1 tsp
Egg 1
Garam masala
10 gm/2 tsp
Gram flour (besan)
30 gm/2 tbs
Salt to taste
Turmeric (haldi)
powder 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp
White pepper
powder 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp
Cut
cottage cheese into 2 inch cubes. Sprinkle cumin, carom,
white pepper, turmeric, salt and half the garam masala on
the cheese and set aside for 15 minutes. Whisk egg in a
bowl. Add gram flour, cream and salt. Coat cottage cheese
pieces with the mixture and set aside for 45 minutes.
Skewer
the cottage cheese pieces 1 inch apart. Skewer a peeled
whole onion at the end to prevent the tikkas slipping out.
Roast in a moderately hot oven or charcoal grill for 12
minutes or in a preheated oven for 14 minutes.