Broccoli and Paneer Tikki ( Healthy Starter) recipe (2024)

ब्रोकोली पनीर टिक्की रेसिपी | ब्रोकोली टिक्की | ब्रोकोली ओट्स पनीर टिक्की | हेल्दी नाश्ता - हिन्दी में पढ़ें (Broccoli and Paneer Tikki ( Healthy Starter) in Hindi)

બ્રોકલી અને પનીરની ટીક્કી ની રેસીપી - ગુજરાતી માં વાંચો (Broccoli and Paneer Tikki ( Healthy Starter) in Gujarati)

Preparation for broccoli and paneer tikki

1. To prepare the broccoli and paneer tikki, clean a broccoli head and chop it finely. If you are someone who doesn’t like the flavour of raw broccoli much then blanch the florets and chop them before making the broccoli paneer tikki mixture.
   
2. Take a cube of paneer and crumble it or you can even grate it. Watch this video and learn how to make paneer.
   
3. Transfer the oats to a broad non-stick pan and roast it for 2 minutes or till they are light brown.
   
4. Remove the roasted oats and keep aside.
   
5. Measure all the remaining ingredients and keep ready to prepare the broccoli paneer tikki.
   

Mixture for broccoli and paneer tikki

1. To make the mixture for broccoli and paneer tikki, heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan.
   
2. Once the oil is hot, add the onions.
   
3. Add the garlic
   
4. Add green chillies.
   
5. Sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
   
6. Add the broccoli Add salt, mix well.
   
7. Sauté on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
   
8. Remove from the flame, transfer to a deep bowl and allow it to cool completely.
   
9. Once cooled, add the oats.
   
10. Add the paneer.
    
11. Mix well and our mixture for broccoli and paneer tikki is ready.
    
12. Divide the mixture into 11 equal portions.
    
13. Shape each portion into a 50 mm. (2”) diameter flat round tikki.
    

How to cook broccoli and paneer tikki

1. To cook thebroccoli paneer tikki |broccoli oats paneer tikki|healthy Indian broccoli tikki, heat a non-stick tava (griddle).
   
2. Grease it with ½ tsp of oil.
   
3. Place the broccoli and paneer tikki on the tava and cook the bottom side lightly.
   
4. Flip, pour ½ tsp of oil and cook all the tikkis till they turn golden brown in colour from both sides. This being a healthy recipe, we are making use of very less oil but, to make it more crispy, you can shallow fry the broccoli cottage cheese tikki.
   
5. Remove thebroccoli paneer tikki |broccoli oats paneer tikki|healthy Indian broccoli tikkiin the plate.
   
6. Serve the broccoli and paneer tikki immediately with green chutney or garlic chutney.
   

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Q. What are Tikkis?Tikkis are small round or oval-shaped snacks, usually around 2 or 3 inches in diameter. Normally, potatoes are mixed with other ingredients like herbs, spices, dals, sprouts and other veggies too. This dough-like mixture is then shaped and cooked. They can be deep-fried or shallow-fried. Nowadays, we also encounter healthy versions that are baked or tava-cooked. We also see health-conscious people going for ingredients like oats and nachni flour to bind their tikkis instead of mashed potatoes.
2. Q. Can i replace oats wtih cornflour inbroccoli and paneer tikki? Yes you can try using cornflour. But remember that oats is far healthier to use.

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