Cheese Paneer Tikka Open Sandwich in Air Fryer on Sourdough
Make this crispy paneer tikka cheese sandwich in your air fryer. Spiced paneer, melted cheese, and crisp sourdough ready in 30 minutes. Perfect quick snack or light meal.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
For Paneer Mixture
- ¼ cup Hung Curd/Thick Yogurt - Yogurt should be strained with minimal or no water
- 250 gms Paneer / Firm Tofu -Indian Cottage Cheese
- 1 Medium Size Tomatoes Cut lenght wise
- ¼ Large Peppers/Capsicum Cut lenght wise
- 1 medium size Onion
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala -as per taste
- 1 teaspoon Red chilly powder -as per taste
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Fenugreek leaves
- tablespoon Garlic grated or paste
- ½ tablespoon Ginger grated or paste
- Salt
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 2 tablespoon Mustard oil -or Vegetable Oil
- 1 teaspoon Oil -Vegetable or Mustard to cook
For Sandwich
- 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese Mozarellao can be used too, as required
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 4 Sourdough Bread Slices Regular Thick bread can be used too
- 2-3 tablespoon Green Coriander Chutney
Instructions
Marinating Paneer/Tofu
- Cut the paneer or tofu into cubes.250 gms Paneer / Firm Tofu
- In a bowl, add Paneer, Yogurt, ginger, garlic, turmeric, red chilly powder, Garam Masala, crushed fenugreen leaves, salt, lemon juice, and oil.¼ cup Hung Curd/Thick Yogurt, 1 teaspoon Garam Masala, 1 teaspoon Red chilly powder, ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder, 2 tablespoon Mustard oil, Salt
- Gently coat the marinate evenly on all the pieces.
- Keep it aside for 10 minutes. One can make this ahead of time and refrigerate.
Preparing the stuffing
- Meanwhile cut the onion, Tomaotes and peppers lengthwise.1 Medium Size Tomatoes, ¼ Large Peppers/Capsicum
- After 10-15 minutes, add oil in a heavy bottom pan.
- once hot, add onion and cook for 1-2 minutes on medium to high flame.
- Once the onion turns soft, add pepper and cook for a minute.
- Now add the tomatoes and cook for a minute.
- Now add the marinated panner and mix everything gently.
- Continue cooking this on medium to high flame.
- The panner mixture will release some water, but soon it will evaporate.
- Cook this for 2-3 minutes, and then switch off.
- Remove the mixture to a plate and allow it to cool completely.
Assembling and grilling the sandwich in air-fryer
- Preheat the air fryer to 180 Deg C/F.
- Take 2 Bread slices.
- Spread some butter on both the slices.
- Spread some Green Coriander Mint Chutney or just Green Coriander Chutney.
- Now add the cooled paneer mixture on top of this.
- Add grated cheese on top.
- Air Fry for 7-8 minutes until the cheese is melted and you see slight brown marks.
Grilling the sandwich in a pan on a stove
- Heat a tava or a griddle on slow stove.
- Take 2 Bread slices.
- Spread some butter on both the slices.
- Spread some Green Coriander Mint Chutney or just Green Coriander Chutney.
- Now add the cooled paneer mixture on top of this.
- Add grated cheese on top.
- Cover and cook it on slow until the cheese is melted.
- Serve the sandwich warm with Green Coriander Mint Chutney, Tomato ketchup or Mayo.
Notes
Use Strained yogurt, if yougurt has high water content, your paneer mixture will be watery.
Do not overcook the paneer. Overcooking might break the paneer cubes and then you will not get the perfect texture.
Cool down the mixture completely. If not done, the sandwich might get soggy.
Do not skip the green chutney, it is one of the important ingredients in this sandwich.
One can make this in a hot pan, too, instead of an air fryer.
If making in a pan, do it on slow stove only. High stove might burn the bread from bottom.
One can make this using regular bread instead of sourdough bread.
Serve it warm only. If the sandwich gets cold, cheese will set and will be firm, which would not taste good.
One can serve this as a Brunch along with salad or french fries.
