Healthy recipe: Paneer Shashlik with BBQ sauce

Try this healthy, pure vegetarian, low calorie and easy to make paneer shashlik and barbeque sauce for dinner today.

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Written By: Bhakti Paun Sharma | Updated : February 25, 2016 9:39 AM IST

Sizzlers are a hot favourite across all age groups. If made correctly, they can be a healthy option. You may skip certain items like the fried rice or noodles and the fries or wedges that are usually served with Sizzlers and choose to saut the veggies is minimum oil. The paneer shashlik can also be made sans any calories along with the delicious barbeque sauce. Celebrity chef and culinary expert Rakhee Vaswani shares the recipe for a health paneer shashlik with barbeque sauce in her book Picky Eaters.

For the paneer shashlik

Ingredients:

  • 150gms paneer, cut in cubes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • Few toothpicks

For the barbeque sauce

Ingredients:

  • tsp mustard paste
  • tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp tomato ketchup
  • tsp chili sauce
  • tsp garlic paste
  • tsp chili flakes
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs

Method:

  1. Season the paneer with pepper and salt and insert a toothpick to arrange it as you would on skewers.
  2. Mix all the barbeque sauce ingredients in a bowl.
  3. Now place the paneer along with the toothpicks in the bowl for marinating it.
  4. In a shallow pan, brush some olive oil and place the paneer. Grill it on the pan till it turns light brown on each side.
  5. Serve it with a sweet and spicy Chinese dip or some green chutney.

This recipe can be a meal in itself and is best suited for a light dinner. Here s why you should eat light dinner. You can also serve it as a starter for parties. Since there are hardly any spices in the shashlik, it is a kid friendly recipe too.

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