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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Grilled Vegetable Kebabs

Summer is best time to grill outside and have fun with family and friends. One of the popular dish in my household for grilling is Kebabs. You can grilled pretty much any vegetables and fruits and put it in your Kebabs. Some of the vegetables you can use are eggplant,potato,colorful peppers, cucumber, squash, onions , pineapple, grape tomatoes, peeled whole garlic. You can also use paneer or extra firm organic tofu in your Kebabs.

Ingredients:-

For Kebabs:-
(1). One cup red onion cut in big pieces
(2). One cup pineapple cut in big pieces
(3). One cup cucumber cut in big pieces
(4). One cup square thick cut Paneer or Tofu
(5). Any other vegetables if you like such as tomatoes,potato, squash, eggplant
(6). Wooden skewers soaked in water for 45 minutes so that skewer don't catch fire on grill

For Marinade:-
(1). half cup olive oil
(2). half cup lemon juice
(3). 2 table spoon honey
(4). salt to taste
(5). 2 teaspoon black pepper powder
(6). 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning(includes oregano, basil etc)
(7). 1 teaspoon of red chili powder (optional)
(8). 2 table spoon fruit juice or orange juice(optional)

Recipe:-
Take vegetables in big foil pan and pour marinade sauce. Cover it with plastic wrap Keep it for 45-60 minutes in refrigerator. If you are in hurry please at least keep it for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
Marinade Vegetables
If you are using potato, cut it into chunk size pieces and boil it in microwave until it becomes fork Thread marinated vegetables, fruit and paneer(tofu) into skewer in colorful assortment. Keep marinade in cup.

vegetable in skewer
Grill the kebabs on medium flame for up to 7-10 minutes, turn the side often to get charring effect on all sides on vegetables. Add marinated sauce occasionally  to keep kebabs juicy and moisten.
Grilled Kebabs
Enjoy your kebabs.


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