Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza
Naan pizza topped with marinated tandoori paneer, spicy tangy crunchy veggies and cheese along with generous amount of minty yogurt sauce!
Who does not like tandoori paneer?!?! It is extremely flavorful and versatile. There are so many ways to use tandoori paneer. For example, curries, paninis, kathi rolls, wraps, salad and everyone’s favorite, Pizza! This recipe uses naan as a pizza base. Although you can certainly make your pizza base from scratch! Being a working mom of two kids, I try to find quick ways to make my meals and naans are my go to for that reason!
This marinated tandoori is extremely flavorful with spicy minty flavors. Paneer is like a sponge and soaks flavors so well! You can also use tofu for this recipe if you prefer, or any choice of protein that absorbs flavors easily. The longer you keep marinating the paneer, the better it tastes. I sometimes marinate paneer over the weekend and use it within couple of days. You can also marinate the paneer/tofu and freeze it. Simply thaw it when you need and use it in choice of recipes.
This pizza also has spicy cream cheese spread made out of plain cream cheese and Trader Joe’s spicy Bomba hot pepper sauce in addition to pizza sauce. One last thing to enhance the flavors is creamy minty yogurt sauce. Minty spicy yogurt complements tandoori flavors so well. And adds a touch of extra protein. I like to drizzle generous amount of spicy minty yogurt sauce on top of this pizza to complete the flavors.
We love making pizza on Friday with kids and just relax with glass of wine or cold beer while kids run around till they get tired LOL. I hope you guy like this Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza as much as we do. If you end up making this delicious pizza and like it, tag me on Instagram @myvegetarianroots. I also have few more tandoori flavor recipes that you might be interested in if you like this one
Happy and Healthy Eating!
Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza
Ingredients
Tandoori Paneer Ingredients
- 28 oz Tiny Cubes of Paneer You can also use tofu for this recipe if you prefer, or any choice of protein that absorbs flavors easily
- ½ cup Full Fat Greek Plain Yogurt
- 2 tbsp Tandoori Masala used Shaan or National Chicken Tandoori Masala (the spice mix is vegetarian!
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
- 1 tbsp Kasuri Methi
- ¼ cup Fresh Mint or 1 tbsp dry mint
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice
- 1 tbsp Oil preferably mustard oil
- 1½ tsp Minced Garlic
- 1½ tsp Grated Ginger
Other Ingredients
- 8 Large Naan
- 1 cup Finely Chopped Sweet Onions
- 1 cup Finely Chopped Peppers
- 2 Finely Chopped Jalapeños optional
- ¼ cup Cream Cheese
- 1 tbsp TJ's Bomba Peppers
- 1 cup Pizza Sauce or any pasta sauce of choice
- 2 cup Shredded Amul Cheese or White Chadder Cheese
- 1 tsp Chaat Masala
- ¼ tsp Red Chili Powder cayenne pepper works too!
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper
- ½ cup Finely Chopped Cilantro
- ¼ cup Finely Chopped Scallions
Yogurt Sauce
- ½ cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- ½ cup Sour Cream
- 1 Serrano Pepper
- 2 clove Garlic
- ½ cup Cilantro
- ¼ cup Mint
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
Instructions
Marinade Paneer
- Mix everything but paneer in a big wide bowl. Do not add any water to the marinade.
- Cut paneer in small cubes and mix with the marinade. Use your hand to coat each cube evenly without breaking it.
- Refrigerate it for 1-2 hours. The longer it marinates, the better it tastes! I like to marinate it over night.
Make yogurt sauce
- Blend all ingredients listed under yogurt sauce to make a grainy paste. Keep it refrigerated if making it ahead of time.
Make cream cheese spread
- Mix ¼ cup of plain cream cheese and 1 tbsp of TJ's Italian bomba peppers. Keep it refrigerated if making it ahead of time.
Prepare veggie mix
- Mix finely chopped onions, peppers, jalapeno, cilantro and scallions with chaat masala, red chili powder and black pepper.
Assembly
- Preheat oven on 450°F. Warm up naan for 3-4 minutes and take it out.
- Spread spicy cream cheese mix on each naan.
- Spread some pizza sauce on each naan.
- Sprinkle decent amount of shredded cheese on sauce layer.
- Top it with marinated paneer and then chopped veggies and on cheese layer. Sprinkle some more shredded cheese on top.
- Bake it on 450°F for 6-8 minutes or until the bottom of the naan is crispy.
- Once baked, take it out and drizzle some yogurt sauce on the pizza and serve it hot!
