Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza
Naan pizza topped with marinated tandoori paneer, crunchy veggies and cheese along with generous amount of spicy yogurt sauce and sprinkle of chaat masala!
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 pizza base. Although you can certainly make your pizza base from scratch! Being a working mom of two toddlers, I try to find quick ways to make my meals and naans are my go to for that reason!
This tandoori paneer is marinated over night 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. The longer you keep marinating paneer, the better it tastes. I sometimes marinate paneer over the weekend and use it within couple of days. You can also marinate and bake this paneer in big batches and freeze it. When you like to use it, just toss it in the oven on 350 F for 7-10 minutes and it turns out as good as fresh! Then just use it in any form you like.
This pizza also has spicy cream cheese 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 spicy yogurt sauce. Minty spicy yogurt complements tandoori flavors. 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.
Happy and Healthy Eating!
Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza
Ingredients
Tandoori Paneer Ingredients
- 28 oz Paneer
- ½ cup Plain Yogurt
- 2 tbsp Tandoori Masala used 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
- 1½ tsp Garlic
- 1½ tsp Ginger
Other Ingredients
- 8 Large Naan
- 1 cup Sliced Sweet Onions
- 1 cup Sliced Peppers
- 2 Sliced Jalapeños optional
- ¼ cup Cream Cheese
- 1 tbsp TJ's Bomba Peppers
- 1 cup Pizza Sauce
- 2 cup Shredded Amul Cheese or Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 tbsp Chaat Masala
- ½ cup Chopped Cilantro
- ¼ cup 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 and Bake Paneer
- Blend everything but paneer in a blender to make a paste. Do not add any water to the marinade.
- Cut paneer in small cubes and pour the marinade over it. Use your hand to coat each cube evenly without breaking it.
- Refrigerate it for 8-12 hours. The longer it marinates, the better it tastes! I like to marinate over night.
- Once paneer is marinated, Preheat oven at 400°F. Place marinated paneer cubes in a single layer on a greased baking tray.
- Bake it for 20-25 minutes, mixing once in the middle.
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.
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.
- Place sliced onions, sliced peppers, jalapeños (optional) and baked paneer on cheese layer.
- Sprinkle some chaat masala and sprinkle some more shredded cheese on top of veggie and paneer layer.
- 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!
