Air Fryer Soya Chaap Tikka

Ingredients

• 500 g soya chaap sticks, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup thick yogurt
• 1.5 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste (optional)
• 1 tsp garam masala (optional)
• Juice of 1/2 lemon (optional)
• Salt, 2 tbsp oil
• Sliced onion, to serve (optional)
• Chopped coriander, to garnish (optional)

Steps

1. Pat the soya chaap pieces dry.
2. Whisk the yogurt, chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, lemon juice, salt and oil into a thick marinade.
3. Coat the chaap pieces evenly in the marinade, cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, ideally 2 hours.
4. Preheat the air fryer to 200°C for 3 minutes.
5. Thread onto skewers if you like, or arrange directly in the basket in a single layer.
6. Air fry for 12-14 minutes, shaking or turning halfway, until charred at the edges.
7. Scatter with chopped coriander and serve with sliced onion.

Tip: Soya chaap drinks up marinade fast but also dries out fast under high heat since it has no fat of its own - don't skip the oil in the marinade, and pull it the moment the edges char, since a few extra minutes turns it rubbery instead of tender.

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