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# Paneer Tikka Naan Wrap
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/paneer-tikka-naan-wrap/
- Published: 2026-05-17T05:30:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T13:39:50.000Z
- Description: Naan wrapped around paneer tikka.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: India, Flatbreads, Naan & Sheermal, #auto-imported

**🇮🇳 India** · Family: [Naan & Sheermal](https://onesandwich.com/tag/naan/) · Region: India (Modern) · Heat: Mixed · Bread: naan

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Ingredients

naan · paneer · yogurt · spices · onion

The Paneer Tikka Naan Wrap is a modern Indian construction: a piece of *naan* folded around *paneer tikka*. The defining choice here is the carrier. *Naan* is a leavened, tandoor-style flatbread, pillowy and slightly chewy with a blistered surface, and using it as a wrap makes for a softer, breadier package than a thin griddle bread would. The bread is doing as much work as the filling; its slight sweetness and pull are the backdrop the charred, marinated cheese plays against.

The build is straightforward but the order matters. The *paneer tikka* is the anchor: cubes of fresh cheese marinated in spiced yogurt, then cooked until the edges take on char and the marinade tightens into a crust. The *naan* is warmed so it stays flexible enough to fold without cracking, then loaded with the *tikka* and typically dressed with sliced onion, a squeeze of lime, and a herb *chutney* or a cooling sauce. It is folded over rather than rolled tight, which keeps it closer to a stuffed bread than a cylinder. Good execution shows in *paneer* that is properly charred and still moist inside rather than dried out, *naan* warmed through but not toasted stiff, and enough sauce to bind without soaking the bread to mush. Sloppy versions show up as rubbery overcooked cheese, cold *naan* that splits at the fold, or a dry assembly with the marinade as the only moisture.

Variations track the marinade and the dressing. Some cooks lean the yogurt marinade hot and smoky; others keep it milder and let the *chutney* carry the punch. Onion can go in raw and sharp or quick-pickled. The same filling rolled tight inside a thinner griddle flatbread becomes a different animal, the *paratha*\-wrapped roll, which deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. Likewise the griddled closed-bread version of grilled *paneer tikka* deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. The through-line of the *naan* wrap is its softness: a tender leavened bread chosen specifically so the bread becomes part of the bite rather than a plain holder for the cheese.

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## More from this family

Other [Naan & Sheermal](https://onesandwich.com/tag/naan/) sandwiches in India:

- [Butter Naan](https://onesandwich.com/butter-naan/)
- [Cheese Naan](https://onesandwich.com/cheese-naan/)
- [Chicken Tikka Naan Wrap](https://onesandwich.com/chicken-tikka-naan-wrap/)
- [Garlic Naan](https://onesandwich.com/garlic-naan/)
- [Keema Naan](https://onesandwich.com/keema-naan/)
- [Naan](https://onesandwich.com/naan/)
- [Paneer Naan](https://onesandwich.com/paneer-naan/)
- [Peshawari Naan](https://onesandwich.com/peshawari-naan/)

[See all Naan & Sheermal sandwiches →](https://onesandwich.com/tag/naan/)