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Chilli Paneer | Paneer Chili | Indo-Chinese Recipe

Dec 24, 2023 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Chilli paneer or Paneer chilli, an Indian fusion recipe with Chinese flavors. Indian cottage cheese cooked with Chinese sauces and spices. A famous side that can be enjoyed as a starter or as a side with flatbreads.

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Paneer Love

As a vegetarian, paneer, Indian cottage cheese, is an excellent protein source. We love to include paneer in our regular meal. This Poha paneer is a popular breakfast at home. A simple and hearty breakfast, gets done in minutes.

Both my kids love this quick and easy capsicum and paneer subzi, and this simple paneer curry . Quick and easy delicious dry curries, perfect for lunch box.

Both the kids don't mind any vegetable with paneer. Like this Paneer and corn subzi, my elder one despises corn, but he is fine when there is paneer along.

I usually pack roti rolls for their school dabba, this Chana paneer stuffed rolls is a super hit dish amongst their friends too.

These Pudina paneer bread rolls is such a hearty and healthy dinner idea. These bread rolls can be a huge hit for get togethers and can be made for a crowd. Why not try for you New year party?

Paneer Chili side dish

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Indo-Chinese Cuisine | Indian Chinese Cuisine

Indian Chinese cuisine or Desi-Chinese cuisine is a distinct style of Chinese cuisine adapted to Indian tastes, combining Chinese foods with Indian flavors and spices.
Indian vegetables and spices are used, along with a heavy amount of pungent Chinese sauces, thickening agents, and oil.

We have a variety of Adapted Chinese recipes in our cuisine, even the Chinese would be astonished. I have to admit, this is the first time i m making a Indian Chinese fusion at home.

We have so many options when we eat outside, so i was never tempted to make it at home. But during covid times, when the world shut down and we were all experimenting at home learning new things, I tried to move out of my comfort zone and learnt to cook new cuisines. The few Indo-Chinese recipes that are in the blog are result of that experimentation.

Today's Chili Paneer Recipe

I cannot quote just one source for this recipe today. I read and saw numerous videos to get the consistency, color and taste right. Voila, it is a hit! Kids and hubby were so delighted to taste Paneer chili and Gobi Manchurian dry for Lunch today.

My lil one brightly exclaimed "Hey, this taste exactly like kamat Gobi" there i earned my MasterChef title!!!! 

Coming to today's recipe, the only work here is to fry the paneer, if that is done, rest is a breeze. I have used a combination of flours for the batter as i dont use all purpose flour at home. If you are ok to use all purpose flour, kindly go ahead and replace the flour mix. 

How to make chili paneer

Ingredients for Finger Licking Chilli Paneer

  • Paneer : The main ingredient. I have used store bought paneer for this Indo chinese dish.
  • The flour mix : To deep fry paneer, i have used a flour mix of rice flour, besan and wheat flour. If you are fine with using All purpose flour, pls use it.
  • The Marinate : Paneer is marinated in the flour mix along with some turmeric powder chili powder and salt.
  • For the Sauce : Soy souce and tomato sauce. A roux made of corn flour and water to thicken.
  • Spices : Onion, green chili, ginger and garlic along with freshly pounded black peppercorns.
  • Vegetables : I have used a green capsicum and spring onions in this side dish. You can add more colorful peppers to this or just use onion and paneer also.
  • Garnish : Spring onion greens for garnish.

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Indo Chinese Paneer Chilli

Chilli Paneer | Paneer Chili | Indo-Chinese Recipe

Chilli paneer or Paneer chilli, an Indian fusion recipe with Chinese flavors. Indian cottage cheese cooked with Chinese sauces and spices. A famous side that can be enjoyed as a starter or as a side with flatbreads.
5 from 38 votes
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 225kcal

Ingredients

For the Paneer

  • 200 grams paneer
  • ¼ whole wheat flour
  • ¼ gram flour/besan
  • 2 tablespoon rice flour
  • 2 tablespoon corn flour
  • a pinch of turmeric powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder optional
  • salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

For the sauce

  • 2 onions
  • 1 green chili slited lengthwise
  • 2 fat cloves of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 inch piece of ginger finely chopped
  • ¼ cup of spring onions chopped
  • 1 green capsicum cubed
  • 1 tablespoon corn flour
  • 1 teaspoon peppercorns freshly pounded
  • 1.5 cups of water
  • 1 teaspoon salt to taste or to taste
  • 1½ tablespoon soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoon tomato sauce i used tomato-chili sauce
  • few greens of spring onions for garnish

Instructions

Prepare the paneer first

  • Mix together wheat flour, besan, rice and corn flour in a large bowl, whisk to combine.
  • To this add turmeric powder, red chili powder an salt, mix well to combine. Now to this add ¼-cup to ½ cup water and make a batter. The batter should neither too thick nor too thin. It should coat the paneer well
  • Heat oil in a sauce pan for deep frying the paneer, Dip the paneer slices into the batter and drop into hot oil and fry until golden brown.
  • While frying do not add more paneer cubes into the oil, they might clump together and not fry well.
  • Believe me, been there, done that, so i m giving you heads up! Drop only 4-5 cubes at a time, and do not crowd them together.
  • This frying part is a bit of a job, once this is done, rest is all breezy. So take care while fring the paneer slices.
  • Once the paneer turns golden brown, remove them with a slotted spoon, onto a kitchen towel. Repeat the same with rest of the paneer, keep aside until use.

Let us make the gravy 

  • Heat a pan, add oil, once it is hot, add chopped onion, garlic, chili and ginger to it and saute until translucent. Take care not to burn them, it will spoil the taste bad.
  • Now to this add spring onions and saute for a minute in high. Now to this add chopped capsicums and pepper to this and  saute for a minute in high.
  • To the veggies now add soy sauce and tomato sauce and stir. In a small bowl, mix corn flour and water together and add this to the pan, stir well. The sauce will start thickening almost immediately. Keep stirring for a minute
  • Now add the fried paneer, mix well. Take it off the stove. Garnish with spring onions greens and serve it warm with fried rice or Roti.

Nutrition

Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 1075mg | Potassium: 248mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 303IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 282mg | Iron: 1mg

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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  1. Rafeeda AR

    February 18, 2018 at 5:47 am

    For manchurian, deep trying is a must and that always makes me push out of it! The chilli paneer looks amazing, would be yum with some porottas... hehe...

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  2. Priya Suresh

    February 18, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    Chilly paneer looks fabulous Priya, even i tried chilly paneer using besan and rice flour and loved it. Am sure this flour mixture sounds good as well. Lovely dish there.

    Reply
  3. MySpicyKitchen

    February 19, 2018 at 12:16 am

    We go to Indo Chinese restaurants but I rarely cook Indo Chinese at home. Whenever I do cook, except for fried rice and noodles, I can't seem to get the taste and the consistency of the side dishes at home. Your version of chilli paneer looks great.

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  4. Srivalli

    February 19, 2018 at 5:32 am

    I am surprised that you have never made indo Chinese at home Priya..while this cuisine is so popular here, wish you had gone ahead and made that burma recipes too..still this one is one lipsmacking dish!

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  5. Mayuri Patel

    February 22, 2018 at 9:14 pm

    If you make paneer dishes twice a week, I'm coming to your house! My hubby doesn't like paneer dishes so can't make them that often. Love the chili paneer, looks so delicious. Send the link to the Main dish so that I can include it in the collage that I will make at the end of Feb.

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  6. Harini R

    February 23, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    Love chili Paneer. I have avoided these kind of recipes because it involves deep frying. Now that I have an air fryer, I am free of that guilt. Great job taking the plunge. Appreciate you on not using maida.

    Reply
  7. Chef Mireille

    February 25, 2018 at 5:26 am

    I have a huge block of paneer in my freezer - I should try this one for sure!

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  8. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    February 26, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Such a popular dish among kids and adults. I can eat Indo-Chinese food all day. I pan fry most of the time, but agree that deep frying would bring out so much more flavor.

    Reply
  9. cookingwithsapana

    February 26, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    Indo-chinese is our family favorite and I do make it once in a month or so. This chilli paneer gravy is calling me to make it soon.

    Reply
  10. Unknown

    March 02, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    chili paneer is our favorte dish when it comes to eating out and ordering chinese. Looking very tempting. I loved your utencils, looking for such pieces in pune.

    Reply
  11. www.annapurnaz.in

    March 03, 2018 at 10:46 am

    My family favorite chilli cheese, I make it at least once a month. Love the coating of paneer with besan, rice flour etc... must be very crunchy.

    Reply
  12. Suja Ram

    March 14, 2018 at 4:45 am

    Wow, such a nice and elaborate recipe Priya..Tempted to try this soon. Lovely pics too.

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  13. Mayuri Patel

    December 26, 2023 at 10:58 pm

    5 stars
    I love chilli paneer, but have not tried making it at home. I like how you've used a variety of flours instead of just corn starch. Saving your recipe to try out.

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  14. Kalyani

    December 27, 2023 at 7:03 am

    5 stars
    lovely captures of a classic favourite at home, and made so wonderfully..Paneer Chilly is something we ALL love at home, Priya..

    Reply
  15. Neha Neha

    December 28, 2023 at 10:38 pm

    5 stars
    Chili paneer in gravy - who would not love it. What amazes me is the coating of the paneer. You have used a combination of flours rather than all-purpose flour. That's a good idea. I'm so tempted to recreate this recipe your way. Wish me luck!

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  16. Seema Sriram

    January 01, 2024 at 3:43 am

    5 stars
    As we don't get much Indochinese, I rely on making these at home to have a restaurant-like dish at home. The paneer chilly turned out so good, our guests loved it too.

    Reply

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