Chilli Paneer | Paneer Chili | Indo-Chinese Recipe

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.

Servings 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.

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