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Chilli Paneer Recipe

Paneer pieces coated in a batter, deep-fried until crispy, and then tossed along with ginger, garlic, onion and capsicum in an Indo-Chinese savory sauce.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people
Calories 370kcal
Author Subhasmita

Ingredients

  • 250 grams Paneer Cubed
  • 2 tablespoon Cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon flour (maida)
  • ½ teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 4-5 tablespoons Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger minced
  • 1 large Onion cubed
  • 1 large Capsicum cubed
  • 1 Dry red chilli
  • 2 Green Chilli

For Stir fry Suace

  • 2 tabslpoon Soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Red chilli Sauce
  • ½ teaspoon Vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon Sugar
  • 4 tablespoon Water

Instructions

Make Stir-fry Sauce

  • Add all the ingredients mentioned under sauce to a bowl, mix and keep aside.

To make Chilli Paneer

  • In a big mixing bowl mix cornflour, flour, Kashmiri chilli powder and salt. Add cubed paneer pieces and toss.
  • Sprinkle few drops of water and mix gently by hand to coat the paneer. The mixture should just stick to the paneer.
  • In a wok of flat skillet add 2-3 tablespoons of oil. Once hot, arrange paneer cubes in a single layer. Keeping it apart preventing them sticking to each other. if the pan is small, shallow fry paneer in 2 batches.
  • Cook undisturbed for 2-3 minutes in medium-high heat. Then flip and cook until it is golden from all the sides.
  • Remove fried paneer cubes, drain excess oil and keep in plate.
  • To the same pan/wok add another 1 tablespoon of oil. When hot, add dry red chilli, green chilli, minced ginger and garlic. Saute for a minute until everything is aromatic.
  • Add in cubed onion and capsicum. Stir fry on high heat for about a minute.
  • Add fried cubed paneer pieces and prepared sauce. Toss on high heat for about 2 minutes until the sauce has thicken and sticks to the paneer cubes.
  • Garnish with spring onion while serving.

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Notes

    • To make Chilli Paneer Gravy - Add 1/4 cup more water(total would be 4 tablespoon+ 1/4 cup)  and 1/2 teaspoon of corn flour to the sauce mixture. 
    • Use good quality soy sauce for a more flavour. Kikkoman Soy sauce or Lee kum Kee
    • Adjust the amount of chilli as per your taste. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 465mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1312IU | Vitamin C: 59mg | Calcium: 317mg | Iron: 1mg