Chilli Paneer

 

 

 

Ingredients:

• Paneer 250 grams
• ¼ tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder...
• 3 tbsp corn flour
• 3 tbsp Maida
• 2 pinches pepper powder
• salt as needed
• water as needed
• 3 to 4 tbsps oil as needed for shallow frying
• Sauce for seasoning
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1 tbsp chilli sauce
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 2 tbsp chopped spring onions greens
• 2 tbsp chopped spring onion whites
• ½ cup cubed capsicum or bell pepper
• 1 medium onion cubed, layers separated
• 1 to 2 green chilies slit and deseeded
• ¼ tsp of pepper powder
• ½ tsp corn flour for dry chilli Paneer or 1 tsp for gravy

 

How to make the recipe-

Add cornflour, maida (optional) to a mixing bowl along with red chilli powder, pepper, salt and little water. For restaurant style chilli paneer which has a thick coating of flour, make thick batter.Heat oil in a pan for shallow frying,add paneer to the batter and coat them well.When the oil is hot, drop the batter coated paneer pieces in the oil one by one,fry them on a medium heat until crispy,remove the oil from the pan keeping 1 tbsp. Fry garlic until it smells good.Add onions, chilies and capsicum. Saute on a high flame for 1 to 2 mins. Stir in soya sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar and red chilli powder or paste.Add 2.5 tbsp water to the pan.

 

To make chilli Paneer dry-
Add half tsp corn flour to a bowl and mix with 2.5 to 3 tbsp water. Stir well.
Pour this mixture to the pan. Cook till the sauce thickens. Check the taste of the sauce. You can add more sauces or salt if you wish.
Next sprinkle pepper powder.
Add fried cubes and saute for 2 minutes. Add the spring onion greens.
 
Serve Paneer chilli hot as a starter.