Easy Paneer Chilli | How To Make Chilli Paneer | Paneer Manchurian

How to make easy paneer chilli? spicy paneer appetizer, starter, side dish recipe #vegetarian #indian

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Easy Paneer Chilli | How To Make Chilli Paneer | Paneer Manchurian

Paneer Chilli is a popular, spicy, and flavorful Indo-Chinese vegetarian starter or appetizer recipe where paneer cubes are tossed in a simple, easy, aromatic sauce. This dish can be prepared in less than 30 mins.

These are better than any restaurant-style paneer as this requires fewer sauces, no MSG or fancy sauces, or any food color.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Starter

Cuisine: Indian, Indo-Chinese, north indian, South Indian

Servings:

Calories: 609kcal

Author: Kushi

Ingredients

To Fry Paneer Cubes

2 tablespoon All-purpose flour or Maida
2 tablespoon Cornflour or Corn starch
½ teaspoon Salt
2 cups Paneer cubes (200 to 250g)
Oil , for frying

TO MAKE CHILI SAUCE FOR PANEER

2 tablespoon Oil
3 Dry red chilies , chopped into small pieces
2 tablespoon Garlic cloves , finely chopped
1 tablespoon Ginger , chopped
1 Onion , cut into cubes
½ Bell pepper or Capsicum, cut into cubes
1 tablespoon Spring onions or Green onions, more for garnish
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornflour or Cornstarch
½ cup Water
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoon Coriander leaves , for garnish.

Green Chili Sauce (This is optional. You can even use 1 tablespoon store-bought green chilli sauce)

6 to 8 Green chilies (adjust to taste)
½ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vinegar

Instructions

Step I - If you are making green chile sauce at home:

In a blender, add green chilies, salt, and vinegar and grind it to paste. You can use 1 tablespoon store-bought green chile sauce if readily available. Else, simply chop and add 3 green chilies with 1 teaspoon vinegar to the recipe.
6 to 8 Green chilies, ½ tsp Salt, 1 tsp Vinegar

Step II - For frying the paneer

In a bowl, add flour, corn starch, salt, water little by little (approx 3 tbsp), and mix to form a batter that is not too thick or thin. Toss paneer cubes in this batter.
2 tbsp All-purpose flour, 2 tbsp Cornflour, ½ tsp Salt, 2 cups Paneer cubes
Heat oil in a pan for frying on medium flame. Once the oil is hot, add paneer cubes (from above) and fry until the batter turns crispy and golden brown. In total, it takes about 4 minutes to fry. Transfer it to a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Keep this aside.
Oil

Step III - Making of chilli paneer

In a pan on medium heat, add oil. Once hot, add dry red chilies and saute for 30 seconds. Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Add ginger and saute for a few more seconds.
2 tbsp Oil, 3 Dry red chilies, 2 tbsp Garlic cloves, 1 tbsp Ginger
Now add onions, turn the flame to high and saute for a minute. Add capsicum and continue to saute for another 30 seconds. Add 1 tablespoon of green chili paste (store-bought or prepared above), green onions, salt, sugar, and mix. You can check making of chilli paneer.
1 Onion, ½ Bell pepper, 1 tbsp Spring onions, ½ tsp Salt, ½ tsp Sugar
Meanwhile, add 1 tablespoon of cornflour in a bowl with ½ cup of water and mix to form a slurry.
1 tbsp Cornflour, ½ cup Water
Add this slurry to the dish along with soy sauce and toss to combine and cook till the gravy thickens - it takes about a minute.
1 tbsp Soy sauce
Finally, add fried paneer and cook for two minutes so that they are heated through. Garnish with some more spring onions, coriander leaves, and toss to combine.
2 tbsp Coriander leaves

Video

Notes

Paneer can be shallow fried in a pan, grilled in oven or bbq, or deep-fried. I have shallow fried.
Don't fry the paneer for a long time as it will make the paneer hard and chewy. Total fry time should be between 2 to 4 minutes.
Vary the sauces and spices to your taste.
Do not add too much cornflour, as this will make your dish starchy and spoil the taste.

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