Peri Peri Paneer With Cheese Sauce | Easy Paneer Recipe

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Peri Peri Paneer With Cheese Sauce | Easy Paneer Recipe

This Diwali & Holiday season, try this chatpata, spicy peri peri paneer topped with creamy cheese sauce. It is an explosion of flavors in the mouth like a Diwali firecracker.

You will surely go for the second and third servings. This piri piri paneer is going to be a total crowd-pleaser.

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: appetizers, Side Dish, Starter

Cuisine: Indian, north indian, South Indian

Servings:

Calories: 610kcal

Author: Kushi

Ingredients

2 cups Paneer , cubes (250 grams approx)
2 tablespoon Cornstarch or corn flour
2 tablespoon All purpose flour or Maida
¼ to ½ teaspoon Salt , adjust to taste
3 tablespoon Water (approx)
1 to 2 tablespoon Peri Peri mix (read steps below)
Oil , for frying

For The Cheese Sauce

1 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Flour
½ cup Milk
½ cup Cheese , grated or sliced
½ teaspoon Peri Peri or Chile powder (optional)
Salt , pinch
Cilantro or Coriander leaves for garnish

Instructions

Frying The Paneer

Add paneer cubes, cornflour, all-purpose flour (maida), salt, and mix in a bowl. Now add water little by little so that the paneer is well coated.
2 cups Paneer, 2 tablespoon Cornstarch, 2 tablespoon All purpose flour, ¼ to ½ teaspoon Salt, 3 tablespoon Water
Heat oil in a pan for frying. Once hot, drop the paneer and fry until crisp outside.
Oil
Transfer it to a bowl, and while it is hot, add peri peri mix and toss until well combined. Adjust the amount to taste. (Video Notes: I first added 1 tablespoon of store-bought peri peri mix directly, but I felt it is not spicy enough, and the peri peri mix was coarse. So then I ground some peri peri powder in a blender to smooth powder and added an extra 1 tbsp. When the powder is smooth, it gets coated with hot fried paneer easily. So, grind the powder if it is coarse and add.)
1 to 2 tablespoon Peri Peri mix

Making of the Cheese Sauce

Add butter to pan and heat on medium flame till it’s melted.
1 tablespoon Butter
Add flour and whisk continuously till the mixture bubbles and foams. Slowly add milk and whisk continuously. Once all the milk is incorporated, continue to simmer till the mixture thickens. Whisk occasionally to avoid burning from the bottom.
1 tablespoon Flour, ½ cup Milk
Add salt, chili powder or peri peri powder, cheese ¼ cup at a time and stir continuously till the cheese has melted on low flame.
½ teaspoon Peri Peri, Salt, ½ cup Cheese
Taste the sauce and adjust any seasoning. If you feel the sauce is too thin, only then add more cheese. Please note that the sauce starts to thicken as it cools down. Check out the video here.

Assemble Peri Peri (Piri Piri) Paneer With Cheese Sauce

Arrange fried paneer on a serving plate in a single layer. Top it with cheese sauce as needed and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve immediately and enjoy.
Cilantro

Notes

This paneer starter with cheese sauce tastes great when prepared fresh. So when you are ready to serve, fry the paneer and make the cheese sauce. It hardly takes 10 minutes if you have everything else ready.
I have used cheddar cheese. Use any melting cheese or cheese slices.
You can substitute paneer with mushroom or french fries.
I generally use peri peri mix from KEYA, BAKERS OR SMITH & JONES

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