Paneer Chilli

Paneer Chili recipe is one of my favorite Indo-Chinese recipe. Hot and spicy chili paneer is delicious delight anytime. Whether served as starter or served as side dish with Chinese fried rice or schezwan fried rice, it’s definitely going to leave your taste buds wanting for more.

Here is my version of making this famous Indo-Chinese recipe at home with no MSG which is Mono Sodium Glutamate or Chinese Salt. So the taste will be not like the one that you get in restaurants. But nevertheless they are healthier and nutritious.

Ingredients

• Paneer – 200 grams (Cut into cubes)
• Onion (chopped into small cubes)
• Yellow Capsicum (chopped into small cubes)
• Red Capsicum (chopped into small triangles).You can use any color for capsicum
• Corn flour – ¾ cup (for batter)
• Corn flour – 1 teaspoon (for thickener)
• All-purpose flour – 1 teaspoon
• Tomato sauce – ¼ cup
• Cooking oil for deep frying and preparing the gravy.
• Vinegar – 1 teaspoon
• Soy Sauce – 1 teaspoon 
• Red / Green Chili Sauce – 1 teaspoon
• Fresh Green Chilies – 4 to 5 (cross cut)
• Ginger Garlic Paste – ¼ teaspoon
• Ginger – 1 small piece (Finely chopped)
• Garlic Cloves – 2 to 3 (Finely chopped)
• Salt as per taste.
• Black Pepper powder – ½ teaspoon
• Sesame Seeds (for garnishing)
• Spring onion (chopped) {For garnishing}

Direction/method

1. First, marinate the paneer cubes.
2. Add paneer cubes into a mixing bowl.
3. Add ginger garlic paste, little bit of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper powder.
4. Sprinkle some all-purpose flour so that marinate binds completely.
5. Mix it well and keep them aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Next, prepare the batter for paneer cubes to deep fry them.
7. Add corn flour and some water in a mixing bowl. Make a thick smooth batter and ensure that there are no lumps.
8. Pour cooking oil into a pan to deep fry our paneer cubes and heat it on a medium flame.
9. When the oil is hot enough, dip the paneer cubes in the batter and add them into the hot oil for deep frying until they are golden brown in color. If you like to shallow fry the paneer, you can do so to make it a healthy dish.
10. When they are golden brown in color, take them out and keep aside.
11. Now prepare the gravy sauce for our fried paneer.
12. On the same pan, pour the 2 to 3 tablespoon of cooking oil
13. Add finely chopped ginger, finely chopped garlic, chopped onion cubes and green chilies and fry them slightly.
14. Now add yellow and red capsicum, and fry them for a minute until they are crunchy.
15. In the meantime, prepare the thickener.
16. Add 1 teaspoon of cornflour and add some water in a cup. Mix it well.
17. Add the corn flour thickener into the pan.
18. Add Tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar and red or green chili sauce.
19. Add ¼ teaspoon of black pepper powder and little bit of salt.
20. Mix all ingredients and let them fry for a minute.
21. Turn the flame off because you don’t want to add your fried paneer cubes right away because it may become soft. Wait for 5 minutes for the gravy to cool down and then add your fried paneer cubes into the pan.
22. Mix them well with the gravy and your paneer chili is ready.

Serve it hot and immediately and for garnishing, you can add sesame seeds & spring onions. Do try this recipe by yourself.

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