Delicious paneer manchurian which taste so delicious with fried rice or noodles.
Paneer manchurian
Paneer Manchurian, my favourite. I love it to the core.. It goes well with pretty much anything. Fried Rice, Noodles, Naan, Chapati or even pulao.
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What is a Manchurian
Manchurian is an Indo-Chinese cuisine produced by cutting and deep-frying ingredients including chicken, cauliflower, prawns, fish, mutton, and paneer, and then sauteing them in a soy sauce-flavored sauce. The modification of Chinese cooking and seasoning techniques to suit Indian tastes resulted in Manchurian. It has
become a popular dish in Indian Chinese cooking. Paneer manchurian is a fried paneer and manchurian sauce Indo-Chinese appetiser.
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Ingredients for Paneer manchurian
Soy Sauce : Sweet, savoury, spicy, sour, and umami flavours and tastes are all present in the sauce.
Ginger Garlic paste : These two fresh spices can be a subtle flavour combination that elevates other ingredients, or they can be the dominant elements that give the dish its spicy but earthy flavour.
Spring Onion : Spring onions taste milder, they rarely taste extremely pungent and can be eaten raw because of their sweet taste and tender texture.
Green Chillies : Green chilies are used in this recipe to give it a fiery kick. The seeds and inner membranes of the pod could be removed to diminish the blazing hot flavour, as well as the heat of the pod.
Paneer Manchurian Dry Preparation
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Mix all the ingredients for batter to a little thick paste. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too thin. Dip paneer in batter and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.
- Now lets make the sauce. Heat oil in a pan, add in onion, celery, capsicum, tomato along with some salt and sugar. Keep cooking till it gets golden brown.
- Add in the ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 mins or so.
- chilli powder and mix well
- Add in water and bring it to a boil.
- Add in ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar and mix well
- Now add in little of the leftover batter or cornflour which is mixed with water and mix well, so the sauce gets thick.
- Once it is thickened add the fried paneer and mix well.
- Add in spring onion and mix well.
- Serve.
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Paneer Manchurian | Paneer Manchurian Recipe | Recipe for Paneer Manchurian
Ingredients
- Paneer - 200 grams cubed
For Batter:
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - ½ cup
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - ¼ cup
- Salt to taste
- Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
- Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Water - ½ cup or as needed
- Oil - 5 to 8 tblspn
For Sauce:
- Onion - 1 medium size chopped
- Celery - 1 chopped finely
- Capsicum - ½ chopped
- Tomato - 1 chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Green Chillies - 2 chopped
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Tomato Ketchup - 3 to 4 tblspn
- Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp or to taste
- Water as needed
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - 2 tsp mixed with some water
- Spring Onion a handful finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Mix all the ingredients for batter to a little thick paste. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too thin. Dip paneer in batter and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.
- Now lets make the sauce. Heat oil in a pan, add in onion, celery, capsicum, tomato along with some salt and sugar. Keep cooking till it gets golden brown.
- Add in the ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 mins or so.
- Add in chilli powder and mix well
- Add in water and bring it to a boil.
- Add in ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar and mix well
- Now add in little of the leftover batter or cornflour which is mixed with water and mix well, so the sauce gets thick.
- Once it is thickened add the fried paneer and mix well.
- Add in spring onion and mix well.
- Serve.
Paneer Manchurian Gravy Step by Step
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| Now take your other ingredients for batter |
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| take all purpose flour / maida in a bowl |
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| add in cornflour |
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| add in some salt |
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| and some ginger garlic paste |
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| add in some chilli powder |
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| and some soy sauce |
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| pour enough water to make a smooth paste |
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| like this |
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| the consistency shouldn't be too thick or too thin
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Paneer Manchurian Ingredients
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| Now take your other ingredients |
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| Dip paneer in the batter |
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| fry them till golden on both sides |
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| remove them to a plate |
How to Make Manchurian Sauce
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| IN the same pan, |
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| Add in onions, celery and chillies |
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| saute for 2 mins |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| saute for 1 more mins |
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| add in capsicum and tomatoes |
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| mix that well |
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| Add in some salt and sugar |
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| add in a bit of chilli powder |
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| and some water |
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| mix well |
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| Now add in tomato ketchup |
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| vinegar |
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| soy sauce |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| now add in some corn flour which is mixed with some water |
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| it will thicken up |
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| add in the paneer cubes |
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| mix well |
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| let it bubble up for few mins |
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| add in spring onions |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
Healthy Paneer Manchurian Dry
When you are cooking any indo chinese meals like noodles or fried rice, you need a perfect sidedish with it. This is one of the easiest yet quickest dish you could ever make. It is made with paneer, similar to chilli paneer but you don't have to bother with making a batter. So it is kind of instant. So try this and let me know how it turned out for you.
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese - 200 grams
- Onion - 1 medium size cubed
- Bell Pepper / Capsicum- 1 cubed ( I used green and red )
- Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn
- Soya Sauce - 2 tsp or to taste
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Green Chilli Sauce - 3 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - ½ tsp
- Water - ½ cup
- Coriander leaves or Spring onion for garnishing
NOTES:
Soak paneer in hot water till you fry them. This will keep them soft.
Method:
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in cubed paneer cubes and fry till light golden on both sides. Done over fry them, else it with turn hard.
- Add in onions, bell peppers and saute for a couple of mins.
- Now add in all sauces, salt and sugar. Add in water and bring it to boil.
- Simmer for a min.
- Garnish with spring onions or coriander leaves.
- Serve hot.
Pictorial:
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| Heat oil |
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| Add paneer cubes |
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| Fry till golden |
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| Add in onions, green and red peppers |
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| Saute for a couple of mins |
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| Add in ketchup |
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| Soy sauce |
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| vinegar |
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| and some green chilli sauce |
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| Add in salt and sugar |
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| Mix that up |
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| Add some water |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| Add in spring onion or coriander leaves |
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| Mix and serve |
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| Enjoy |
Krish Naren
Photos in your blog makes it very easy to understand. Perfect. I wish you well and please continue with your support and good work.
You blog mentions that we see your new recipe on Google plus. I cannot find yummytummy on google plus. Am I mispelling your blog's name/
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Anonymous
Yummy aarthi.....gonna try ths mouthwatering dish tom.....
Aarthi
@Krish NarenHere is my google plus
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107837722824812771528/posts
Krish Naren
@Aarthi
Thank you very much
Krish Naren
Thank you very much.
Anonymous
hi arthi
one question plz
if we dnt make paneer at home like you.. then what brand say type of paneer used in curry. because i tried it with cottage cheese ... it was melt imeediate.i want to remain chunks of paneer till end of cooking like you today dish.
Aarthi
@Anonymousu have to look for indian paneer not cottage cheese.
Sheena
Thanks in tonnes for this recipe..exact to d dot..n d pictures..super helpful..keeps u fm makng ny mistakes..dis wus d first recipe i picked for trial fm ur site..todays lunch wus paneer manchurian..d batter did gv me a few probs..all the coating jus fell off d paneer n surrounded it around d base..hehe..not all of it wus a mess..will rectify in d next trial..cut to d end..mil luved it..fil asked fr a repeat n hubby said nice..will try out oder recipes and definitely post about how it turnes out
Keep up d good work..u have made me luk forward to cuking more..once again..tanx a lot for the pics posted with d recipes..
Aparna
Thank you so much. I did tis last week. It came out well. Even my mother inlaw appreciated :p