Chilli paneer is my all time favorite, i make it quite often..I have posted it before in this blog, that is a little variation of this recipe. I wanted to post a updated version with new pictures. So i made it couple weeks back and sharing it here..I served it with egg fried rice and it turned out quite good..You can serve it with any fried rice veg or non veg or noodles..
This dry dish is good to have it as appetizer also..I will soon share a gravy version of it soon. You can check my other paneer recipes also..
So try this out and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
Onion - 1 large peeled and cubed
Capsicum / Bell Pepper - 1 large cubed
Garlic - 6 fat cloves chopped finely
Ginger - 2 cm piece chopped finely
Green Chilli - 3 cut in diagnols
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
Ajinomoto a pinch (optional)
Ajinomoto a pinch (optional)
Tomato ketchup - 2 tblspn or to taste
Red Chilli Sauce - 1 tblspn (or paste) or to taste
Green Chilli Sauce - 1 tblspn or to taste
Soy Sauce - 2 tsp or to taste
Vinegar - 1 tsp or to taste
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Spring Onion a handful finely chopped
For Frying:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 tblspn
Corn Flour / Corn Starch - 6 tblspn
Salt to taste
Sugar - ½ tsp
Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
Water as needed
Oil - 4 tblspn for frying
Method:
Heat 4 tblspn of oil in a pan. Take all the ingredients given for frying in a bowl, add in water and make it to slightly thin batter. Dip the paneer in the batter and fry till golden. Remove it to a plate.
Mix all the sauces in a bowl and set aside.
Now in the remaining oil(if there is no oil, add a tsp more oil). Add in ginger, garlic and chillies. Saute for a min.
Add in onions, capsicum and saute for couple more mins.
Add in salt, sugar and mix well. Add in chilli powder and sauces and mix well. Cook for couple of mins.
Add in the fried paneer and toss.
Add in spring onion and mix well.Serve with noodles or fried rice.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Soak paneer in hot water for 15 mins |
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| Take maida and cornflour in a bowl |
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| add in some pepper powder |
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| add in some salt and some sugar |
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| drizzle in some soy sauce |
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| and add water to make a slightly thin batter, not too thin |
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| Batter done |
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| add in paneer cubes in |
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| toss well |
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| Heat oil in a frying pan |
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| Drop the paneer cubes in |
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| fry till golden |
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| remove to a plate |
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| Now lets mix up the sauces, first tomato ketchup |
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| soy sauce |
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| vinegar |
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| green chilli sauce |
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| red chilli sauce |
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| mix well and set aside |
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| now in the remaining oil |
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| add in ginger, garlic and green chillies |
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| saute for a min |
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| add in onions and capsicum |
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| add in some salt and sugar, dont add too much, because sauces has salt in them |
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| mix well |
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| add in chilli powder |
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| and sauces |
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| mix well |
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| add in fried paneer |
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| toss |
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| lastly goes a handful of spring onion |
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| serve |
Soumyaa Ram
Looks yummy.... Wow... Thank u Aarthi! Will try it soon
nutan chanda
Very nice..looks very yummy,will try
Pragyan
Beautiful!
Nisha
Mouth watering 🙂
meenakshi
Why do we need to soak paneer in hot water?
Anonymous
Bcz you want it soft
Aarthi
@meenakshiIf u want you can soak it in hot water before frying for making it soft.
Blossom
Wow. Love the way u put the steps. Its only cuz of you dat now m getting interested in cooking. Thankyou. We love you:)
Blossom
Wow
Prajakta Indulkar
WOW! Really yummy! u made it very easy. thanks!1
Anonymous
Hi,
Please explain the green chilli sauce have not been able to find it in stores.
Thanks
Anonymous
Looks delicious !!
Anonymous
Hi,
Anyone know of a good substitute for the Green chilli sauce? I can't seem to find one anywhere
Thanks
Aarthi
@Anonymousif you have red chilli sauce, use that or just skip it and add some green chilli paste
Anonymous
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Neeti Agarwal
Thanks fr the recipe... it tyrned out great... almost like restaurant one
Neeti Agarwal
Hey thanks fr the recipe.. it turned out really great... almost like restaurant one...
Anonymous
Whr can we find green and red chillie sauce? Can we make at home or use red chillie paste instead?
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can get it in any super market, look in the sauces section. Will soon share a homemade version
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi a big thank u from me n my family today i made this recipe it was superb delicious yuuummmy God bless u dear
Only one confusion is their paneer was hard don't know why, i used homemade paneer it was made by double tonned milk is this the reason?
Thanks & regards
Avni
Aarthi
@Anonymousjust soak paneer in hot water because using this will soften them
Anonymous
What can you use instead of green and red chilli sauce? Can you just do it without?
Aarthi
@Anonymousthose sauces add flavour, just add some green chilli or red chilli paste
Anonymous
Hi can you please post a link to the gravy one? I have tried this several times and my husband loves it!! I love how the recipe comes with step by step pictures therefore i can know how it should look like. Thank you for this
Aarthi
@Anonymouswill share it soon
najuka dharmpuriwar
@aarthi tried for first time & it was delicious.....thanks a lot...
Najuka & Vaishnav
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meena
A crowd pleaser !! Turned out to be delicious .thanks for sharing
Eatall night
wow! it is very yummy and mouth watering recipe. i love it Thnx for this recipe.
EatAllNite
Kirti Adanwale
@Nisha
Anonymous
@Soumyaa Ramok
Anonymous
I find that after frying, if u put the paneer into cold water it maintains the softness...
Anonymous
HI ... i am new to the world of cooking and luckily i came across your blog. I tried two of your recipes . Chilli paneer was a huge hit and my husband loved it . Next from your list is chicken liver fry.
Keep doing the great work. Thanks a ton.
Kathleen Sharon
Thank u so much for this accurately and precisely described recipe. For a beginner like me such recipes are so helpful.Followed your recipe to the measure and my husband was super impressed.
SHITAL HEBSUR
Hello mam,
First of all thank u so much for posing such a wonderful recipe.i made it,it come out hell good..everyone praised me and asked me to make it again.
Vishakha
hello mam,
Thank you so much for uploading these recipes! I just wanted to know if I want to make this gravy, how to do that?
Anonymous
Tried your chicken Manchurian recipe....it was just awesome...my husband just loved it..thank u so much for lovely recipes.
Anonymous
i tried and it turned so well....my kids are overjoyed...."mamma u make better than restaurant" is the best comment i got.....thank you so much aarthi..ur too good...
Unknown
I've made this so many times now. And everytime I make it, I get lots of compliments. Thanks for posting this recipe, it's the best chilli Paneer recipe online
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nice recipe easy to cook by the help of pictures, nice work
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Amon
Hello!
Just to let you know I still make this recipe today. No one has topped this recipe yet! Keep up your amazing work!
Bish
I don't know why, the paneer coating got stuck to the kadhai, so it didn't turn out nice. Any idea why. I tried the other bath with slightly thicker coating too but still bad