Make restaurant style Chilli Paneer at home with this step by step recipe. Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) is tossed in a flavorful spicy sauce made with soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar. Tastes great with fried rice or noodles. There are two types of chilli paneer that are popular in India – the dry version which is served as an appetizer and the gravy version which is eaten as a main course with rice or noodles. Here we are sharing a semi-dry version with you guys today. It has a little sauce and you can serve it as an appetizer or even as a main course.
Video Recipe:
Now, chilli paneer can be made easily with the help in ingredients and instructions given below
INGREDIENTS
For paneer pakoda
● 250gms paneer / cottage cheese
● 5tbsp maida / all purpose flour
● 4 tsp oil
For gravy
● 3tbsp ghee / oil
● 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
● 1 onion, finely chopped
● 3 green chilli, slit
● 2 capsicum, chopped evenly
● 2 tbsp vinegar
● 2 tbsp soy sauce
● 1 tbsp chilli sauce
● 1⁄2 tsp pepper, crushed
● 1⁄2 tsp salt
● 2 tbsp corn flour
● 11⁄2 cup water
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Firstly, cut paneer into cubes. To a large bowl, add 5 tablespoons of maida / all purpose
flour.
2. Now add the paneer cubes into the maida and coat well.
3. Further dip cubes of paneer / cottage cheese and fry in about 4 tbsp of hot oil.
4. Drain off the fried paneer onto a kitchen paper / napkin and keep aside.
5. Prepare the gravy by heating 3tbsp oil and saute 6 cloves garlic.
6. Also add 1 onion and 3 green chilli and saute well.
7. Furthermore add 3 capsicum (green) and saute slightly.
8. Additionally, add 2 tbsp vinegar, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp chilli sauce, 1⁄2 tsp pepper and
1⁄2 tsp salt.
9. Saute on high flame till the sauce thickens.
10. Pour 2tbsp of corn flour and 11⁄2 cup water and stir continuously.
11. Add in fried paneer.
12. Finally, serve chilli paneer gravy recipe.