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Chilli paneer Recipe

Chilli paneer is a great companion for hakka noodles or fried rice. Learn the easy recipe on how to make in air fryer oven or fried.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Keyword: chilli paneer, chinese starters menu, dry chilli paneer, easy chinese starters, indo chinese starter, indo-chinese
Servings: 4
Author: bhavana bhatia

Equipment

  • wok
  • air fryer or oven

Ingredients

Paneer cubes

  • 300 gms cottage cheese cubes
  • ¼ cup corn flour/tapioca starch/arrowroot use same quantity of water
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. red chilli powder

Sauce mix

  • 2-3 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon hot chilli sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sweet & sour sauce optional

vegetable mix

  • 2 tablespoon sesame oil or any vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp. sliced ginger
  • 1 tbsp. sliced garlic
  • 1 tbsp. green chilly chopped
  • 1 Onion chopped or 1 cup
  • 1 Green capsicum chopped or 1 cup
  • ½ Red capsicum chopped or ½ cup
  • 3-4 Green onions chopped or ½ cup
  • Salt as per taste Adjust as per salt in Soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon pepper crushed

Garnish

  • ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds
  • ¼ cup green onions chopped

Instructions

Prep paneer pieces

  • Soak the cottage cheese cubes in water, if you are using a store brought paneer that is hard. This is an optional step.
  • Mix tapioca flour/corn starch with salt and red chili powder and little water(use same quantity as that of corn flour, if using ¼ cup corn flour, use ¼ cup water)
  • Add that on top of cottage cheese cubes,drain excess water.

Make crispy paneer in oven

  • Line the paneer pieces up on a grill rack ,not directly on a baking tray. Brush them with oil 
  • Bake into oven at 160 deg C (fan forced) for 15-20 minutes

Make paneer crispy in Air fryer

  • Place the pieces in the air fryer basket. You may use the steamer sheets or baking sheets with holes. Spray/brush with oil
  • Cook in preheated(5 minutes) air fryer at 180C/355F for 5-7 minutes.
  • Remove the baking sheet(if you were using one),brush/spray oil and cook for additional 5 minutes.(total cook time of 10-12 minutes)

Prep paneer pieces in deep fryer

  • You may fry the paneer pieces, for this, dip them in the batter and allow the excess batter to drip through.
  • Add them for medium hot oil, fry for few minutes and take them out on a tissue paper.

Steps for Paneer chilli gravy

  • Chop the veggies with ginger and garlic
  • Heat oil in a wok,add ginger,garlic and chillies. Add onion,cook on medium flame for few minutes.Add rest of veggies
  • Add the cottage cheese cubes to the gravy. Toss them well.
  • Add the sauces with salt and black pepper powder or crushed black pepper. Let it cook for few minutes. If you prefer a thin gravy , then this is the time to add 2 teaspoons corn flour/tapioca starch mixed with 1 cup water or if you prefer a dry manchurian gravy then add 1 teaspoon corn flour with ½ cup water
  • Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.

Video

Notes

The spice is as per your taste, hence please adjust the chilli sauce,soy sauce accordingly.

Nutrition

Serving: 4g