Chilli Paneer (Paneer or Cottage Cheese in a hot spicy Chinese gravy)

Name: Chilli Paneer (Paneer or Cottage Cheese in a hot spicy Chinese gravy)
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 grams Paneer (cottage cheese)-, cut into 2 inch cubes; 1 cup Oil- ( for deep-frying); 1/4 cup Cornflour; 4 tablespoons Plain flour (maida); 2 teaspoons Soy sauce; 1 teaspoon Black pepper powder; to taste Salt; 1 teaspoon ginger Grated; 8 cloves Garlic finely chopped; 2 Onion -big (cut into 1 inch cubed); 1 Capsicum (cut into 1 inch cubed) Green or bell paper; 1/4 cup Spring onions (white parts)- (chopped); 6 Green chillies (cut into thin sliced); 1 tablespoon Soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon Green chilli sauce; 1 teaspoon Red chilli sauce; 1 teaspoon Tomato sauce; 1/2 teaspoon Vinegar; 1 pinch salt Ajinamoto (msg) mono sodium gluatamate or chinese - (optional); 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder; 4 tablespoons Oil; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 2 teaspoons Cornflour water - mixed with 3 tablespoons; to taste Salt; 1/4 cup onions Spring (green part) - (chopped); Paneer Method Of Frying; paneer paneer Combine all the ingredients for the frying in a bowl.Make a smooth batter.Coat the pieces with the batter; Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside

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Chilli Chicken is a very popular item in any Chinese restaurant in India.Chilli Paneer is a modified vegetarian version of chilli chicken. Here,paneer or Indian cottage cheese are cooked in flavourful Chinese spiced gravy.I often make this dish at home.It is very easy to make if you have all the ingredients at home. Do you believe I made this chilli paneer along with veg fried rice at 6'O clock in the morning for my daughter lunch box?

Moumita Malla @cook_7836352

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Ingredients

15 mins

2 servings

100 gramsPaneer (cottage cheese)-, cut into 2 inch cubes
1 cupOil- ( for deep-frying)
1/4 cupCornflour
4 tablespoonsPlain flour (maida)
2 teaspoonsSoy sauce
1 teaspoonBlack pepper powder
to tasteSalt
1 teaspoonginger Grated
8 clovesGarlic finely chopped
2Onion -big (cut into 1 inch cubed)
1Capsicum (cut into 1 inch cubed) Green or bell paper
1/4 cupSpring onions (white parts)- (chopped)
6Green chillies (cut into thin sliced)
1 tablespoonSoy sauce
1/2 teaspoonGreen chilli sauce
1 teaspoonRed chilli sauce
1 teaspoonTomato sauce
1/2 teaspoonVinegar
1 pinchsalt Ajinamoto (msg) mono sodium gluatamate or chinese - (optional)
1/2 teaspoonBlack pepper powder
4 tablespoonsOil
1 teaspoonSugar
2 teaspoonsCornflour water - mixed with 3 tablespoons
to tasteSalt
1/4 cuponions Spring (green part) - (chopped)
Paneer Method Of Frying
paneer paneer Combine all the ingredients for the frying in a bowl.Make a smooth batter.Coat the pieces with the batter
Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside

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Steps

15 mins

1

Combine all the ingredients for the frying paneer in a bowl.Make a smooth batter.Coat the paneer pieces with the batter.
2

Heat oil in a pan,and deep fry the paneer pieces in hot oil over a high flame till the paneer is light brown(do not overcook the paneer, otherwise it will get hard).
3

Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.
4

Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a another pan.
5

Add chopped garlic...fry until garlic turn into light brown colour.Add cubed onions, cubed capsicum,spring onion whites and green chillies and sauté over a high flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
6

Add the soya sauce,red chilli sauce and green chilli sauce,salt and sugar, mix and stir on high flame for 3-4 minutes.Keep stirring continuously.
7

Add cornflour water mixture. stir well and allow it to come to a boil.Let the sauce thicken.Add the fried paneer cubes and simmer them in the sauce for 1-2 minutes.
8

Add tomato sauce, 1/4 cup chopped spring onions. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper,ajinamoto,mix well and toss for 1 minutes on high flame ( just tap the pan) stirring continuously.
9

Turn off the gas. Garnish with remaining chopped spring onions (green part) on top.