Restaurant Style Chilli Paneer Recipe | Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe

Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe with step by step pictures is another favourite dish among kids even elders too. You can add coloured bell peppers / capsicum like yellow and red to make it attractive. If you are busy or want to prepare for any party, paneer can be fried and refrigerated ahead, veggies can be chopped prior and just do the tossing part when needed. You can roll it inside chapathi and send it in your kids lunch box, they surely love it, but skip green chilli and reduce the spice level too. This Restaurant style chilli paneer recipe pairs well with fried rice, veg hakka noodles, veg pulao etc….

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Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe

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Restaurant Style Chilli Paneer Recipe | Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Restaurant style chilli paneer recipe / Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe is a favourite dish among kids even elders too. It goes well with fried rice, veg pulao etc....

Course: Side Dish, Starters

Cuisine: Indo Chinese

Servings: 3 People

Author: Priya Santhamohan

Ingredients

• 200 Grams Paneer / Cottage Cheese
• Oil For Frying
• Salt As Needed
• 1 tbsp Spring Onion For Garnishing

For the Batter

• 3 tbsp All Purpose Flour / Maida
• 3 tbsp Corn Flour
• 1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder
• 1/2 tsp Soy Sauce
• Salt As Required
• 1/8 Cup Water

For The Sauce

• 6 Flakes Garlic
• 1 Inch Ginger
• 1 Onion
• 1 Small Capsicum
• 1 Green Chilli
• 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce
• 1 tsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder
• 1/2 tsp Sugar
• Salt As Required

Instructions

1. Chop onion, capsicum and paneer into cubes. Then chop garlic, ginger and green chilli finely.
   

2. Then measure and keep all the ingredients for the batter and sauce separately.
   

3. In a bowl, add the items listed in the table 'For the batter'. Pour water little by little and mix it to a smooth batter and add the paneer cubes.
   

4. Heat oil in a pan, dip the paneer in the batter and coat it well. Drop the paneer in the oil carefully and fry it in medium flame.
   

5. In a bowl, add tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, red chilli powder, pepper powder and mix everything well. Keep by side.
   

6. Heat oil in a pan, add garlic, ginger and saute in high flame for few seconds without burning it. Then add cubed onion, capsicum and saute for few seconds (the veggies should be crunchy). Now pour all the sauces kept by side.
   

7. Then add very little salt (sauces have added salt in it) and sugar.
   

8. Add the fried paneer and toss well, ensure the sauce coats the fried paneer well. Finally sprinkle spring onion,toss everything well and switch off flame.
   

9. Enjoy this chilli paneer dry recipe with paneer fried rice.
   

Restaurant Style Chilli Paneer Recipe

1. To retain the softness in the paneer, soak it in warm water for 15 minutes and then use it.
2. If you are worried about calories, paneer can be replaced with tofu paneer too.
3. Paneer can be shallow fried with 2 to 3 tbsp of oil in a tawa / pan but it takes time. I deep fried it.
4. Adjust sauces, chilli powder, pepper powder quantity as per spice level required.
5. Don’t add soy sauce more than mentioned, both in the batter and the sauce as the colour of the dish changes dark.
6. Sauces have added salt in it, so be careful while adding salt.
7. Add garlic and pepper powder generously, which adds nice flavour to the chilli paneer dry recipe.
8. Also don’t saute the veggies too much, it should retain it’s crunchiness.
9. Chop the paneer and the veggies into same size, so it looks good.
10. Don’t skip sugar, as it lends more taste to the restaurant style chilli paneer recipe.
11. I suggest to use spring onions at last, as it gives original chinese flavour to the dish.

Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe