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Chilli Paneer Recipe – Chilli Paneer Dry Recipe – How to make chilli paneer

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Chilli Paneer

Chilli Paneer is a indo chinese starter which is really very easy to prepare at home.Actually soups and starters are out of my menu, I start with the dishes right away. So the first time I tasted chilli paneer was very recently only, and the one served in the restaurant was more like gobi 65 and they called it chilli paneer. So I browsed to find the exact recipe and after few googling I came up with this recipe.

Chilli Paneer Recipe

Chilli Paneer – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Starter | Recipe Cuisine: Chinese

Paneer – 1 cup cubed
Capsicum – 1 chopped finelyd
Onions – 1 chopped finely
Garlic – 5 minced finely
Green Chillies – 1 chopped finely
Soya sauce – 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli Sauce – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Tomato sauce – 1.5 tbsp
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Celery / Spring Onions – 1/2 tbsp chopped finely(I used 1/2 tbsp Coriander leaves instead) 
Oil – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

For the marinade:

Maida – 1 tbsp
Corn flour – 1 tbsp
Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Salt – as required
Water – as to form a paste

Method:

  1. Make a thick batter of the ingredients under ‘to marinade’ and add paneer to it and coat it well.
    How to make chilli paneer - Step1
  2. Then toast the coated paneer in dosa tawa until golden brown. (You can deep fry them too).Drain it in a tissue and set aside. Get all the ingredients ready.Heat oil in a pan, add chopped green chillies,onion and garlic. Then saute till slightly browned.
    How to make chilli paneer - Step2
  3. Then add capsicum and fry for a minute. Then add soya sauce, tomato sauce , chilli sauce and pepper powder.Mix well until the veggies are coated evenly.Make it to a semi saucy consistency.
    How to make chilli paneer - Step3
  4. Then add the toasted paneer and give a quick stir. Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves and switch off.Serve as a accompaniment with fried rice or just as a starter and am sure you will make this often.
    How to make chilli paneer - Step4

The fusion of indo chinese sauces with the flavour of coriander leaves tastes juts out of the world. I served it with egg fried rice and hubby totally loved the combination.
Chilli Paneer


My Notes:

  • You can even adding the remaining cornflour maida marinade batter but it tends to stick so I avoid it.
  • You can make a more saucy version too, I have given the semi dry version of chilli paneer.
  • I toasted the paneer in a non stick tawa, you can deep fry in oil too.

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  82. Wow! mouthwatering, delicious dish. I love it very much. i can have it in breakfast, lunch and in dinner.My mum used to prepare it for me. But alas! now i am away from her.But your easy steps of chili recipe to prepare it will help me to make it.

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  92. Really gud… substituted wid chicken for paneer came out really well..(added worcestershire sauce too)… also wid fried idlis(which was leftover) served as a gud snack..

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  94. I tried exactly they way you did and believe me it was the first time I made it at home and it was not anything less that what I used to have in restraunts so far… (baring some extremely custamized ones at well known names).. Thanks for sharing this, pics were more than helpful.. 🙂 🙂

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  102. Instead of Paneer i used Tofu & it was the best Tofu dish we had for a long time. I am happy to see the results the same as shown on your website.

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