Saturday, April 2, 2011

Chilli Paneer / Spicy Cottage cheese

Chilli paneer is an Indo-chinese dish. This is also one of the popular appetizer in the  Indian restaurants. Although branded as an appetizer this makes a great combo with vegetable fried rice and vegetable pulav . The recipe is simple and I leant to make this from my aunt Mrs.Parvathy. Now lets take a look at the ingredients needed for making chilli panner.
Ingredients:
Paneer- 250 g
corn starch- 3 tbsp
all purpose flour- 2 tbsp
water- 5 tbsp
chilli powder- 1/4 tsp
oil for deep fry

Sauce
capsicum (bell pepper)-  1 cup chopped (green, red, yellow)
cabbage (chopped)- 1 cup
ginger- 1 tsp + 1tbsp
tomato sauce- 4 tsp
soy sauce 2 tsp + 1 tsp
chilli sauce- 1 tsp
water 1/4 cup
ajnamoto- 1 pinch
oil- 1 tbsp
salt to taste
asafoetida(hing) - a pinch


Method:

  • In a bowl mix the corn starch, all purpose flour, chilli powder, pinch of salt, 1 tsp grated ginger and 5 tbsp of  water.
  •  Cut the paneer in cubes of 1" size and marinate in the batter for 20 minutes. 
  • In a deep pan heat some oil about one inch deep. Fry the panner until golden brown and drian them on a paper towel. The remaining batter can be used in making the sauce. 
  • In a wok heat 1 tbsp of oil. Add 1 tbsp of grated ginger, chopped cabbage, bell pepper(capsicum) and a pinch of hing. 
  • saute them until they become tender and add a tomato sauce, soy sauce, chilli sauce, a pinch of ajnamoto, the remaining batter, water, salt and cook for 2 minutes. 
  • Now add the fried paneer and mix well and cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
  • Turn down the heat and serve hot.


18 comments:

  1. wow very spicy and very tempting chilli paneer !!

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  2. எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்த ரெசிபி.....

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  3. Lovely chilli paneer we love this dish.

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  4. Chilli paneer looks awesome dleicious. love the color.

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  5. Looks superb..love paneer in any form :-)

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  6. Really tempting chilly paneer..Love it with fried rice!

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  7. Chilli paneer look super tempting.

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  8. Thanks for stopping, u have a nice space too...first time here...Chilli paneer is my fav..looks very yumm n perfect too

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  9. thank u all your comments makes me to post more and more..
    and thanks Sharilee for visiting our space..

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  10. Tempting and delicious. Nice way of making without onion and garlic

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  11. Love the colour and one of my fav ..looks yum!

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