Easy Chili Paneer Recipe (Restaurant-Style at Home!)
This chili paneer recipe is an Indian dish with a lot of spices and flavors. You can easily make it, and it can be served as a side dish or a main meal. Paneer is a type of cheese that people make by curdling milk with lemon juice, vinegar, or other acidic ingredients. It is often used in Indian cuisine. Chili paneer is a dish that consists of cubes of paneer and vegetables cooked in chili sauce.
Paneer is a type of fresh cheese that is common in South Asian cuisine. It can be used in a variety of dishes, but one of the most popular ways to serve it is as chili paneer.
How To Make Chili Paneer
Chili paneer is a spicy Indian dish that can be made in less than 30 minutes. The ingredients are readily available, and it takes only a few minutes to make. In this recipe, you will learn how to make paneer chili with capsicum, garlic, ginger, green chili, spring onion, spices, and sauces.
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl, add 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of corn flour, 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri chili powder, and salt, next, pour enough water and mix well to get semi thick batter.
- Now add 200 grams of paneer cubes into the batter and coat well.
- Heat a frying pan on medium flame and add ½ cup of oil. After turning the oil hot add the marinated paneer cubes into the oil and shallow fry it. Save the remaining batter into the bowl.
- Fry until its turns golden color from all sides, once it reached golden color remove from the oil and set aside. Use the same oil for preparing gravy.(remove excess oil)
- To the same hot oil add 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic, 2 teaspoons of minced ginger, 2 green chilies, and 2 tablespoons of spring onion white part chopped, saute well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Now add 1 onion cut into cubes, and 1 capsicum, saute well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes. Next, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup, 1 teaspoon of red chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of green chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of pepper powder, salt, and ½ teaspoon of Kashmiri chili powder, cook for 1 minute.
- Next, add ¼ cup of water to the leftover batter, mix well and pour into the curry and stir well. Now add ¼ teaspoon sugar, 1 cup water, and add fried paneer into it. Simmer and cook for 2 minutes
- Finally, garnish with a spring onion green part. The delicious paneer chili is ready to serve, transfer it to a serving dish and enjoy it with roti. Thank you.
Conclusion
This recipe is perfect for a quick lunch or dinner. It is easy to prepare and tastes delicious. It tastes great when served with rice or roti (Indian flatbread).
After following the recipe and cooking the chili paneer to your desired level of tenderness, your dish should be ready to serve. You can serve it over rice or with Indian bread, such as naan or roti. You can also garnish it with chopped spring onion for added flavor. I hope you enjoyed making and eating your chili paneer! Thank you for using the recipe.
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Chili paneer is a dish from the Indian subcontinent. It is a spicy, tangy, and a mildly sweet dish made with paneer, capsicum, garlic, ginger, green chili, spring onion, and big onion. Corn flour is used to thicken the gravy and soy sauce and tomato ketchup are added for taste.
This chili paneer recipe will take about 30 minutes to make. The ingredients are easy to find in any grocery store or market. You can serve this dish with rice or roti bread for a wholesome meal or as an appetizer at parties.
- 3 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Corn Flour
- 1&1/2 tsp Kashmiri Chili Powder
- Salt (as required)
- 200 g Paneer
- 1/2 cup Oil
- 2 tbsp Garlic Chopped
- 2 tsp Garlic (minced)
- 2 Green Chili
- 2 tbsp Spring Onion (white part)
- 1 Big Onion (cut into cubes)
- 1 Capsicum
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 1 tsp Red Chili Sauce
- 1 tsp Green Chili Sauce
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Pepper Powder
- 1/4 tsp Sugar
- 1 cup Water
To a mixing bowl, add 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of corn flour, 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri chili powder, and salt, next, pour enough water and mix well to get semi thick batter.
Now add 200 grams of paneer cubes into the batter and coat well.
Heat a frying pan on medium flame and add ½ cup of oil. After turning the oil hot add the marinated paneer cubes into the oil and shallow fry it. Save the remaining batter into the bowl.
Fry until the paneer turns golden color from all sides, once it reached golden color remove from the oil and set aside. Use the same oil for preparing gravy. (remove excess oil)
To the same hot oil add 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic, 2 teaspoons of minced ginger, 2 green chilies, and 2 tablespoons of spring onion white part chopped, saute well and cook for 2 minutes.
Now add 1 onion cut into cubes, and 1 capsicum, saute well and cook in medium flame for 2 minutes. Next, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup, 1 teaspoon of red chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of green chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of pepper powder, salt, and ½ teaspoon of Kashmiri chili powder, cook for 1 minute.
Next, add ¼ cup of water to the leftover batter, mix well and pour into the curry and stir well. Now add ¼ teaspoon sugar, 1 cup water, and add fried paneer into it. Simmer and cook for 2 minutes.
Finally, garnish with spring onion green part. The delicious paneer chili is ready to serve, transfer it to a serving dish and enjoy it with roti. Thank you.
