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Chilli Paneer Gravy/ How to make Paneer Chilli Gravy
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Chilli Paneer Gravy/ How to make Paneer Chilli Gravy

Chilli Paneer is an Indo Chinese recipe prepared from fried Paneer Pakodas dipped into sauce or gravy of different sauce and Corn Flour.
Course Main Course, Side Dish, Snacks, Starters
Cuisine Indo-Chinese
Keyword Chilli Paneer Gravy
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Passive Time 0 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories
Author Recipe by Chits

Ingredients

For Paneer Pakoda:

  • 250 grams Paneer
  • 4 tablespoon Maida (Plain
  • 3 tablespoon Corn Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • Oil for frying
  • Water as required

For Chilli Paneer:

  • 1 tablespoon Finely Chopped Ginger
  • 1 tablespoon Finely Chopped Garlic
  • 3 piece Green Chilli Slit
  • 1 medium Onion (Cubed)
  • 1 medium Capsicum (Cubed)
  • 2 tablespoon Tomato Sauce
  • 2 teaspoon Soya Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon Corn Flour
  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 2 tablespoon Spring Onion Greens
  • 1 cup Water
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

Making Paneer Pakoda:

  • Cut the Paneer into small cubes of 1 inch size. Keep it separately in a plate.
  • Take a large bowl. Add Maida, Corn Flour and Salt. Mix it so that Maida and Corn Flour are mixed uniformly.
  • Now add small amount of water. Mix it to make a smooth batter. Add water as required. The consistency of the batter should be such that it can hold the paneer cubes.
  • Now heat Oil in a kadai or pan over medium heat.
  • Add small amount of batter to check whether the oil is heated. If it immediately comes to the surface, it is the right temperature to prepare the pakoda.
  • Take a Paneer cube and coat with batter. Drop it into the Oil. Similarly take few more Paneer cubes and coat with batter and dip them in oil.
  • Fry the Paneer cubes till they are light golden in colour. Take the paneer cubes out and place them over kitchen towel so that it absorbs excess oil.
  • Fry the remaining paneer cubes in the same manner. Keep it aside.

Preparing Chilli Paneer Recipe:

  • Take Corn Flour in a small bowl. Add water to it. Mix it to make a thin paste so that there are no lumps. Keep it aside.
  • Now heat Oil in a pan over medium heat. Add Finely Chopped Garlic, Finely Chopped Ginger and Slit Green Chilli.
  • Saute all the ingredients till the raw smell of Ginger and Garlic goes off.
  • Add cubed Onion and Capsicum. Cook them for 1-2 minutes over high flame.
  • Bring down the flame to low and add Soya Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Vinegar and Salt.
  • Mix all the ingredients and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Now add the Corn Flour liquid into the pan. Mix it with all the ingredients. Keep stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
  • If required you can add more water. Add water as per your requirement of gravy.
  • Boil the gravy for 2-3 minutes till the consistency becomes thick.
  • Now add the Paneer Pakoda into the thick gravy and cook for a minute.
  • Switch off the flame. Chilli Paneer Gravy is ready to be served.
    Chilli Paneer Gravy/ How to make Paneer Chilli Gravy
  • Serve it hot by garnishing it with Spring Onion Greens. Serve it with Rice or with Noodles.
    Chilli Paneer Gravy/ How to make Paneer Chilli Gravy

Notes

  1. You can deep fry or shallow fry the paneer cubes. The taste will remain the same.
  2. The batter for preparing Paneer Pakoda should be of thick consistency so that it can hold the paneer cubes. Also there should be no lumps.
  3. The Onion and Capsicum should be kept little raw while frying it. It enhances the flavour of the Chilli Paneer.
  4. If you want to make Chilli Paneer in dry form then cook for a longer time so that the gravy gets dried.
  5. After adding the Paneer Pakoda into the gravy, do not cook the paneer for a longer time or else it will become hard and will change the taste.