Chilly Paneer - Cooking With Sapana

Chilly paneer the famous Indo -Chinese dish loved by all age groups , is commonly served as dry version or in gravy form . This is the favorite starter flavored with authentic chiense and ethnic Indian flavors . It is one of my favorite and easy to prepare at home also. Yesterday I prepared the dry version and we all loved it . When I first saw the recipe here , I bookmarked it and wanted to try it with home made paneer . So when yesterday I made some paneer , immediately I tried this wonderful appetizer. So let’s sart the recipe . Yum

Ingredients:

250 gm Cottage cheese/ Paneer cut in cubes
2 capsicum , cut in cubes
1 Onion , cut in cubes and layers separated
1 onion , thinly chopped
4-5 Garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 ” Ginger, finely chopped
4 Green chillies, finely chopped
Few coriander leaves , finely chopped
1 tablespoon Vinegar
1 tablespoon Soya sauce
3 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
2 tablespoon Red Chili Sauce
1 teaspoon Pepper corn , crushed
Salt to taste
3 tablespoon sesame oil

For batter:
1/4 cup All purpose flour
2 tablespoon Corn flour
1 teaspoon ginger paste
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1/4 teaspoon Pepper corn powder
Salt to taste
1/4 cup water or as required
Oil for frying

Method:

Take all the ingredients for batter in a bowl and add 1/4 cup of water and mix to form a thick batter . Beat it nicely to avoid any lumps.
Heat oil in a pan , Dip the paneer cubes in the batter and deep fry till golden brown in color. Drain on kitchen towel and set aside.

Heat oil in a wok , add chopped ginger, garlic, coriander leaves and green chillies .Sauté till light brown in color.
Add capsicum and separated onions cubes and cook for 1 minute. Now add vinegar, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, red chili sauce , salt and pepper.
Add the fried paneer cubes and cook all the veggies on high heat or 2 minutes. Remove from heat and serve hot .