Chilli Paneer
Chilli paneer - spicy fried Indian cottage cheese cubes cooked with onions, capsicum (bell peppers), a hint of soy sauce and garnished with spring onions.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 400 grams paneer Indian cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoon chilli powder
- 2 tablespoon corn flour
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- salt to taste
- 1 inch ginger juilienned
- 3 medium onions
- 1 medium capsicum bell pepper
- 2 green chillies
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- to garnish spring onions finely chopped
Instructions
- Prep the ingredients - quarter the onions, slice the capsicum and green chillies, and julienne the ginger.
- Mix chilli powder, corn flour, pepper powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Toss the sliced paneer into this bowl. Shake gently to coat the paneer pieces with the seasoning.
- Heat oil in a pan, reduce to medium, and place the paneer cubes to fry.
- Keep the remaining mix in the bowl.
- Drain off the excess oil from the fried paneer pieces.
- Transfer to a kitchen towel to absorb any extra oil.
- Now fry the ginger in the same pan, followed by the diced onions.
- Fry on a medium flame until the onions turn translucent.
- Now add the sliced capsicum and green chillies.
- Add 1/2 cup water to the bowl with the remaining seasoning, mix well, and add this to the pan.
- The corn flour in the seasoning will give the onion and capsicum mix in the pan a thick consistency.
- Now add a tablespoon soy sauce to the pan, and mix well.
- Check for salt, and add more if required.
- Place the fried paneer cubes in the pan, and gently stir without breaking the paneer pieces to coat them uniformly with the onion and capsicum.
- Cook for a couple of minutes, and switch off the flame.
- Garnish with chopped spring onions.
- Serve hot with roti or fried rice.
Notes
- In this recipe, I have used paneer sliced to thin slabs. You can cut them anyway you want. Cubes will be easier to work with
- Fry the paneer slices just enough. If you pan-fry them for a longer time, they'll become too hard
- Ideal consistency is fried just enough, and slightly crispy on the outside