Chilli Paneer Gravy - Ingredients
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Starter | Recipe Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Recipe Category: Starter | Recipe Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Paneer - 3/4 cup cubed
Capsicum - 1/2 cup cubed (I used color capsicum)
Big Onions - 1 chopped roughly
Garlic - 5 cloves minced finely
Ginger - 1/2 tsp finely chopped
Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp
Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Spring Onions(white part) - 1/2 tbsp chopped finely
Spring Onions(green part) - 1/2 tbsp chopped finely
Water - 1 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
For the marinade:
Maida - 1 tbspCorn flour - 1/2 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - as required
Water - as required to form a paste
Method:
- Make a thick batter of the ingredients under 'for the marinade' and add paneer to it and coat it well.
- Heat oil in a pan and toast the paneer till slightly golden(You can deep fry them too).Drain it in a tissue and set aside. Heat oil in a pan, add spring onion white part,ginger and garlic,fry till slightly browned. Then add onion and capsicum saute in high flame for a minute.
- Thenn add soya sauce, tomato sauce , chilli sauce, pepper powder and required salt.Mix well until the veggies are coated evenly.Add 1 cup water and let it boil.
- Then add remaining cornflour maida paste and let it boil.Once it starts to thicken add paneer and give a quick stir.Finally add spring onions green part and switch off.
My Notes:
- You may not end up using the entire maida cornflour paste so use the remaining for making the gravy.
- I used colored capsicum just for adding color to my chilli paneer.You can even add just green capsicum.
- I toasted the paneer in my dosa tawa, you can deep fry in oil too.
- You can even add finely chopped green chillies while adding chopped ginger and garlic.
- The gravy tends to thicken if resting time is given, so switch off accordingly.If it becomes too thick then add little water to thin it.
- You can even use vegetable stock repalcing water.Adjust water level according to the consistency.
- Using freshly ground pepper adds a great flavour to the dish.
