Chilli paneer recipe – fried paneer cube tossed in spicy chilli sauce and garnished with spring onions or coriander leaves is one of the popular chilli paneer gravy recipe in Indo-Chinese cuisine. By following the below step by step instructions you can easily cook both the recipes of chilli paneer gravy and chilli paneer dry. In this post, you will learn how to make chilli paneer?
It is a very delicious and easy chilli paneer recipe even beginners can make it easily at home by just using a few ingredients.
Whether you make chilli paneer dry or chilli paneer gravy for your dinner or lunch menu, this restaurant-style Indo-chinese recipe will impress your guest.
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What is chilli paneer
Chilli paneer is the most delicious and widely served paneer dish across India, where paneer cube is first marinated with cornflour and a few Indian spices then fried in oil and finally tossed in spicy onion-capsicum chili sauce.
What serves best with chilli paneer gravy
Serve this chilli paneer dry and fried rice is the best combo dish that is widely served paneer recipes in most Indian restaurants, otherwise, you can serve chilli paneer gravy with naan, roti, and noodles.
Must check below recipes :
- Paneer butter masala
- Palak paneer
- Matar paneer
- Malai kofta
- Shahi paneer
- Kadai paneer
- Paneer paratha
- Paneer tikka
- Kadhi pakora
- Dal fry
- Dal tadka
- Bhindi masala
Tips to make easy chilli paneer recipe
- Type Of Paneer: To cook the best chilli paneer recipe always use the best quality paneer from any popular brand. If you prefer store-bought paneer make sure to soak them in warm water for at least 10 to 15 min. If you have homemade paneer you can also use it.
- Marination: In the recipe of chilli paneer gravy, marination plays a very important role, here without making the batter, I simply use dry marination of paneer with cornflour, maida, soy sauce and other Indian spices.
- Vibrant Colour: To get a vibrant colour just like restaurant style chilli paneer recipe, we simply use good quality kashmiri red chili powder which is available at our home.
- Cooking Method: While frying marinated paneer cubes must fry them in medium to low flame, If you fry in high flame your paneer cubes become quickly hard and chewy.
If you love indo chinese recipes you can also try this :
- Veg manchurian
- Gobi manchurian
- Chilli Chicken
- Manchow soup
- Veg ried rice
- Chicken fried rice
- Chilli potato
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How to make chilli paneer
Here the complete preparation of the Indian chilli paneer recipe is classified into three simple categories
first one is marination for chilli paneer recipe , second one is chilli paneer frythird one is making spicy chilli paneer sauce, fourth one is making chilli paneer dry
and
last one is preparing chilli paneer gravy recipe.
So, let’s make it.
Marination for chilli paneer recipe
1. At first we do simple marination for chilli paneer recipe for this in a medium-size bowl add 3 tbsp cornflour powder.
2. Then add 3 tbsp maida or all-purpose flour or plain flour to the mixing bowl.
3. Next, add ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder.
4. Also, add ½ tsp black pepper powder.
5. Now add,1/6 tsp salt [adjust as per need] also sprinkle 1 to 2 tbsp water.
Note: don’t make the batter using excess water, it becomes rainy and lost its coating consistency.
6. Finally, add 200 to 250 gm fresh paneer cube or Indian cottage cheese in a mixing bowl.
7. Now, gently coated the paneer cube in this mixture without breaking to make perfectly chilli paneer dry..
Chilli paneer fry
1. Now frying paneer for chilli paneer recipe, heat 3 tbsp oil and spread them evenly in the pan.
Note: if you want to use butter instead of oil you can add 2 tbsp butter and melt on low flame.
2. Then, add coated paneer and fry them on medium to low flame for up to1-2 min.
3. Flip the next side and fry them too. Fry them for 2 to 3 min until the paneer becomes a slightly golden brown colour.
4. When every paneer becomes completely golden brown, turn off the flame.
5. Now, take out the fried paneer from the pan and drain off the excess oil in kitchen tissue.
Spicy chilli paneer sauce
1. Now, for preparing the spicy sauce for the chilli paneer gravy recipe, in a small bowl add 1 tsp red chilli powder.
2. add 1/2 tsp black pepper powder.
3. Next, add 3 tbsp red chilli sauce and 1 tbsp tomato ketchup.
4. Now add 1 tbsp soya sauce.
5. Also, add 2 tbsp vinegar to this bowl.
6. For a balanced taste of the sauce add 1 tbsp sugar.
7. Next, add 4 tbsp water to make paneer chilli sauce.
8. Finally, mix everything to make a smooth sweet & sour spicy sauce for the chilli paneer recipe.
9. For making a smooth cornflour water mixture in a small bowl first add 2 tbsp cornflour powder.
10. Then add 5 to 6 tbsp water to this bowl.
11. Finally, mix gently without making any lumps and make a smooth cornflour-water mixture, which we will add later for making glossy restaurant style paneer chilli.
How to make chilli paneer dry
1. Now, for making chilli paneer dry recipe heat 3 tbsp oil in the same pan on low flame and spread it evenly.
2. Then, add 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste or chopped and salute for 1 min without burning in low flame until it’s raw smell goes away.
3. Next, add 1 medium size layer of separated onions.
4. 1 square cut capsicum.
5. 2 to 3 vertically sliced green chili.
6. Now, saute them in medium flame for 3 to 4 min.
7. Furthermore, add spicy chilli sauce which we made earlier, and cook on medium to low flame until the gravy thickens.
Note : at this stage add a little water to the sauce unless your sauce may burn.
8. Now stir gently in medium to low flame for up to 2 to 3 min.
9. Then, add this cornflower and water mixture to the pan.
10. stir gently until this paneer chilly becomes glossy.
11. Next add a little water and check the taste of salt and sauce, if requires then add it.
12. Now to prepare chilli paneer dry, let the sauce cook on low flame for up to 1 to 2 min until it gets thickens.
13. When the sauce gets thickened and reduced it’s quantity, add a fried paneer cube to this sauce.
14. Now, stir for 1-2 minutes in medium flame until the paneer gets evenly coated with sauce.
15. Finally, we prepare our tasty, delicious chilli paneer dry recipe with Indo-Chinese style, now garnish with freshly chopped spring onions and serve this chilli paneer dry hot as a paneer roll or side dish with fried rice.
How to make chilli paneer gravy recipe
Now if you want the recipe for chilli paneer gravy, you have to do two more things
first one add more water to become gravy,
and
second one is to increase your sauce quantity to make the gravy spicier.
1. Increasing the quantity of batter by adding more cornflower 2-3 tbsp with water ½ cup to 1 cup.
2. Making more spicy chilli paneer gravy, adding 1 tbsp soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, sugar stir and mix them well to avoid making lumps.
Note: all the recipe is the same as mentioned above.
3. Now add cornflour water mixture and water to simmer gravy.
4. When the gravy starts boiling keep the flame low.
5. Always check the taste of salt or sauce, if require add now.
6. Then, add fried paneer to this gravy and simmer this chilli paneer gravy for 1-2 minutes.
7. Finally, our chilli paneer gravy recipe is also prepared to garnish some chopped spring onions and coriander leaves and serve hot with fried rice or hakka noodles.
Chilli Paneer Recipe Card
Here is a quick overview of all the ingredients of chilli paneer gravy recipe including quick step by step preparation of the chilli paneer dry shown in the recipe card.
Take note of all ingredient lists.
Yield: 4
Chilli paneer recipe ( Chilli paneer dry & Chilli paneer gravy recipe )
Chilli paneer recipe is the most popular indo-chinese appetizer in which fried paneer cube is tossed in spicy chili sauce. This restaurant style chilli paneer recipe is used to make both chilli paneer dry and chilli paneer gravy versions.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Additional Time5 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Ingredients
Marinating Ingredients For Chilli Paneer
- 3 tbsp corn flour or corn starch
- 3 tbsp all purpose flour or maida
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder or lal mirch powder.
- 1 tsp black pepper powder or kali mirch powder.
- 200 to 250 gm paneer cube or indian cottage cheese.
- 1/6th tsp salt [adjust as per requirement].
- 1 to 2 tbsp water.
Other Chilli Paneer Ingredients
- 5 to 6 tbsp oil [adjust as per need]
- 1 medium-size onion layer separated
- 1 medium-size capsicum or simla mirch [square cut]
- 2-3 green chilies or hari mirch sliced vertically.
- 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger-garlic paste.
- 3 to 4 tbsp red chili sauce.[adjust as per need].
- 1 tbsp soya sauce.
- 1 tbsp vinegar.
- salt to taste.
- ½ to 1 tsp sugar.[adjust as per need]
- 1 to 1 ½ cup water as per need.
- 3 tbsp spring onions.
Instructions
- First, for preparing restaurant style chilli paneer recipe, In a small bowl add corn flour, maida, red chili powder, black pepper powder, salt, and sprinkle a little water.
- Now, add a fresh paneer cube to the bowl and coat evenly.
- After that, heat oil in a pan and gently fry coated
paneer cube in medium to low flame. - Now, frying up to 2 minutes flip them and fry another part
till it becomes slightly golden brown. - When both sides become slightly golden brown take out the fried paneer from the pan and drain off the excess oil in kitchen tissue.
- Now, for preparing dry paneer chilli, in the same pan, heat oil and saute ginger garlic paste until it’s raw smell is gone.
- Then, add a layer of the separated onion, square cutting capsicum, and green chilli and saute them in medium flame till the layer of the onion becomes slightly golden.
- Furthermore, add chilli paneer sauce which is a mixture of vinegar, red chilli sauce, soy sauce, black pepper, and red chilli powder.
- Now, pour the cornflower with water mixture into the pan and stir them very well at high temperatures.
- Add salt as per requirement.
- Now, to prepare chilli paneer to dry just cook till the chilli gravy sauce thickness.
- If you want chilli paneer gravy then add a little water and proportionally increase the sauce and salt amount.
- Next, add fried paneer to this chilli gravy mix them well, and left it for simmer 2-3 min for good flavour.
- Finally, garnish with spring onions and coriander leaves and mix them well in this chilli paneer gravy.
- So, we prepare a tasty delicious paneer chilli recipe and serve it hot with naan, roti, fried rice, or noodles.
How to make chilli paneer
Notes
Chilli paneer recipe note
- Adjust the amount of water depending upon your requirement to make dry chilli paneer or gravy chilli paneer recipe.
- While frying paneer don’t over-fry paneer because it becomes hard.
- If you want restaurant style chilli paneer don't make bat runny batter for coating the paneer cube.
Nutrition Information
Yield
3Serving Size
3
Amount Per ServingCalories 1932Total Fat 171gSaturated Fat 23gTrans Fat 2gUnsaturated Fat 136gCholesterol 82mgSodium 2308mgCarbohydrates 77gFiber 4gSugar 9gProtein 28g
Disclaimer: The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
