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Today we will prepare Chilly Paneer which is eaten along with noodles and taste awesome.
It tastes delicious even if we eat just 1 bowl Chilly Paneer without any noodles.
It is also served as a starter.
Ingredients required :
Paneer - 300 grams
Capsicum - 2 (green and red) finely chopped
Mint Leaves - 10 to 12
Corn flour - 3 to 4 tbsp
Tomato sauce - 1/4 cup
Olive oil - 1/4 cup
Any other cooking oil can be used in place of olive oil.
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Soya sauce -1 tsp
Chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 2 to 3 (finely chopped)
Ginger - 1" long piece (grated or 1 tsp ginger paste)
Salt - 1/2 tsp or add to taste
Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
Chilly flakes - 1/4 tsp
Ajinimoto - 1 or 2 pinch
First we have to cut then shallow fry paneer to prepare Chilly Paneer.
Now that we have cut the Paneer take half of the corn flour. Heat a pan.
Coat paneer pieces in corn flour and keep aside.
Pour 2-3 tsp oil in the heated pan.
Fry paneer pieces in this hot oil (these can also be deep fried), keep a medium flame.
Paneer pieces need to be shallow fried till they turn light brown all over.
Take out the fried paneer pieces in a plate and let us begin preparing Chilly Paneer.
Heat the pan and pour remaining oil in it.
Put ginger and green chillies in hot oil and fry them slightly.
Now add green capsicum (fry for a minute) and capsicum (fry for another 1 minute)
fry till the two get a little crunchy.
Put in the fried paneer pieces in the pan followed by tomato sauce, soya sauce, vinegar and chilly sauce.
Keep a medium flame.
Now add chilly flakes, ajinomoto, black pepper and salt.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
Dissolve corn flour in water (1/4 cup) and stir till lumps disappear.
Pour this corn flour mix in the pan and cook for just 1 minute, stirring all the while.
Break mint leaves into fat pieces an as they give a very good taste.
Chilly Paneer is ready, it is very easy to make.
But just be careful while frying paneer and make sure that the gas is on a medium flame.
As paneer should be shallow fried, not burnt.
We have prepared this Chilly Paneer without using any onion,
but if you prefer garlic or onion then while heating oil
finely chop 2 garlic cloves and thinly slice 1 small onion.
Put the garlic and onion pieces first in hot oil and fry till onion turns light pink.
After doing so add all of the spices in the same manner and prepare your Chilly Paneer.
Chilly Paneer tastes delicious even without using any onion.
We have also put in some ajinomoto in the Chilly Paneer.
Some people say that ajinomoto is harmful so we have used a very less amount while preparing this recipe.
Such a little amount will not cause any harm.
Using a lot of ajinomoto while preparing everyday meals may cause harm.
You can also make Chilly Paneer without using any ajinomoto.
Try this recipe yourself and share your experiences with us.
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