chilli paneer
Chilli Paneer is Chinese-style Indian cottage cheese with onions, peppers, soya sauce, red chilli sauce, ketchup and corn flour. Simple, easy and so good!
Servings 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 13- ounce paneer cubed
- 1 red 1 orange and 1 yellow pepper (also called capsicum), cut into Chinese style squares
- 1 medium onion cut into Chinese style squares
- 1 bunch 5 or 6 stalks spring onions, chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic chopped finely
- ¼ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 2 tablespoon soya sauce
- 2 tablespoon red chilli sauce
- 1 green chilli slit lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon corn flour dissolved in a little water
- 3 tablespoon cooking oil
Instructions
- Shallow fry the paneer cubes in oil and take out in a plate.
- In the same oil, add the ginger-garlic, peppers, onions, green chilli and spring onions. Sauté for 5 minutes.
- Tip in the soya sauce, red chilli sauce, ketchup, salt and black pepper. Cook for 5 minutes or until the peppers are soft.
- Add the corn flour and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Spoon out the paneer in a shallow dish and garnish with the remaining spring onions.
- TOP TIPS
- Fry the paneer on medium heat so that it browns quickly. If you leave it on a slow flame, it will become hard and chewy later. Don't over-brown it either.
- Don’t add too much corn flour or the whole thing will become a sticky mess.
- Omit the green chilli if you don’t fancy spice. The red chilli sauce will do the job!