Restaurant Style Dry Chilli Paneer Recipe
Easy and healthy restaurant style dry chilli paneer recipe with soya sauce is an Indo-Chinese recipe prepared with Indian cottage cheese (paneer), mixed with onion and green pepper, and further tossed in a spicy sauce mixture. Chili paneer is a protein-rich, gluten-free, diabetic-friendly recipe best served as a starter or appetizer, or as a side dish with the main course.
Ingredients
- 200 gm Paneer made with toned milk (cut in cubes)
- 1 big sized Green pepper (cut into cubes)
- 1 big sized Onion (cut into cubes)
- 2 ½ tbsp Rice bran oil
- 1 tbsp Minced garlic
- 2 Green chili (finely chopped)
- ¾ tsp Salt (or as per your taste)
- ¼ tsp Black pepper powder
- ¼ tsp Ginger powder
- 1 tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Tomato sauce
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- ½ tsp Chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp Chopped coriander leaves (for garnishing)
Instructions
- Take a heavy bottom pan, put it on low flame, add oil, and warm it little. Then add minced garlic and saute it till it becomes light brown. Add finely chopped green chillies, saute for another one minute.
- Now add cubes of onion and green pepper; mix them and cover the pan. Continue to cook for around 2-3 minutes.
- Then add salt, black pepper powder, ginger powder, mix them well. Again saute for one minute.
- Lastly add soya sauce, tomato sauce, red chilli sauce, and vinegar, mix them and cook for 1 minute.
- Finally, add paneer cubes, mix it to coat it with sauces, cover the pan and cook for 1 minute. Now increase the flame intensity to medium-high, cook for 1-2 minutes until it becomes a little dry and sauces gets well incorporated into the vegetables.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and your Soya chili paneer is ready for serving.
- Enjoy Chili Paneer With Soya Sauce with chapatti, or parantha, or fried rice, or can be served as an appetizer with homemade coriander-mint chutney or tomato sauce.
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Notes
1. Paneer should be firm not soft.
2. Do not cook onion and green pepper cubes for a long time, they should be tender but not soft.
3. I usually use dry ginger powder as my kids do not like the fibres of ginger coming in the mouth while eating, but you can replace it with fresh ginger according to your taste and preference.
4. If you want to prepare the dish with gravy, mix 1 tsp cornflour with ¼ cup of water and add it after adding the sauces in the recipe.