Fried paneer sauteed with caramalized onions, bell peppers, soy and chili sauce.
By Suchitra Vaidyaram
I still remember the day when I first had this dish with tears in my eyes and water from my nose. oh yes, I pride myself for my tolerance to high spice level and I was down on my knees when I ordered this dish from a local restaurant near my house. The flavor was fantastic but boy the spice was way too high. They weren’t kidding when they said it’s really hot. I thought how spicy can it be? Tears were literally pouring down my cheeks and my mouth was on fire. I finished the dish, though ;) After a disastrous introduction to the dish, I decided to recreate this recipe at home and kept the spice level under control to enjoy the flavors of paneer. Trust me, it’s really tasty and you can whip up this starter easily within half an hour! 
The good part is you can never go wrong with this dish- It’s got all the right ingredients and even if you vary the spice levels, you would still manage to get a flavorful starter. You can be creative with this dish and add ingredients that would work well with paneer.
PrintChilli Paneer
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Description
Fried paneer sauteed with caramalized onions, bell peppers, soy and chilli sauce.
Ingredients
- 400 grams paneer/Indian cottage cheese
- Corn flour – 2 tbsp
- All purpose flour – 2 tbsp
- dash of cooking soda/baking soda
- Water to mix the above ingredients
- 2 green bell peppers (sliced)
- 2 large sized onions (sliced)
- 3–4 green chillies (slit)
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp green chilli sauce
- 2 tsp tomato sauce
- Salt according to taste
- Chopped coriander
- Crushed pepper (3/4 tsp)
- Crushed garlic (1 tsp)
Instructions
- Make a thick batter with corn flour, all purpose flour, dash of salt and cooking soda
- Dunk the paneer cubes in batter and ensure that the batter coats all the paneer cubes evenly. Deep fry the paneer cubes coated in the batter and set it aside.
- In a separate wok, add oil and saute onions with crushed garlic and green chillies.
- As the onions start caramelizing add the green bell peppers and cook for a few minutes till they are tender.
- Add soy sauce, green chilli sauce, tomato sauce, pepper and adjust salt according to taste. Mix them well.
- Add the fried paneer cubes and stir well till everything blends in together.
- Add chopped coriander for garnishing and serve hot!
Notes
You can do a healthier version by not deep frying the paneer and just roasting them in a pan (with a little bit of oil)
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
This recipe was amazing! It was exactly how it tasted at an Indian Restaurant I visit and now that I know how to make it there’s no more spending $10-15 on this dish! Thank you :D
Thanks a lot!
hi i made chilli paneer for xmas & it wasn’t that good can u tell me what kind of tomato sauce & chilli sauce do u use ? thank u for ur recipe
Hi I made this paneer again & I bought all sauce & it’s turn really good my husband & my m-in law really really like it my husband doesn’t like paneer at all but he loved this chilli paneer & he told me to make it again thank u very much for this recipe & sorry for didn’t give any rate I still couldn’t find tomato sauce Sej :)
That recipe was amazing! It was soooo easy to cook and I literally made this at the end of the month with nothing in my cupboards! Thank you very much will make this again!
I like it chilly panner very tesy
Hi Suchitra,
Tried your receipe yesterday. It was so delicioud and mouthwatering. Thank you very much for the wonderful receipe :-)
Me n my friends are big foodies…..
We love delicious dishes n we all love paneer….
I invited my friends n made paneer as per ur recipe,it was amazingly delicious n mouthwatering…..
My all friends were v happy after eating this dish…
Thank you…..