Chili paneer is the most liked dish in Indo-Chinese dishes. This dish is a combination of paneer and spicy-sweet chili sauce of Chinese cuisine, which is not only amazing in taste, but is also very easy to make. Let's know the easy recipe for making chili paneer.

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Paneer - 250 gms (cut into cubes)

Cornflour - 3 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour) - 2 tbsp

Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Soya sauce - 1 tsp

Red chilli powder - ½ tsp

Salt - to taste

Oil for frying

Oil - 2 tbsp

Garlic - 1 tbsp (finely chopped)

Green chilli - 2 (finely chopped)

Onion - 1 large (cut into cubes)

Capsicum - 1 large (green, red, yellow; cut into cubes)

Green onion white part - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)

Soya sauce - 1 tbsp

Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp

Red chilli sauce - 1 tbsp

Vinegar - 1 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Black pepper powder - ½ spoon

Salt - according to taste

Cornflour - 1 teaspoon

Fresh coriander leaves (for garnish)

Method:

First of all, add cornflour, flour, garlic paste, soy sauce, red chili powder, and salt in a bowl and prepare a thick batter by adding water little by little.

Now coat the paneer cubes well in it and deep fry them till they become crispy and golden brown. After this, take them out and keep them aside on tissue paper.

Now, heat oil in a pan or wok. Add garlic, green chili, and the white part of the green onion, and fry for a minute.

Now add the cubed onion and fry for 2 minutes. Then add capsicum and fry for a while (about 2 minutes) on high flame. Keep in mind that the vegetables should remain a little crunchy.

Then add soy sauce, tomato ketchup, red chili sauce, vinegar, sugar, black pepper powder and salt and mix well.

Now add some water to this mixture and let it boil. Keep stirring it continuously so that the sauce thickens.

When the sauce thickens, immediately add the fried paneer cubes and mix gently so that the sauce coats all the cubes. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and green parts of spring onion.

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