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Chilli Paneer Recipe (Dry)-Paneer Recipes

June 12, 2012 by PadhuSankar 35 Comments

Chilli Paneer is a very popular Indo Chinese recipe and also my favorite appetizer. It is a very delicious dish made with paneer – a must try dish for all paneer lovers. It can be served as a side dish for Vegetable Fried rice, noodles or as a starter. Today we will learn how to make chilli paneer following our easy chilli paneer recipe.

Chilli Paneer

How to prepare Chilli Paneer 

Serves – 2

Ingredients needed

Paneer – 200 grams –  How to make paneer at home
Onion -2  medium size
Green Chilli – 1 slit
Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
Capsicum – 1
Soya sauce – 1 tbsp
Chilli sauce – 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup – 1 1/2  tsp
Oil – 1 tbsp

Oil for shallow frying paneer
Spring onion greens for garnishing

  
For marinating paneer

Cornflour – 1 1/2 tbsp
All purpose flour/ maida – 2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tsp 
Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Preparation

In a bowl mix cornflour, ginger garlic paste(1/2 tsp), salt needed, pepper powder with very less water.

Cut paneer into cubes and mix it well with the above.Sprinkle maida over it and mix well. Let it marinate for 20-30 minutes.

After that, shallow fry the paneer on all sides till golden brown and keep it aside.

Cut capsicum and onions into medium sized pieces or squares.

Method

Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan, add onion, green chilli and saute till onions turn transparent.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

Add capsicum, soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, needed salt and fry on high heat, stirring continuously. The capsicum should be crispy, so do not over cooked them.

Reduce the heat, add the fried paneer, mix well and cook for a few more minutes till the paneer is well coated with the sauces. Garnish with finely chopped spring onion greens.

Serve it as a starter or as a side dish for Vegetable Fried Rice or Noodles.

More Indo Chinese Recipes

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A list of Paneer Recipes for all Paneer lovers

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Paneer Paratha 

Paneer Sandwich

Palak Paneer 

Kadai Paneer 

Matar Paneer Subzi

Paneer Bhurji

Shahi Paneer

Paneer Tikka Masala 

Paneer Butter Masala (Restaurant style)

Rasgulla 

Meet you all with more tips and recipes.Stay tuned!

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Comments

  1. Priya

    June 12, 2012 at 6:54 am

    Mouthwatering here,wat a delicious and irresistible chilli paneer.

    Reply
  2. சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்

    June 12, 2012 at 7:05 am

    intresting recepie padhu ,cute presentation

    Reply
  3. Shobha

    June 12, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Yummy paneer.. Loved the bell pepper carving..very cute 🙂

    Reply
  4. Paaka Shaale

    June 12, 2012 at 7:16 am

    Oh chilli paneer is my favorite starter. Yours looks so tempting and yummy 🙂

    Reply
  5. faseela

    June 12, 2012 at 7:58 am

    yummy n delicious chilli paneer…..presentation is awesome as usual…

    Reply
  6. Akila

    June 12, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Mouthwatering dish

    Reply
  7. PT

    June 12, 2012 at 8:57 am

    i love chili paneer. looks like restaurant made.. perfectly done..

    Reply
  8. R.Punitha

    June 12, 2012 at 9:49 am

    Hi Padhu ,

    looks AAAAwesome !!

    I love any recipe at paneer:-)

    Nice presentation Padhu… keep on..

    Reply
  9. Vandana Rajesh

    June 12, 2012 at 10:05 am

    delicious looking paneer..we all like chilli paneer very much.

    Reply
  10. Shama Nagarajan

    June 12, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    delicious dear…inviting you to join street party food event in my blog.

    Reply
  11. Indrani Bagchi

    June 12, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    One of my most favorite recipes with paneer!

    Reply
  12. Spice up the Curry

    June 12, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    so mouthwatering. looks awesome

    Reply
  13. PT

    June 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Please collect your award @ "http://jopreet.blogspot.in/2012/06/prawn-egg-pakoda-my-300th-post-award-to.html"

    Reply
  14. Kavi

    June 12, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    gr8 recipe!

    Reply
  15. Kannada Cuisine

    June 12, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    One of my all time favorites..yum

    Reply
  16. anusha

    June 13, 2012 at 12:09 am

    Wow! Looks so Yummy! One question for you Padhu. When you say Chilli Sauce, may I know what sauce do you exactly use? I see so many kinds of chilli sauce in the store and don't know which one to buy.

    Reply
  17. Avika J Chawla

    June 13, 2012 at 12:16 am

    One of my all time fav ..chilli paneer ..looks so tempting ..perfect

    Reply
  18. R

    June 13, 2012 at 1:33 am

    looks super tempting padhu!

    Reply
  19. PadhuSankar

    June 13, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Dear Anusha
    You can use any type of chilli sauce.I use the local brand of soya and chilli sauce available here.

    Reply
  20. simran

    June 13, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    yum chilli paneer!……..love the happy capcicum….too cute!

    Reply
  21. Jay

    June 14, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    absolutely tempting..nice presentation
    Tasty Appetite

    Reply
  22. Rosh

    June 15, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Absolutely delicious!

    Reply
  23. Poonam Chopra

    April 17, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Wow so delicious Spices

    Reply
  24. Peacock

    June 7, 2013 at 4:12 am

    Padhu…i really like all the recipes posted by you…and so does my family….Please give me recipe to make naan at home..however,,i dont have a baking equipment

    Reply
  25. ravi G

    June 18, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    We got paneer from Indian shop here and tried this recipe yesterday & it turned out delicious.we all loved it as a side dish for vegetable fried rice,yummy combo!
    After having this,we felt that we could have made it more as it got over soon by all of us for this lovely taste.
    Thanks for sorting out the queries regarding these recipes,your guidance about queries is just like getting it from sister and thank you somuch for that.Thanks for sharing this recipe and your presentation is wonderful as always.

    Ravi

    Reply
  26. Shravanee Maitra Chaturvedi

    July 3, 2013 at 6:27 am

    its really interesting & took less effort. thx 4 sharing….

    Reply
  27. Naufel Tajudeen

    July 19, 2013 at 8:29 am

    Just made this now for my wife who is on the way home from work. It taste so good and authentic.

    Reply
  28. Bhavesh Sharma

    August 15, 2013 at 11:02 am

    yeah…now i can make…..yupi…
    thnks to Miss Padhu

    Reply
  29. Jayalakshmi Jeyaraman

    March 3, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    Nice recepie..I substituted paneer with Tofu and it came out well too…thanks for the recepie…Preethi

    Reply
  30. Aishwarya Pradeep

    December 25, 2015 at 10:59 am

    Hi .thanks a lot for the recipe..can u pls show us recipes with tofu?coz in the US tofu is much cheaper than panneer but dunno any good recipe with it .

    Reply
  31. Nilofer Syed

    April 9, 2016 at 8:18 am

    wow padhus recipes rock mannn!!!

    Reply
  32. jaya sree

    February 8, 2018 at 5:31 am

    hi padhu i tried this and it came out exactly. Simply superb delicious. Mouth watering. My hubby loved it a lot. It tastes exactly like made in restaurant. But the problem i had was after marinating the paneer and you had asked to just add little maida and mix. After it was marinated for 30 mts. But after that adding in oil for shallow fry the maida on that was little pasty pasty like. I do not know the reason. I made the receipt as it was suggested by you. could you kindly tell me dear what to do . Please reply. thanks. My love and regards to you.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 9, 2018 at 7:01 am

      Maybe the paneer had moisture in it. That is why after adding maida, it would have become sticky.Try adding cornflour alone.

      Reply
  33. Manju

    December 12, 2019 at 5:59 am

    Dear padhu
    I am great fan of ur recipes especially waffles r outstanding
    I have a query regarding chilli paneer. My kids want to take it to school and they have to leave home by 7 am
    Can I make chilli paneer a night bfr and the next day morning can I just microwave it and send
    Pls reply fast as they need to take it tomorrow
    Love and regards,
    Manju

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      December 14, 2019 at 8:29 am

      Thank you for liking my recipes. Yes, you can make the previous night.

      Reply

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