chilly paneer

chilly paneer

Paneer or Indian cottage cheese is a very important constituent of the Indian cuisine. As it is, despite its great diversity, Paneer is a component which is present in the cuisines of almost all the regions. As it is, one of the most important aspects of Paneer is that it is not only used for making various sweet dishes, as well as dishes constituting the main course menu. Therefore it would not be actually surprising if you are invited for dinner and Paneer forms part of every thing right from the appetizer, the main course and the sweet dish.
Of all the Paneer recipes, Chilly Paneer is one of the most popular. Heavily influenced by its non vegetarian cousin, the Chilly chicken, it was evolved to give vegetarians a substitute for the chilly chicken. Being a devout non-vegetarian, I used to hate this idea of going for petty substitute.
However, my views were thoroughly shagged up, as I had my first morsel of this wonderful dish; at the request of my wife. Here I was enjoying Chilly Paneer, which was if not better, then equally good in comparison to Chilly Chicken. Thereafter I looked through the recipes and I was flummoxed to find so many recipes of chilly Paneer. I tried some of them, and found this recipe the most appealing.
Ingredients:
400 gm Paneer
8 tbsp Corn flour
4 tbsp Oil
4 Onions
6-8 cloves Garlic
6-8 Green chilly
2 large Capsicum
1 cup Vegetable stock
Salt to taste
1 tsp White pepper powder
4 tbsp Soy sauce
1/2 tsp Ajinomoto
2 tbsp Chilly sauce
Preparation:

1. First of all, drain Paneer properly and chop down into medium sized pieces.
2. Now, heat sufficient oil in a wok, roll the Paneer pieces in corn flour and deep fry the Paneer pieces on medium heat till the edges turn brown.
3. Thereafter set the fried Paneer pieces aside.
4. Now, blend remaining corn flour in quarter cup of water and set aside. Chop the onions into thick slices and crush the garlic cloves.
5. Now, chop green chilies and cut capsicum into thick stripes and set them aside.
6. After this, heat two-tablespoon of oil in a pan, add crushed garlic and then stir-fry for some time.
7. Now, add sliced green chilies, onion as well as capsicum and saute for some time.
8. After this add fried Paneer pieces and stir in the vegetable stock.
9. Add salt, pepper powder, soy sauce, chilly sauce, Ajinomoto and the blended corn flour and keep stirring while cooking on high heat until the sauce thickens to coat the Paneer.