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Paneer Crispy Chilli Paneer Crispy Restaurant Like Chinese Chilli Paneer Starter
Ingredients
- 400 g Paneer, cut into medium size, Paneer
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 ½ tsp toasted sesame seeds, white sesame seeds
- 1 ½ tsp Degi red chilli powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
- ¼ cup Cornflour
- 1 tbsp Cornstarch
- ½ cup Refined flour
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- A pinch of salt
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Cornstarch
- Oil for frying
- ½ inch Ginger, peeled, slice, ginger
- 4-5 Garlic cloves
- 2 tsp Oil
- Prepared Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds, white sesame seeds
- 2 tsp Schezwan sauce sauce
- 2 Dry red chillies, broken into half
- 2 tbsp Water
- 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup, Tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp Red chili sauce, (optional) Red chili sauce
- ¼ tsp Soy sauce sauce
- Water
- ½ tsp Sugar
- Salt to taste
- Fried Paneer
- ½ tsp toasted sesame seeds, white sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp Spring onion, chopped
- 1 tsp Oil
- 2 Garlic cloves, chopped, garlic
- 1 Green chilli, chopped, green chilli
- Fried Paneer
- ½ tbsp tender coriander stem, chopped
- A pinch of degi red chilli powder
- Tempura trimmings
- Spring onions, chopped
- A pinch of degi red chilli powder
Steps
- In a bowl, add paneer, salt to taste, ginger garlic paste, toasted sesame seeds, degi red chili powder and mix everything well.
- Add corn flour or arrowroot powder and mix it well and keep it aside for further use.
- In a bowl, add cornstarch, refined flour, baking soda, salt, water and mix everything well.
- Make sure there’s no lumps, keep aside for further use.
- Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame, once the oil is medium hot.
- Dip the first marinated paneer into the batter and coat it well.
- Dip into the hot oil and fry on medium to low flame.
- Remove in an absorbent paper and keep it aside for further use.
- Fry them again so that it turns evenly crisp and golden in color.
- Drain them in an absorbent paper to remove excess oil.
- Drizzle the remaining batter into the hot oil and deep fry on medium flame until golden in color and crisp.
- Remove in an absorbent paper and keep it aside for further use.
- In a mortar pestle, add ginger, garlic and and make a rough paste of it and keep aside for further use.
- In a deep kadai or wok, add oil, prepared ginger garlic paste and saute well.
- Add toasted sesame seeds, schezwan sauce, dry red chillies and mix it well.
- Add little water, tomato ketchup, red chilli sauce, soy sauce and water mix everything well on medium flame.
- Add sugar, salt to taste, fried paneer and toss everything well.
- Finish it with toasted sesame seeds, spring onion.
- Garnish with tempura trimming and serve hot.
- Heat oil in a wok, add garlic, green chilli and saute it well.
- Add fried paneer, tender coriander stem, degi red chilli and toss everything well.
- Garnish with spring onion and serve hot.