Sweet chilli paneer recipe, a dry and non-deep fried, a perfect Indo Chinese starter recipe. Sweet chilli paneer dry recipe with full video. We all are huge of Paneer recipes. A few weeks ago, my daughter tried this recipe, sourcing it from an Instagram feed. We have tried this at home twice and it’s a super hit recipe. For this video, my daughter did the entire cooking and for a change, I just took the video.
Chilli paneer dry recipe I have posted in Jeyashris kitchen a few years back, which is a super hit recipe. Usually, we make chilli paneer by coating the paneer in flour and deep fry it. This version of sweet chilli paneer doesn’t involve deep-frying the paneer cubes.
This Paneer dish can be served as a starter or as an accompaniment for fried rice or Hakka noodles. As the name says sweet chilli paneer, the dish is not sweet. The addition of orange juice and sugar balances the spiciness and enhances the taste. Try this super hit paneer recipe at home and let us know how it turned out. Also, check out the sweet and sour vegetables
Sweet chili paneer
Ingredients
- 2 cups Paneer
- 1 tbsp Corn flour
- 2 tblsp oil
- 2 tbsp onion
- 2 tbsp spring onion greens
- ½ capsicum
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds for garnishing
- Salt if needed
- For the sauce
- 3 tbsp chili sauce
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Add 2 cups paneer cubes in a bowl. I just took it out from the freezer and used it. No need to bring it to room temperature.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp cornflour on this.
- Mix well and marinate for 5 mins.
- Let’s make the sauce now.
- In a bowl add 3 tbsp chili sauce or Siracha sauce, ½ tbsp soy sauce, 4 cloves garlic finely chopped, 2 tbsp orange juice and 1 tsp sugar.
- Mix well everything.
- The sauce is ready. Keep it aside.
- In a pan add 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Place the paneer pieces on it.
- Stir fry till golden brown. Carefully turn it on all sides.
- Take out and keep aside.
- Add finely chopped spring onions. Keep the spring onion green aside.
- Saute for a minute and add ½ capsicum cut into cubes.
- Saute for a minute.
- Add the sauce to the pan. Mix well.
- Add the paneer cubes to this.
- Mix gently.
- Cook for a minute and switch off the flame.
- Garnish with spring onion greens.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds.
- Sweet chili paneer ready.
Video
Notes
2. If you want to make the Chili paneer spicier you can add 1-2 chopped green chili along with the capsicum.
- Add 2 cups paneer cubes in a bowl. I just took it out from the freezer and used. No need to bring it to room temperature.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp cornflour on this.
- Mix well and marinate for 5 mins.
- Let’s make the sauce now.
- In a bowl add 3 tbsp chilli sauce or Siracha sauce, ½ tbsp soy sauce, 4 cloves garlic finely chopped, 2 tbsp orange juice and 1 tsp sugar.
- Mix well everything.
- The sauce is ready. Keep it aside.
- In a pan add 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Place the paneer pieces on it.
- Stir fry till golden brown. Carefully turn it on all sides.
- Take out and keep aside.
- Add finely chopped spring onions. Keep the spring onion green aside.
- Saute for a minute and add ½ capsicum cut into cubes.
- Saute for a minute. Add the sauce to the pan.
- Mix well.
- Add the paneer cubes to this.
- Mix gently.
- Cook for a minute and switch off the flame.
- Garnish with spring onion greens.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds.
- Sweet chilli paneer ready.
- Paneer can be replaced with tofu.
- If you want to make the Chili paneer spicier you can add 1-2 chopped green chilli along with the capsicum.
