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Sweet chili paneer
Delicious sweet chili paneer, a perfect, no deep fry, party starter.
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
25
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Course:
Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine:
Indian
Servings:
3
people
Author:
Jeyashri suresh
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.
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Notes
Paneer can be replaced with tofu.
2. If you want to make the Chili paneer spicier you can add 1-2 chopped green chili along with the capsicum.