Chilli Paneer.....the very term reminds me of Banglore. When I was in school, my aunt and her family lived in Banglore and we went to visit them quite often in our holidays. Every time we visited, they would take us to their favourite restaurant 'PARK AND EAT' for dinner. The one thing they would order there every time was CHILLI PANEER and for me it was 'love at first bite' and I was literally in tears after eating it cos it is as HOT as the name suggests!!!! I've always loved paneer but the chilli paneer there was something else!!! AMAZING!!!!
Ever since then I've been trying to replicate the chilli paneer dish. After many, many experiments this is the closest I've gotten to making it. I've used Shan tandoori chicken masala here but you can use any tandoori masala available to you locally. Even tikka masala and 65 masala does the trick for this dish.
To make this amazing dish you will need
Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 5-7 minutes
Serves - 4 people
Ingredients
1 slab paneer cut into medium sized cubes
1 onion
1 green pepper5 tbsps tandoori masala
1/2 tsp chaat masala
a pinch of orange food colouring(optional)
2 tbsps oil
2tbsps water
Procedure
- Soak the paneer in hot water and set aside for 15 minutes.
- In the meantime, cut the onion and pepper into cubes
- After 15 minutes, drain the water from the paneer and mix the tandoori masala, chaat masala and orange food colouring in it. Soaking the paneer in hot water makes it soft and also enables the masala to coat the cubes evenly.
- Heat the oil in a wok and add the onion and pepper cubes in it. Stir fry for 3-5 minutes or until the onions are a little translucent.
- Add the masala coated paneer to this and mix well.
- At this stage add 2 tbsps of water and mix well so the masala spreads evenly and coats the onion and pepper too. Stir for 2-3 minutes more and remove from flame.
Serve hot and enjoy!!!
Note
- Most tandoori masalas have salt added in them already. Taste and check for the presence of salt if not add salt to taste
- If you want it less spicy add 3tbsps of tandoori masala instead of 5
- Chaat masala can be increased or decreased according to your taste. Chaat masala is also usually present in tandoori masala so make sure you don't add too much of it.
Shabnam
think you gave me this recipe....but im yet to try it out. looks yumm !! i love spicy food...but not too spicy ;-) im game for anything paneer :D
ReplyDeleteI probably did cos this is my all time favourite paneer recipe! try it out with less tandoori masala if u dont want it too spicy. but it's a must have
ReplyDeleteok first of all...i really like the look of your blog..its so pretty..and so you!! and man ur pics look really professional..vivek and i are constantly looking at food blogs and urs is really like right up there..
ReplyDeletesecond of all...ur recipes look totally yummy and more importantly - easy! :D am gonna try the panneer and mint chutney first..i have one request..can u put up one of your gravy recipes? like for chicken? ill use a veggie substitute but id really like to see how u make ur gravies.
awww...sure!anything for my lil elite dot! will put up the gravy recipe soon.
ReplyDeletehope the paneer n mint chutney come out gr8.thanks for all the feedback :)
Tried the chilli paneer and it turned out awesome....Everyone loved it at home esp Hemant.... and its so easy....Thanks Shabu!!!!
ReplyDeleteur welcome nuuu : ) glad u all liked it
ReplyDeleteI made this yday !! woo hoo :D its yummmmmm ;-) i love spicy food :D thanks for the recipe
ReplyDelete: ) Ur very welcome. I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback
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