Paneer Chilly Gravy | Indo-Chinese Paneer Gravy

Paneer Chilly Gravy is a popular Indo-Chinese dish which is best served with fried rice and hakka noodles. Paneer Chilly can be made as dry or a gravy dish Dry paneer chilly is served as a starter whereas paneer chilly gravy is served as a main course dish alongwith fried rice or noodles. Here’s the recipe for Paneer Chilly Gravy:

Ingredients

200 grams paneer, cut into small cubes (How to make paneer at home)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 tsp soya sauce
2 ½ tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
2 white bulbs of spring onion
2 green chillies, cut lengthwise
½ cup chopped spring onion (green part)
1 capsicum, cubed
1 tbsp red chilly sauce
a tsp of tomato sauce
Salt as per taste

Method :

• In a mixing bowl, add ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp soya sauce and mix well.
• Add paneer cubes and mix.
• Add 1 tbsp cornflour and give a gentle mix ensuring that the paneer cubes are coated well with cornflour.
• Keep this aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Shallow fry the paneer.
• Keep the fried paneer aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Add chopped garlic and chopped ginger.
• Saute for few seconds.
• Add green chillies and  chopped spring onions (white part).
• Saute for few seconds.
• Add ¼ cup chopped spring onion (green part) and saute for few seconds.
• Now add capsicum cubes and saute.
• Add soya sauce, red chilly sauce and give it a mix.
• Now, in  a bowl add 1 ½ tbsp cornflour, little water and mix it well to make a thin slurry.
• Add the cornflour slurry into the pan and mix.
• Further, add shallow fried paneer, salt, ¼ cup of water and mix.
• Finally, add half of the remaining spring onion greens, tomato sauce and mix.
• Cook for a minute.
• Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot with fried rice.

Note:

• You can adjust the quantity of water added to make the gravy, as per the consistency required by you.
•  If you wish to make the dry version of paneer chilly, then skip the cornflour slurry and water. The rest of the recipe remains the same.
• A teaspoon of vinegar can also be added once the gravy is done.

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