PANEER MANCHURIAN

 

Paneer or cottage cheese is a commonly used food item in Indian cooking. I have shared several recipes of paneer in this blog and today I am sharing the recipe of Paneer Manchurian. It is simple and delicious and can be served with fried rice, noodles or chapathi.

Ingredients

 

For the paneer

1 litre milk

1 tbsp vinegar

¼ tsp salt

For the marinade

2 tbsp corn flour

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp pepper powder

1/2 tsp salt

Oil for shallow frying the paneer cubes

For the gravy

2 tbsp oil

1 tsp finely grated garlic

1 tsp finely grated ginger

1 onion cut into cubes

1 medium sized capsicum deseeded and cut into cubes

2 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tsp soya sauce

1/2 cup water

2 tbsp corn flour + 1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp pepper powder

salt to taste

Method

• Boil milk in a pan, add salt and vinegar and stir with a spoon.
• The milk would get separated from the whey.
• Allow it to cool down completely and make paneer from this. Do not fry the paneer now. You can check out this post for a detailed explanation and pics on how to make paneer.
• Now take corn flour, chilli powder, pepper powder and salt in a bowl and mix well. 
• Coat the paneer cubes on all sides with this mix and keep ready.
• Heat some oil in a non stick pan and shallow fry the paneer cubes till golden in colour.
• Transfer the fried paneer to a plate and keep ready.
• Now to prepare the sauce, heat oil in the same non stick pan, add garlic and ginger and saute for a couple of minutes.
• Add onions and capsicums and saute till they are cooked but have a bite.
• Add tomato ketchup, soya sauce, chilli powder, salt and pepper powder and mix well.
• Add water and bring to a boil.
• Dissolve corn flour in 1/4 cup water and add to the pan.
• Cook for a minute till the gravy thickens.
• Check for taste and add salt, pepper or chilli powder or tomato sauce if necessary.
• Serve hot.