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A black bowl of chilli paneer curry with spring onion scattered on top. Served with jeera rice, cucumber raita and mango chutney.
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Chilli Paneer Curry (Paneer Manchurian)

This delicious Chilli Paneer recipe is easy to follow.
We will provide you with all the information on how to make Paneer Curry. Chilli Paneer is a popular Indo-Chinese dish, typically cooked with chillies or chilli sauce.
To create a spicy semi-dry sauce perfect served with rice or noodles as a main or side dish to other Asian recipes.
Or, if you prefer it sweeter, Manchurian Paneer is made the same way without chillies or chilli sauce.
Prep Time8 minutes
Active Time22 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Side Dish, Starter
Cuisine: Chinese, Indian
Keyword: 30 minute meal, best chilli paneer recipe, chilli paneer, chilli paneer curry, indo-chinese, manchurian paneer, paneer curry, paneer manchurian, paneer recipe, panner recipe, spicy paneer
Yield: 4 Servings
Calories: 263kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon Cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon Garam Masala
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 200 gram Paneer cubed
  • 2 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Red Pepper (bell) diced
  • 1 large Onion diced
  • 3 Spring Onions finely sliced
  • 3 Green Chilli Peppers finely sliced
  • 4 cloves Garlic finely chopped
  • 1 inch piece Ginger finely chopped
  • 4 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 2 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar

Garnish

  • 1 Handful Coriander Leaves
  • 1 Spring Onion sliced

Instructions

  • Chop 200 gram Paneer into cubes. Dice 1 Red Pepper (bell), 1 large Onion. Finely slice 3 Spring Onions, 3 Green Chilli Peppers, 4 cloves Garlic, and grate 1 inch piece Ginger.
    Indian paneer cheese being cut into small cubes on a wooden chopping board
  • Mix 2 tablespoon Cornflour with 1 tablespoon Garam Masala and Salt & Pepper in a large bowl.
    garam masala with cornflour salt and pepper in a silver mixing bowl
  • Add cubes of paneer cheese and coat with the mix.
    Adding small cubes of Indian paneer cheese to cornflour and curry powder to coat.
  • Heat 2 tablespoon Vegetable Oil in a large pan/wok and fry the coated paneer for approximately 3 minutes on each side until golden.
    Pan frying coated cubes of paneer cheese in vegetable oil.
  • Remove cheese onto a kitchen paper towel to remove excess oil.
    Large cubes of fried paneer with a cornflour curried crust placed onto kitchen paper towel to catch excess oil.
  • Add more oil into the pan if needed?
    Over a medium heat soften the peppers, onions and spring onions for 8 mins
    Spring onion, red peppers and onions, all diced and frying in vegetable oil inside a large frying pan.
  • Next, add the chilli, ginger and garlic, and stir through for 2 mins.
    garlic, ginger and green chillies added to fried onions, red peppers and spring onions.
  • Add the 4 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup, 2 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar, 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce and 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar. Stir to combine and taste; add more of these ingredients to suit your prefered taste.
    Sugar for sweetness
    Soy Sauce for saltiness
    Vinegar for sourness
    If you want a runnier gravy sauce, see the advice in the blog post.
    Adding ketchup to fried onions, red peppers, chillies, garlic, ginger and spring onion. In a pan to make a chilli curry sauce
  • Add fried paneer back to the pan and stir to coat in the sauce.
    Fried paneer added to Indo Chinese Sauce.
  • Once heated through, your Chilli Paneer Curry is ready to serve.
    Cooking paneer cheese in a thick ketchup based sauce inside a large pan
  • Serve with 1 Handful Coriander Leaves and 1 Spring Onion chopped on top
    Cubed paneer in a spicy Indo Chinese sauce with green chillies, red peppers, onions, spring onions and coriander.

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Nutrition

Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 667mg | Potassium: 234mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1198IU | Vitamin C: 45mg | Calcium: 271mg | Iron: 1mg