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Steps for making Chilli Paneer
- In a bowl add 3 tablespoons of corn flour
- Add quarter spoon finely ground pepper
- Add half a spoon of Kashmiri red chilli powder
- Add 4 tablespoons of water, I unfortunately added extra
- Add salt per taste
- Mix them and make it into a paste
- Cut the paneer into thick cubes
- Mix once and marinate the paneer for 20 minutes
- While the paneer is marinating cut 2 green chillies diagonally
- Next cut an onion into petals or segments and peel them into layers
- Keep a teaspoon of ginger paste or ginger garlic paste
- Keep 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
- 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon of Kalonji or nigella seeds
- 4 spring onion, whites and greens separate, cut the roots out
- In a deep pan add 2 tablespoons of oil
- Add the Kalonji, next carefully add the ginger paste! The oil splashed and spluttered!
- Add the spring onion whites and mix
- Add the cut green chillies and mix
- Add the cut onions, Stir fry till it turns translucent
- Add 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup and mix
- Next, add salt per taste and mix
- Add 1 tablespoon of dark soya sauce and stir well
- Add 1 teaspoon of corn flour and mix
- Add the paneer, I do not like frying it so I have added them as is.
- Most recipes ask for it to be fried
- Stir fry it for a while
- Add cut spring onion greens now and stir well
- If you can handle it, you can add a dash of chilli sauce now!
- Add a teaspoon of sugar at the end and mix
- The dish is now ready!
- Serve it in a bowl, eat it when it is hot