"Indian Style Chili Paneer"

Ingredients

Paneer (Cottage Cheese) – 250 gms

Onion – 1 Large

Bell pepper (green) – 1 Large

Garlic – 5-6 cloves

Green Chilis – 3

Tomato ketchup – 2 tbsp

Soya Sauce – 2 tsp

Green chili sauce – 1 tbsp

Vinegar – 1 tsp

Vegetable oil – 1tbsp

Sugar – 1tsp

Salt – to taste

Black pepper powder – 3tsp

Ajinomoto – 1 pinch

Spring onion green part – handful

All-purpose floor – 3tbsp

Corn flour – 6tbsp

Vegetable oil for frying

Method:

Step 1: Prepare the vegetables by cutting the panner in square cubes of size 1 inch by 1 inch. Onion and bell pepper in 1-inch cubes. Garlic, ginger, green chili finely chopped.

Step 2: Make a slurry batter by missing the All-purpose flour, corn flour, salt and black pepper (2tsp) in a bowl and add little water gradually to make the slurry.

Step 3: Take cubed paneer in a bowl and sprinkle some corn flour on the paneer and dip the paneer in the slurry prepared in step 2.

Step 4: Fry the paneer on a medium hot oil until light golden brown. (Take paneer out of oil when it is one shade lighter than you need as it will cook in its own heat after removing from oil)

Step 5: In another wok, add 1tbsp vegetable oil and ginger, garlic, and green chili. Sauté this on high flame for a minute and add onions and bell pepper and sauté for another minute.

Step 6: Add salt, vinegar, sugar, and black pepper. Also add all the sauces and mix well and cook for 3 minutes.

Step 7: Now add the fried paneer cubes to this and toss in the mixture lightly. Do this only for a few seconds as we do not want the paneer to remain crisp.

Step 8: Take off the flame and transfer to a bowl immediately and sprinkle the spring onion greens and it is ready to serve.