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Paneer Manchurian
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5 from 2 votes

Paneer Manchurian

Course Starters, Snacks
Cuisine Indian,Indo-Chinese
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 People
Author Raksha Kamat

Ingredients

  • 1 packet/200 grams paneer or cottage cheese cut into cubes
  • 4 tablespoon maida / all-purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoon corn flour
  • 2 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 cup water or as needed
  • 1 cup oil for deep frying paneer

For manchurian sauce:

  • 5 tablespoon spring onion whites finely chopped
  • 8 Garlic Pods minced
  • 1/2 inch ginger peeled and minced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 green capsicum cubed
  • 2 and 1/2 tablespoon Tomato Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soya sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 2 tablespoon spring onion greens, chopped
  • 1/2 cup water
  • To taste Salt
  • 2 tablespoon oil

Instructions

  • Take a mixing bowl and add maida, corn flour, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and salt to taste.
  • Add water little at a time to make thick water. Ensure that there are no lumps in batter.
  • Pour the cubed paneer in the batter and coat them completely in batter.
  • Heat a kadai and add oil. After oil gets heated, deep fry the batter coated paneer. Drain them on a tissue paper.

Now let us make the paneer Manchurian.

  • Heat a frying pan. Add oil. After oil gets heated, add chopped spring onion and sauté.
  • Heat a frying pan. Add oil. After oil gets heated, add chopped spring onion and sauté.
  • Then add chopped capsicum and fry. Let the capsicum be bit crispy.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and mix well.
  • Now add tomato sauce and mix.
  • Next add soya sauce and mix.
  • Add black pepper powder and sugar and mix.
  • Add 1 tablespoon remaining paste from the maida and corn flour batter and mix well. If the paste is over, add 1 tablespoon corn flour.
  • Add water and salt to taste.
  • After the sauce becomes bit thick, add fried paneer cubes and coat well with the sauce.
  • Garnish with spring onion greens.

Notes

Serve hot with veg fried rice.