Paneer 65 recipe

PANEER 65 is one of the most popular starters in Indian restaurants. It is especially popular in south India, where it is available even in small eateries in remote areas. PANEER 65 is a vegetarian appetizers made by crisp frying paneer and then tossing it in a spicy masala.

PANEER 65 is a spicy yet irresistibly delicious snack recipe made with deep fried paneer fritters tossed in spicy masala. It has dry texture and ideal for appetizer or a starter, which can be served as a side dish to fried rice.

PANEER 65 is made with batter frying the paneer until crisp and then tossing it in a spicy tempering masala. This paneer 65 is moderately spicy, flavorful and tastes delicious. To keep healthy I have shallow fried the paneer. This recipe is very simple and easy to make.

You can try my CHICKEN 65 RECIPE.

INGREDIENTS FOR PANEER 65:

1. Paneer- 250 grams

2. Curd- ½ cup

3. Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp

4. Coriander leaves – 1tbsp

5. Green chilies –2

1. Coriander powder – 2 tsp

2. Red chili powder- 1 tsp

3. Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 tsp

4. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp

5. Amchur powder – 1 tsp

6. Garam masala – ½ tsp

7. Salt

8. Maida or refined flour – 2 tbsp

9. Rice flour/corn flour – 2 tbsp

10. Oil for frying

11. Red color – one pinch (optional)

FOR TEMPERING:

1. Oil – 2 tsp

2. Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

3. Curry leaves – 2 tbsp

4. Chopped garlic – 1 tbsp

5. Green chilies – 2

6. Dry red chilies – 2

7. Onion-1

8. Capsicum – ½ (optional)

9. Red chili sauce – 2 tbsp

10. Schezwan chili garlic sauce – 1 tbsp ( optional)

Preparations for making paneer 65:

1. Cut paneer into cubes or you can cut into any other shape.

2. In a big bowl add curd, ginger-garlic paste and coriander leave-green chili paste. Mix well.

3. Add coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, garam masala powder and amchur powder in it and mix well.

4. Add paneer and flours in it.

5. Mix it until the flours coat the paneer pieces evenly.

6. Cut onion and capsicum into cubes. slit green chilies and chop garlic.

How to make paneer 65:

1. Heat 4 to 5 tbsp oil in a pan.

2. When the oil became hot, drop marinated paneer one by one in hot oil.

3. After one minute flip the paneer pieces and fry until it became crisp and golden brown.

4. Transfer the fritters to a plate and keep aside.

5. FOR TEMPERING: again heat one tbsp oil in a kadhai or pan and add cumin seeds in it.

6. When it splutter add chopped garlic, curry leaves and dry red chili and slit green chilies. Saute for a while.

7. Add cubed onion and capsicum. Add salt and fry until it become slightly soft yet remains crunchy.

8. Add red chili sauce and Szechuan chili garlic sauce in it.

9. Mix well by adding 2 tbsp of water.

10. Add fried paneer pieces and mix well.

11. Fry for a minute until it becomes dry.

12. Transfer it to a serving bowl and serve hot.

Chilli paneer recipe/paneer chilli recipe:

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI RECIPE is a popular indo-chinese recipe made with paneer or cottage cheese, vegetables and some sauces. It is full of tasty and crunchy vegetables, which gives a refreshing flavour to the dish.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI is an easy and quick recipe; which can be prepared easily at home. It is a simple and easy recipe even for beginners. Basically, in this recipe paneer is coated with all purpose flour and corn flour with some spices and cooked with soy sauce, chili sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar to give it spicy and tangy taste. To make the recipe healthy you can avoid using maida or all purpose flour. You can also replace corn flour with rice flour.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI is a great dish for all paneer lovers. This recipe is a great option to serve as appetizer or starter for any party or get- together. It is also an easy to make snack recipe. Even the gravy version of chilli paneer can be served as a side dish in lunch and dinner.

CHILLI PANEER OR PANEER CHILLI goes well with steamed rice, fried rice, jeera rice, schezwan fried rice and hakka noodles as side dish. It can also serve with roti, paratha, naan and any Indian bread.

Ingredients for chili paneeR:

1. Paneer – 250 grams

2. Onion- 1

3. Capsicum-1

4. Garlic(chopped)- 2 tbsp

5. Ginger (chopped)- 1 tbsp

6. Green chilies(chopped)- 1 tbsp

7. Ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp

8. Pepper powder- ½ tsp

9. Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 tsp

10. Chili sauce- 2 tbsp

11. Tomato ketchup- 3 to4 tbsp

12. Soy sauce- 1 tbsp

13. Vinegar – 1 tbsp

14. Corn flour- 3 to 4 tbsp

15. Salt

16. Oil

Instructions for making chili paneer:

1. Cut the paneer into cubes. Add Kashmiri chili powder, salt, black pepper powder and ginger- garlic paste and mix well.

2. Add 3 to 4 tbsp of corn flour in it and coat the paneer well with masalas and corn flour. Here you can add maida or all purpose flour, but I have not used. I do not prefer maida for health reason.

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry the paneer until it turns light golden brown in colour.

4. Fry the paneer in small batches. Transfer the fried paneer to a plate and keep aside.

5. Chop onion and capsicum into cubes.

6. Now we will make the sauce. For making sauce, heat 2 tbsp oil in same pan in which we had fried paneer pieces. Add chopped garlic and saute for a while. Add chopped ginger and green chilies and fry. After a while add onion cubes and saute.

7. When onions become translucent, add capsicum and salt and fry for 2 minutes. Do not overcook the onion and capsicum. Keep them crunchy.

8. Now add chili sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, and tomato ketchup in it. Add 2 tbsp water and let it gets a boil. Finally add fried paneer cubes and toss them well.

9. If you want gravy, then make slurry out of water and corn flour and mix it in paneer and sauce mixture. Let it simmer for one minute. Garnish with spring onions or chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.