Street Style Paneer Manchurian | Paneer Manchurian
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Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 2-3 people
 
Spicy, soft yet crispy, street style paneer manchurian
Ingredients
  • 200 Gm paneer
  • 2 Tbsp heaped cornflour
  • ¼ Tsp red chilli powder
  • ¼ Tsp black pepper powder
  • A pinch of red chilli flakes (optional)
  • 2-3 Tbsp olive oil
  • Salt to taste
For Masala:
  • 1" chopped ginger
  • 1-2 chopped cloves of garlic
  • 1 finely chopped onion
  • ¼ finely chopped celery
  • ½ finely chopped green capsicum
  • 2 Tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 Tsp soya sauce
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar to taste
  • 1 pinch black pepper powder
  • 1-2 Tbsp water to adjust consistency
  • Finely chopped coriander to garnish
Method
  1. Dice the paneer and keep aside
  2. In a small bowl add cornflour
  3. To the cornflour add red chilli powder, chilli flakes, black pepper powder
  4. Add salt and sugar to taste
  5. Give the dry ingredients a quick stir
  6. Drop in the cubed paneer and lightly mix to coat
  7. In a pan heat oil and add the coated paneer pieces
  8. Toss so that oil coats all over
  9. Flip the paneer pieces so they turn golden all over, takes about 2-3 minutes
  10. Remove them onto paper towels
  11. In the same pan, into the same oil, add garlic, ginger and onion, saute
  12. Next add green capsicum and saute again
  13. To the remaining cornflour mixture, add 1-2 Tbsp water and make a slurry
  14. Season onion masala with soya sauce and ketchup
  15. Mix very well
  16. Next pour the cornflour slurry and mix well
  17. Cook on low flame, the mixture thickens and turns glossy
  18. Next add the crisp paneer and mix well to coat
  19. Garnish with fresh coriander
  20. After 1-2 minutes, paneer manchurian is ready to serve
Notes
Ensure paneer is fresh and not hard and stale

As mentioned before, if making this for kids adjust the chilli, add less chilli powder or skip it!

You can also use maida in place of cornflour

Do not fry paneer on high flame, they become hard and chewy
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/street-style-paneer-manchurian/