Paneer in hunan sauce

                                                                                                    PANEER IN HUNAN SAUCE

INGREDIENTS

• Paneer cubes – 250 gms
• Maida – ½ cup
• Cornflour – 2 tbsp
• Pepper pwdr – 1 ½ tsp
• Baking soda – a generous pinch or ½ tsp eno pwdr to make the batter light
• Oil to deep fry
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp [any oil will do ]
• Finely minced garlic – 1 tbsp
• Finely chopped red chilli – 2 or 3 or as per taste
• Finely chopped spring onion – ¼ cup [white part ]
• Capsicum strips – ¼ cup
• Tomato ketchup /sauce – 1 tbsp
• Soya sauce – 1 tsp
• Chilli sauce – 1 tsp
• Honey – 1 tbsp
• Vinegar – ½ tsp
• Finely chopped spring onion greens for garnish – 2 tbsp

PREPARATION

1. Make a batter of maida + cornflour + salt + 1 tsp pepper pwdr + baking pwdr /eno + water .
2. Cube the paneer
3. Make a mixture of chilli sauce + soya sauce + tomato ketchup + honey + 1 tbsp water + vinegar and keep aside .
4. Dry roast the sesame seeds .
5. ***** Keep all the ingredients ready before u start .

METHOD

Add the paneer into the batter and mix well .

Heat oil in a deep pan .

Take each cube at a time , coat it well with the batter and slide it into the hot oil.

Fry in small batches , don’t overcrowd the pan .

Stir and fry till it is cooked on all sides , golden brown and crisp .

Remove on an absorbent paper and keep aside.

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in another pan . [you can add little butter ]

Add the minced garlic and stir fry . [colour should not change ]

Add spring onion + chopped red chilli and fry .

Add capsicum and stir fry . [it should have the crunch ,don’t over cook ]

Add  pepper pwdr + salt + sauce  mixture + 1 tbsp water .

Mix well .

Add the batter fried paneer and mix well ,till it is coated from all sides .[u can toss it ]

Off the flame and garnish with spring onion greens + roasted sesame seeds .

Serve hot as a starter ,infact you can also stuff it in bread or chapatti and relish it as roll .

NOTES

1. Don’t use very soft paneer else it will break on frying .Go for store bought paneer cubes .
2. Instead of dipping in batter , you can use directly fried paneer cubes without batter .
3. Adjust sauces as per ur taste .

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