Schezwan paneer is yet another tongue twisting Indo-Chinese recipe for all the cottage cheese lovers. This aromatic paneer recipe offers a spicy blend of flavors and can become your most desired paneer dish with flying colors. The flavorsome gravy is thick and spiced up with schezwan and soy sauce
Ingredients Quantity
Paneer 200gms
Red chili powder ½ tsp+1tsp
Soy sauce ¼ tsp+1tbsp
Red chili sauce 1tbsp
Salt to taste
Refined flour 2tbsp
Corn starch 1tsp+ 1tsp
Oil for frying+ 1tbsp
Garlic chopped 1tbsp
Ginger chopped 1tbsp
Dry red chili 6-7no.
Green chili chopped 3-4 no.
Onion cubes 1no.
Capsicum cubes ½ no.
Schezwan chutney 3-4tbsp
Chaat masala 1tsp
Black salt ¼ tsp
Vinegar ½ tsp
Water as required+ as required
Spring onion 1tsp + for garnish
Method
- First cut the paneer in big cubes and put them in a bowl. Keep the oil for frying.
- Now add red chili powder, soy sauce, and red chili sauce, salt to taste and mix altogether.
- Now add refined flour and corn starch in it and coat the paneer well in it.
- Now fry the coated paneer on high flame till they are crisp. Do not stir the paneer again and again.
- Once it is crisp remove from oil and keep aside.
- Now in pan add oil, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, and chopped green chilies, dry red chilies and roast for a min.
- Now add onion cubes, capsicum cubes and sauté for 2-3 mins.
- Now add schezwan chutney, red chili powder, chaat masala, black salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, salt to taste and mix it well.
- Now add little bit of water and mix it again.
- Now make the slurry of corn starch and water and keep it aside.( only if in need, use to thicken gravy)
- Now add fried paneer and spring onion and mix it properly.
- Our schezwan paneer is ready.
- Serve it In a bowl and garnish it with some spring onion.
