Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 40 minutes
- Preparation: 10 minutes
- Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 300 grams Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese) - cut into cubes
- 3 tablespoons All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 1 tablespoon Corn flour
- 1 inch Ginger - grated
- 4 cloves Garlic - grated
- 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Water
- Salt - to taste
- Black pepper powder - for seasoning
- Sunflower Oil - for frying
- 1/2 cup Spring Onion (Bulb & Greens) - (white top part)
- 1 teaspoon Garlic - finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger - finely chopped
- 2 Green Chillies - slit lengthwise
- 3 tablespoons Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Homemade tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon Corn flour
Instructions
- To begin making the Indo-Chinese Paneer Manchurian recipe, first batter-fry the paneer cubes
- To do this, first mix together all ingredients mentioned under “For the batter”, and make a thick batter
- Place a wok on the heat oil to fry the paneer
- Once the oil is hot, dip each paneer cube into the batter, and drop it gently into the oil ,fry till light golden brown in colour
- Repeat with all the paneer cubes and drain them on absorbent paper so that extra oil is soaked up
- Then, proceed to make the sauce
- Place a large pan/pot on the heat
- Warm up a tablespoon of oil
- To it, add the spring onions, garlic, ginger and the green chilies and saute together for two to three minutes
- Add the fried cubes of paneer, reduce the heat to medium and cover for a minute
- Meanwhile, in a bowl whisk together soy sauce, sriracha, vinegar, ketchup, cornflour and water
- Pour sauce into the pan, and stir till Paneer Manchurian comes together
- Reduce the heat and stir for another minute or two and you will see the sauce thickening up
- At this stage, add salt and pepper to taste, bearing in mind that the soya sauce is salty
- Turn off the heat, sprinkle Indo-Chinese Paneer Manchurian with chopped spring onion greens and serve
- Serve Indo-Chinese Paneer Manchurian recipe along with Thai Style Noodles With Spinach And Leeks or Chinese Egg Fried Rice for a weekend dinner
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Indo Chinese
- Appetizer
- Vegetarian