PANEER MANCHURIAN

Paneer
Manchurian
Recipe

INGREDIENTS
200 gms paneer/cottage cheese or tofu
1 small capsicum/green bell pepper -
chopped or thinly sliced (optional)
1.5 cups veg stock or water
¼ or ½ tsp black pepper powder/kali mirch
powder
½ cup chopped spring onion/scallion whites
1 green chilli/hari mirch, finely chopped
½ inch ginger/adrak, finely chopped
5-6 garlic/lahsun, finely chopped
1 tsp chopped celery
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 or 1.5 tbsp tomato sauce
1 tsp apple cider or white vinegar
salt as required
oil for frying the paneer - about 4-5 tbsp oil
a few spring onions/scallion greens for
garnishing
for the corn flour paste:
2 tbsp corn flour
½ cup water
paneer marinade:
2 tbsp corn flour
½ tsp chopped ginger-garlic
salt and pepper as required

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix all the ingredients for the paneer
marinade.
2. Add paneer to the marinade to the paneer.
Toss the mixture well, so that the paneer
is well coated with the marinade.
3. Shallow or deep fry the paneer cubes in
hot oil. Drain on paper napkins and keep
aside.
4. Remove the extra oil from the wok or
kadai. When the oil becomes hot add the
onions.
5. Stir fry the onions on medium to high heat
taking care that they do burn.
6. Make the corn flour paste with water.
7. Let the onions become translucent. Add
the ginger, garlic, green chili and celery.
Stir for some seconds or a minute.
8. Now add the capsicum if adding them. Stir
fry the capsicum also for 2-3 mins.
9. Now add all the sauces, veg stock or
water. Stir and simmer. Add the corn flour
paste and let the sauce thicken.
10. Now add the fried paneer cubes, vinegar,
pepper and salt. Stir and simmer for a
minute.
11. Garnish Paneer Manchurian with spring
onion green and Serve Paneer Manchurian
hot with veg fried rice, asian veg rice or
veg noodles.