chilli paneer recipe in air fryer
Chilli Paneer in Air Fryer is a delicious Indo-Chinese appetizer featuring crispy paneer, vibrant vegetables, and flavorful sauces.
Ingredients
FOR FRYING PANEER
- 500 gram Paneer
- 1/2 cup rice flour (or maida)
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp Oil (only in case of air frying)
FOR MAKING CHILLI PANEER
- 2 green capsicum (cut into cubes)
- 2 onion (cut into cubes)
- 6-7 garlic cloves (chopped)
- 2 Red or green chilies (chopped)
- 1/4 cup spring onion bulbs
- 1/4 cup spring onion greens (little more for garnish)
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 2 tbsp red or green chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 3 tbsp cornflour (mixed with 1/3 cup water to make a thick slurry)
- Salt to taste
Instructions
FRYING OF PANEER
- Cut paneer into cubes.
- Take a bowl and add rice flour, cornflour, salt, kashmiri red chilli powder and black pepper powder.
- Give it a good mix.
- Add paneer cubes and oil.
- Toss well so that the paneer cubes get coated.
- Rest 10 minutes.
- Put the coated paneer cubes in a single layer in air fryer basket. You can fry paneer directly in hot oil.
- Air fry @200°C for 15 to 20 minutes or until paneer gets crispy and brown.
- Take them out.
MAKING OF TEMPERING
- Add oil in a pan.
- When oil turns hot, add garlic and spring onion bulbs.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add onion, capsicum, chilies, spring onion greens and salt.
- Saute on high heat for 2-3 minutes. Do not loose the crunch of onion and capsicum.
- Add soya sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup and green/red chilli sauce. Mix well.
- Add fried paneer. Mix well.
- Add cornflour slurry.
- Mix well and cook for a minute.
- Serve hot.