Amritsari Paneer

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Amritsari Paneer

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :20 Min

Cook Time : 30 Min

Total Time : 50 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 4
  • 200 gms paneer


  • 3 nos onion, cut into rings and 2 for grinding to make paste


  • 1/2 cups chickpea flour


  • 1/2 tsp red chili powder


  • 1 litre turmeric powder


  • 1 pinch salt


  • 1/4 tsp garam masala powder


  • 1 tsp ginger


  • 1 tsp garlic


  • 1/4 cups water


  • 1/4 tsp carom seeds


  • 1 cups refined oil


  • 1/4 tsp dry mango powder

Directions

  • 1. Cut the paneer into cubes and keep all the ingredients ready. In a bowl, add chickpea flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, carom seeds ginger and garlic.
  • 2. Take the 2 onions in a grinder and grind it to make the paste.
  • 3. Add the ground paste(onion), water and salt in the bowl. you have to make the batter for coating the paneer cubes. Batter should not be thick neither thin.
  • 4. Add paneer cubes in the bowl, mix it well. Keep it aside for marinating about half an hour.
  • 5. Heat oil in a kadai, Put the coated paneer cubes in the kadai and deep fried it till it is light golden brown in the color.
  • 6. put the fried paneer cubes on a tissue paper to absorbs the extra oil. In the leftover batter, add onion rings and mix it well.
  • 7. Put the coated onion ring in the kadhai and deep fry it till it is light golden in the color.
  • 8. Both the fried onion rings and paneer cubes are ready to add in the gravy. keep it aside for now. lets make the gravy.
  • 9. In a bowl, add chickpea flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, salt, dry mango powder, onion paste and water. Mix it well.
  • 10. In a pan/wok/kadai add oil and temper with ginger, garlic and carom seeds. cook it for 30 seconds.
  • 11. Now add the batter in the kadhai and mix it well. Cook it on a low flame till oil shows separately. keep stirring while cooking it to avoid the flour to stick the kadhai.
  • 12. you can see oil is separated and the gravy is ready, add fried onion rings and paneer cubes.
  • 13. Add 1/2 glass of water and mix it well.Cook it on a low flame for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame, garnish with coriander leaves. delicious Amritsari paneer is ready to serve, Serve hot with chapatti.
  • 14. Enjoy!!