1tbspRice flour, ( optional ) ; for extra crispiness
1/4tspSoya sauce
1tspGarlic paste
1tspGreen Chilly, ;very finely chopped or paste
1/2tspRed chilli powder, ; adds some color to the batter
Salt, - as per taste
Oil to deep fry
For the Manchurian Sauce:
1-2tbsp Oil
1Bigonion, finely chopped
2 - 4Spring Onions, greens;finely chopped
6 - 7flakes Garlic, ,very finely chopped
2Green Chilli, slit length wise
1-medium sizecapsicum
1tspVinegar
2tspSoya sauce
2tspRed Chilli Sauce
3tspTomato Sauce / ketchup
1tspRed chilli powder
1 - 2tspscornflour, (Optional) .See NOTES below .
Salt, - little
Instructions
Cube paneer and add all the paneer cubes to hot water .Let it remain until ready to use. This gives paneer a soft melt-in-mouth texture.When ready to use drain out hot water and use.
Mix all ingredients except oil mentioned under "batter " with little water and make a medium consistency batter (like dosa batter).
Heat oil in a frying pan or kadai.
When oil is hot , dip each paneer cubes into the batter . Make sure that each part is quoted well.
Deep fry on medium flame till they are golden brown and crisp.Take them out from frying pan and remove excess oil.
Repeat the process with the remaining Paneer cubes .You might require 2-3 batches to fry the above quantity paneer caubes. So have some patience and dont overload the frying pan to finish it off soon. By doing so , the end result will not be crispy but soggy.
After all the cubes have been fried, proceed to make manchurian sauce.
Preparing Manchurian SauceĀ
Whisk cornflour in 1/4 cup of water till it dissolves and no lumps are formed.Keep aside.
Heat oil in a large wok. When the oil is piping hot, throw in garlic, green chilli and onion. Saute for 1 -2 mins till lightly brown. Then add capsicum. Saute for another 1 -2 mins. Capsicum should retain its crunchiness. The flame should be high in this process .
Simmer the flame. Add all the sauces 1 by 1. Add salt ,red chilli powder and cornflour water mixture. Mix well.If you feel, you can add few more tbsps of water.Cook for 2-3 minutes,let it boil so that sauce consistency is obtained.Manchurian sauce is ready.
Preparing Paneer Manchurian
Keep the flame on high .Add the fried paneer pieces to the manchurian gravy ,combine and toss them on a high flame for 1-2 minutes.Add chopped spring onions.Toss once more .Switch off the flame.
Serve immediately and enjoyy piping hot crispy spicy Paneer Manchurian.
Notes
If you want dry paneer manchurian , then omit the step of adding cornflour mixed in water. Also dont add any extra water. Just toss the fried paneer pcs in the combined mix of sauces.
if you want to cut the calorie , instead of deep frying paneer cubes , you can shallow fry them on pan