30-Minute Homemade Indian Paneer 65
30-Minute Homemade Indian Paneer 65 is pieces of paneer cubes mildly spiced marinated with rice flour then deep-fried & mixed with a mixture.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 435kcal
Ingredients
Soften the paneer
- 1½ cup water
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Marinated Ingredients
- 1 lbs paneer cubes
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 1 tbsp olive oil or any neutral oil
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp kosher salt or as needed
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp Garam Masala Powder
- ¼ tsp red food coloring
- 2 tbsp curry leaves chopped (fresh)
Ingredients to add before frying
- 1 egg
- 5 rice flour
For frying
- 8 cups olive oil or any neutral oil
Tempering
- ¼ cup olive oil or any neutral oil
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 green pepper slitted
- 10 fresh curry leaves
- ¼ black pepper
Instructions
Soften the paneer
- Cut the paneer in cubes.
- Fill a ball with 1½ cup of water and 1 tsp salt and add the paneer cubes in.
- Mix well!
- Let the cubes soak in salt water for 15 minutes.
- Drain the salt water and let's get ready to make the marination.
Marination
- Add paneer in a bowl along with ginger garlic paste, oil, yogurt, fresh lemon juice, salt, Red chili powder, Garam masala powder, black pepper, cumin powder, red food coloring and curry leaves.
- Mix well, cover, and let it marinate for 20 minutes to 2 hours in the refrigerator.
- Take out of the refrigerator, add rice flour and egg.
Frying
- Add 8 cups of oil in a wok, on medium heat, and let it heat up.
- Now add the marinated paneer to the wok and let it deep-fry.
- This process will take 5-7 minutes.
- After it's deep-fried take out with a slotted spoon on pepper towel lined so it absorbs the excess oil.
- Turn off the stove.
Curry leaves and green pepper mixture
- In a fry pan, on medium heat, add ¼ cup of oil, and let it heat up.
- Add garlic cloves, green pepper, black pepper, and curry leaves.
- Sauté everything for 15 seconds then add the paneer in the fry pan.
- Mix well for 2 minutes for a duration of 2 minutes constantly stirring.
- Turn off the stove.
- Take everything out on a plate from the fry pan.
- Serve it hot and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1lbs | Calories: 435kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 479g | Saturated Fat: 80g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 47g | Monounsaturated Fat: 328g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 648mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1010IU | Vitamin C: 420mg | Calcium: 662mg | Iron: 3mg