Name: Paneer 65 recipe by Deepa Bajaj at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For Marination; 2 tbsp rice flour; 1 tbsp maida; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tsp ginger garlic chilly paste; 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder; A pinch of orange food colour; 1 tsp Lemon juice; Salt to taste; Oil for frying; FOR THE TADKA; 1 tsp oil; 2-3 dried red chillies whole; 4-5 Curry Leaves; 1 tsp finely chopped ginger; 1 tsp finely chopped garlic; 1 medium onion sliced; 1 tsp red chilly powder; 1 tsp garam masala powder; Salt to taste; Corainder leaves & onion slices for garnishing

ABOUT Paneer 65 RECIPE

A lip smacking fried paneer starter, tempered with dry red chillies and curry leaves to enhance the flavour

Ingredients Serving: 4

For Marination
2 tbsp rice flour
1 tbsp maida
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tsp ginger garlic chilly paste
1 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder
A pinch of orange food colour
1 tsp Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
FOR THE TADKA
1 tsp oil
2-3 dried red chillies whole
4-5 Curry Leaves
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
1 medium onion sliced
1 tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste
Corainder leaves & onion slices for garnishing

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients of the marignation, add paneer cubes and keep aside for 30 mins
Heat oil and fry paneer peices by lifting one peice at a time and dropping it in hot oil. Fry till crispy and drain it on kitchen towel **Note: Always fry paneer in non stick paneer, else it will stick to the kadahai Do not over fry it to dark black colour as the taste will be lost
Heat a kadhai, add mustard seeds, add dry red chillies broken into peices, finely chopped ginger garlic, Curry leaves stir fry for a min. Now add sliced onion and stir, add red chilly powder, garam masala powder & fried paneer cubes
Add a little water to the left over marination and stir well. Now add this marignation to Paneer 65 tadka. Stir it on high flame for a min. 5. Remove it on a plate and garnish it with corainder leaves and oinion slices. (This recipe is inspiration from a cookery show on TV)

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