Chilly Paneer Recipe – Easy Vegetarian Paleo Recipes

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I am on Paleo diet, which is a low carb, high fat diet. Usually meat is the main food for paleo dieters, but being a vegetarian, it is very hard to get proteins from vegetarian options. In a strict paleo diet, milk and cheese are in gray zone, they need to be either avoided or had by minimal quantities. But for a vegetarian paleo diet, milk makes a good part of the diet. 100 gm of paneer has 23 gm of protein (information collected from the web). So it is a good source of protein and can make up the protein deficiency in a vegetarian diet. There is a paleo dieters group from India who give these vegetarian options. As it is a tried and trusted ingredient, I didn’t even think twice while planning my menu.

And while making chilly paneer, I had to take into account some restrictions. Corn starch cannot be included and also processed foods. So while making this recipe, I have kept the sauces to a minimum. I have used only soy sauce and vinegar omitting the red chilly and green chilly sauces. And also I have used ghee for stir frying the paneer cubes. Instead of corn starch, I have used arrow root powder. You can also use tapioca flour instead. These come under paleo ingredients. Even after so many substitutions, my chilly paneer turned out wonderful. This was my lunch and I had a nice filling meal. That is the beauty of paleo diet. No restrictions about the portions. You can eat until your tummy is full.

Ingredients:

For The Paneer:

Paneer – 200 gm

Salt – to taste

Red Chilly Powder – 1/2 tsp

Vinegar – 1 tsp

Water – 1-2 tsp

Arrowroot Powder – 1 tbs

Ghee – 2 tbs

For The Sauce:

Onion – 1

Capsicum – 1

Green Chilly – 1

Garlic – 2-3 cloves

Ginger – a small piece

Soy Sauce – 2 tsp

Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Water – 2-3 tbs

Procedure:

Cut paneer into small cubes.

In a bowl mix together paneer cubes, red chilly powder, salt, vinegar, arrowroot powder and a little water.

Shake the bowl so that the ingredients mix and coat the paneer. Do not break the cubes.

In a pan add ghee and arrange the paneer pieces. Fry until all the sides are golden.

Remove them and set aside.

In the bowl which you used for paneer, add the sauce, water, red chilly powder along with the residual arrowroot powder mixture.

In the same pan you used for frying paneer, add the cubed onions, capsicum, julienned ginger and chopped garlic.

Sauté until the onions are golden and the capsicum is half cooked.

Add the sauce mixture and cook for a minute.

Finally add in the paneer cubes, swirl them to coat with the sauce and remove from flame.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Chilly Paneer Recipe

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Ingredients

  

For The Paneer

• Paneer - 200 gm
• Salt - to taste
• Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Vinegar - 1 tsp
• Water - 1-2 tsp
• Arrowroot Powder - 1 tbs
• Ghee - 2 tbs

For The Sauce

• Onion - 1
• Capsicum - 1
• Green Chilly - 1
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves
• Ginger - a small piece
• Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
• Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Water - 2-3 tbs

Instructions

 

Procedure

• Cut paneer into small cubes.
• In a bowl mix together paneer cubes, red chilly powder, salt, vinegar, arrowroot powder and a little water.
• Shake the bowl so that the ingredients mix and coat the paneer. Do not break the cubes.
• In a pan add ghee and arrange the paneer pieces. Fry until all the sides are golden.
• Remove them and set aside.
• In the bowl which you used for paneer, add the sauce, water, red chilly powder along with the residual arrowroot powder mixture.
• In the same pan you used for frying paneer, add the cubed onions, capsicum, julienned ginger and chopped garlic.
• Sauté until the onions are golden and the capsicum is half cooked.
• Add the sauce mixture and cook for a minute.
• Finally add in the paneer cubes, swirl them to coat with the sauce and remove from flame.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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