Fried Paneer & Fried Potatoes In Hot Chili Sauce

Paneer is a rather bland cheese that needs the help of seasonings to give it a boost, and chilies can help it a good deal, but you don't have to use enough chilies to sear your tongue. 

This is totally my own recipe, but here is the link to a "similar" recipe, but certainly not the same: 

https://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2020/05/indian-fried-cheese-in-chili-gravy.html

 

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup paneer, cut into cubes

2 cups peeled and diced potatoes

2 hot chilies, chopped (if you like very hot food, use 4 hot chilies)

1/4 cup onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 1/2 cups thick ketchup

water (to thin the sauce, up to about 1/4 cup)

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon sugar

1/3 cup regular olive oil for frying

In a medium skillet, heat the oil over medium heat, then fry the diced potatoes, turning them often, until lightly browned. Remove the potatoes to a plate or bowl with some paper towels to drain some of the oil, but add a little salt. To the oil in the skillet add the onion and chilies and saute until the onion is softened and begins to brown. Add the finely chopped garlic and saute another minute. Reduce the heat to low and add the thick ketchup; stir well. Add the potatoes and paneer to the sauce. Add a little water to thin the sauce if it's too thick. Add the sugar and continue to cook on low heat for about 3 or 4 minutes, stirring often. Serve on toast. 

  

WORD HISTORY:

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