Paneer 65

Ingredients:

• Paneer, cut into shapes you desire - 200 gms
• Green chillies -- 2-3 nos
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves
• Curry leaves - few
• Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Rice flour - 1 tbsp
• All-purpose flour (Maida) - 1 tbsp
• Salt - to taste
• Garam Masala - 1 tsp
• Pepper pd (optional) - ¼ tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Curd - 2 tbsp
• Oil for deep frying

Method

                     In the blender, blend few green chillies, garlic and curry leaves to a slightly coarse paste. Remove this into a bowl and add Kashmiri red chilli pd (gives a nice reddish color to the paneer pieces after frying), rice flour, all purpose flour, salt, garam masala, lemon juice, curd and mix all the ingredients well to a smooth paste. Add little water if required to slightly dilute the paste.
Sprinkle some flour on the paneer pieces and keep aside. Gently add the paneer pieces into the masala mix paste and mix well so that all the pieces are coated well with the masala. Heat some oil in a pan/ kadai and when it gets hot, add in the paneer pieces in batches and deep fry until they become crisp and golden in color.
Paneer 65 can be eaten by itself as a snack or serve with sauce.