Sweet and sour paneer step-by-step recipe with photos.
About this recipe
Sweet, tangy, hot, and most importantly super-delicious – this dish ticks all the flavour boxes. This scrumptious dish can be prepared in no time and is perfect for starters and pairs very well with noodles or ramen. Paneer combined with pineapple, honey, capsicum, and chillis along with sesame oil makes this fusion dish perfect for parties, dinner lunch boxes, and even snacks. I prefer making this dish in sesame oil but you may replace this with regular cooking oil.
To make this dish, I shallow-fry paneer cubes that are coated with cornflour. I then saute onion and capsicum, combine it with a sweet and sauce that I prepare with pineapple juice, honey, sesame oil, and seasoning. Garnished with spring onions, this dish tastes best with ramen.
Serve up this delightful dish to your family and friends and do let me know how you like it.
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Sweet and sour paneer step by step instructions
Mix the ingredients of the base sauce together. Set aside the prepared mixture (steps 1,2).
Saute grated ginger and garlic. Add capsicum and saute (step 2).
Add the prepared mixture. Add the fried paneer and diced pineapple (steps 4,5,6).
Mix gently and simmer until the sauce thickens.
Garnish with spring onions.
Serve hot with ramen
Recipe card
Sweet and Sour Paneer
Ingredients
- 500 grams paneer
- 1 cup capsicum diced (I used a mix of green and red)
- ½ cup pineapple diced
- 4 tablespoon pineapple juice can be replaced with water
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 2 tablespoon red chilli paste or as per taste
- 4 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon white pepper can be replaced with regular pepper
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon ginger grated
- 2 tablespoon garlic garlic
- Handful spring onion for garnish
Instructions
- Mix together pineapple juice/water, sesame oil, white pepper, salt, red chilli paste, honey, vinegar and 2 tablespoon cornflour. Set aside
- Dice the paneer into small cubes. Rub them with remaining cornflour and set aside
- Heat a frying pan or wok and heat oil. Add the paneer pieces and shallow fry until they are golden. Set aside
- In the same pan, add grated ginger and garlic and saute for a few seconds
- Add capsicum and saute for another minute
- Add the prepared mixture
- Add the fried paneer and pineapple and mix well
- Simmer for few minutes until the sauce thickens
- Garnish with spring onion and server hot with ramen
Carolyn
So good. This recipe reminds me of my travels. My 3 teenage boys loved it. Thank you for the recipe.
Shilpa
I am so glad you and your family enjoyed it, Carolyn. Thank you for the feedback.
- Shilpa