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    Home » Recipes » Paneer recipes

    Lemon paneer recipe

    August 15, 2018 by Raks Anand 2 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Lemon paneer is a simple paneer dish, can be had as such for a filling evening snack. Very simple and easy recipe with paneer.

    Lemon paneer
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    I saw lemon paneer in my Instagram feed few months back and from that time, was so much tempted to try at home.

    Have no idea what the recipe is or no idea how it would taste, but I got a rough idea how I wanted it to taste, so tried and loved it a lot.

    Am not sure if this can be had as accompaniment for anything, but it was yumm as such.

    I love all lemony things like lemon rice, lemon rasam, lemon idiyappam, lemon aval, lemon oats. Even make lemon quinoa.

    So obviously I loved this one too. Do try for a change and I am sure you will not be disappointed.

    lemon paneer
    Lemon paneer

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    Lemon paneer

    Lemon paneer is a simple paneer dish, can be had as such for a filling evening snack. Very simple and easy recipe with paneer.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Servings 1 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 Lemon
    • 1 cup Paneer I used frozen cubes
    • 2 teaspoon Garlic finely chopped
    • ½ Onion
    • 3 tablespoon Capsicum chopped - 3 tbsp
    • 3 Green chilli
    • 2 All purpose flour Maida
    • 2 tablespoon Corn flour
    • 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
    • ¼ teaspoon Sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • Cooking soda - a pinch
    • 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
    • 2 tablespoon Spring onion chopped
    • Oil as needed
    • Salt
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    Instructions

    • Keep paneer immersed in hot water until use. Chop onion, capsicum, coriander leaves, spring onion. Slice green chilli diagonally.
    • Make a batter out of maida, 1 tablespoon corn flour (corn starch), salt, ⅛ teaspoon turmeric, cooking soda, lemon zest, with water.
    • Dip each cube in the batter and deep fry in hot oil. You can fry few per batch. Drain over paper towel. Repeat to finish.
    • In a kadai/ pan heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add garlic, green chillies. Fry till fragrant and add cubed onion, capsicum. Fry till onion turns translucent.
    • Add 1 cup water. Bring to boil. Add fried paneer cubes.
    • Dissolve 1 tablespoon corn flour in 2 tablespoon water. Stir in the boiling water.
    • Once thick, garnish with chopped coriander, spring onion. Switch off the flame, squeeze the lemon juice.

    Notes

    • Just scrape gently the yellow skin of lemon for lemon zest. No white part, only the yellow skin.
    • You can skip spring onion and use coriander leaves alone.
    • Do not boil for long time as the fried paneer will lose its outer skin if boiled for long time.
    • If chilli is less spicy, add more to balance the tanginess.
    • Do not reduce lemon, lemon flavour should be more.
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    1. Keep paneer immersed in hot water until use. Meanwhile chop onion, capsicum, coriander leaves, spring onion. Slice green chilli diagonally.
    step1 ingredients

    2. Further more, make a batter out of maida (all purpose flour), 1 tablespoon corn flour (corn starch), salt, ⅛ teaspoon turmeric, cooking soda, lemon zest, with water. 

    step2 batter

    3. Then dip each cube in the batter and deep fry in hot oil. You can fry few per batch. Drain over paper towel once crisp as well as golden in color.. Repeat to finish.

    step3 fry

    4. In a kadai/ pan heat 1 tablespoon oil firstly. Then add garlic, green chillies. Fry till fragrant and add cubed onion, capsicum. Until onion turns translucent.

    step4 capsicum

    5. Add 1 cup water, bring to boil. Then add fried paneer cubes.

    step5lemonpaneer

    6. Dissolve 1 tablespoon corn flour in 2 tablespoon water. Stir in the boiling water.

    step6 slurry

    7. Once thick, garnish with chopped coriander, spring onion. Switch off the flame, squeeze the lemon juice.

    step7 lemon paneer

    Enjoy lemon paneer immediately hot.

    lemon paneer
    Lemon paneer

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    Comments

    1. Pritu mehta

      March 19, 2023 at 10:55 pm

      5 stars
      Yummy recipe.
      Came out like restaurant style.
      Thank you.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        March 20, 2023 at 9:12 am

        Thank you for your feedback 🙂

        Reply

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