ORANGE PANEER WITH CHILLIES | PANEER IN MANDARIN SAUCE | COTTAGE CHEESE IN MANDARIN SAUCE | PANEER IN ORANGE SAUCE

I have tried Vegetarian version of Orange Chicken.It is very easy to make.Kids will love it too.

IT makes a delicious food on Vrat/Upaas/Fasting.

INGREDIENTS:

1. Paneer or Cottage Cheese  -  300 Grams,Cut into Dices.
   
2. Orange Sauce - 1 Cup. Recipe for home made Orange Sauce here.
3. Green chillies - 2 (Chopped)
4. Beaten yogurt - 3 Tbsp
5. All Purpose Flour - 1/3 Cup and as needed ( Sifted to avoid the lumps)
6. Salt for Taste
7. Baking Soda - 1/8 Tsp
8. Oil for frying

STEPS

TO MAKE PANEER NUGGETS

• Keep Oil for heating on medium flame.
• While it is heating up, marinate Paneer chunks with beaten yogurt.
  
• Add Salt and Baking Soda to Flour
• Then dip the marinated paneer in dry flour as you see in the photo.
  
• Check if the oil is hot ebough to fry by frying a small piece of Paneer.
• Deep fry the Paneer.When theya are fried, they become nice,crunchy nuggets.
  

TO MAKE ORANGE PANEER :

• Keep a shallow pan for heating on medium flame.
• Add Orange Sauce and Chopped Chillies to the pan.
• Once the sauce starts to heat up, add the nuggets and mix well.
• Keep on stirring until all the sauce is absorbed by Nuggets.
• See the photo below to have an idea, how it works.
  
• Orange Paneer is ready to be served.
• Makes a perfect appetizer.Also,goes well with noodles or Rice.
  

TIPS: 

• You can add dry chilli flakes instead of Green Chillies.
• You can choose not add Chillies if it is for kids