Paneer recipes - Air Fryer Paneer Sandwich
Everyone loves a good sandwich. Something about toasty bread, a hearty filling and some nice cheese makes everyones' heart sing.
This article is essentially a DIY sandwich recipe. And the recipe itself is inspired from multiple Instagram videos that most of us have watched. I have added a few of my own takes and the end result is a surprisingly taste sandwich.
For this recipe, I have made use of an Air Fryer (https://amzn.to/3rHLhjE) since I wanted this to be a calorie conscious exercise.
Time taken from preparation to plating - 1 Hour (Air Frying is time consuming especially if you're cooking for more than 3 people)
Let’s begin
Preparation of the Paneer
- Scramble the Paneer and shape it into patty /circular shaped pieces. Make sure it’s a mid-thickness cut. We want it crispy
- Blend some old /hard bread into powder. This is our version of panko bread crumbs
- Mix 3/4 of packet of corn flakes (75-100 gm) with the bread. This should give a crispier element to the paneer patty. For this recipe, I have used a local brand of flavoured /spicy corn flakes mixture thereby saving me time on spicing up the mixture had I used plain corn flakes. Blend this together to get a grainy dry mix that will be used to coat the Paneer.
![](https://www.pradhyumna.com/content/images/2023/07/Bread-Crunmbs.jpeg)
Sauce Preparation
- Cut 2-3 pieces of garlic into fine bits
- Blend curd /yoghurt with the cut garlic, coriander leaves and a single green chilly. Season with a bit of salt
Other Preparation
- Cut Onions and Tomatoes into round slices
Air Fryer Steps
- Pre heat the air fryer at 200 deg C for about 5 min
- Put the paneer slabs 2-3 pieces at a time (depends on the size of the slab - Don’t make it too big else the Paneer might break while transferring from air fryer to plate)
- Air Fry for a full 12 Minutes. At the half way mark, flip the slabs if required to crisp up both sides of the patty.
- Fry till satisfied with the crispiness
![](https://www.pradhyumna.com/content/images/2023/07/Air-Fired-Paneer---Part-1.jpeg)
![](https://www.pradhyumna.com/content/images/2023/07/Air-Fried-Paneer---Part-2.jpeg)
Plating and Eating
- The preferred bread would be a toasted baguette or Sourdough
- Add the Patty, apply a generous amount of sauce (mine turned out quite watery so it helped that I slathered the patty with the sauce), then the vegetables
- Enjoy while hot
![](https://www.pradhyumna.com/content/images/2023/07/My-Sandwhich.jpeg)
Note: Cheese is entirely optional. A lot of the flavouring depends on your personal tastes.