Paneer and Peppers

Shimla Mirch Paneer Sabji

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
No Worries, Just Chicken Curries: 70 Incredible Indian Chicken Recipes

By Suki Pantal

Published 2025

  • About

This is my aunt Bina Massi’s super-simple paneer recipe.

The combination of soft and milky paneer cheese with bitter and crunchy green peppers is pure gold. Also known as capsicum in the Indian sub-continent and shimla mirch in Hindi language, green peppers are a very popular vegetable and used extensively in semi-dry curry concoctions. Paneer, of course, is a revered cheese in India and a favourite for most vegetarians. It is probably the only other ingredient that