India
Paneer Pakora Recipe
We don’t need anymore introduction into the world of pakoras. The snack is hot, crunchy, delicious and deep-fried. And there is nothing that cannot be transformed into a piping hot pakora. Additionally, there is nothing paneer (aka cottage cheese) cannot be turned into. Follow this recipe to feed yourself delicious batter-fried cottage cheese fritters.
Prep Time | 5 minutes |
Cook Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 250 g paneer
- oil for frying
- 1 cup boondi
- 8-10 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tbsp red chili powder
- 1 cup Besan
- 1 tbsp Ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- tsp ½turmeric powder
- pinch Aof soda bicarbonate
- salt to taste
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Instructions
- Cut cottage cheese into desired size of pieces. Slit each piece into half leaving one edge intact for filling.
- Crush the boondi with your hand and set aside.
- To make garlic chutney, peel and roast garlic in one teaspoon of oil. Mix with red chilli powder and salt and grind to a smooth paste.
- To prepare batter mix gram flour with this paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, soda bicarbonate and salt.
- Add sufficient water and whisk well to make a batter of a coating consistency.
- Rest the batter for about fifteen minutes.
- Stuff garlic chutney into the slit of each cottage cheese piece.
- Heat sufficient oil in a kadai, dip each cottage cheese baton in the batter, roll in the crushed boondi and deep fry on medium heat till crisp and golden brown.
- Drain on absorbent paper.
- Serve hot with a chutney of your choice.