Paneer cubes stuffed with garlic chutney, dipped in gram flour batter, rolled in boondi and deep fried.
Ingredients
- Cottage cheese (paneer) 250 grams
- Garlic chutney 6 teaspoons
- Boondi 1 cup
- Oil to deep fry
Batter
- Gram flour (besan) 1 cup
- Ginger-garlic paste 1 1/2 teaspoons
- Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
- Soda bicarbonate a pinch
- Salt to taste
Method
Cut cottage cheese into two-inch by half-inch by half-inch pieces. Slit each piece in half leaving one edge intact for filling. Crush boondi with your hand and set aside.
To prepare the batter, mix gram flour, ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, soda bicarbonate and salt in a bowl. Add sufficient water and whisk well to make a smooth batter of 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 piece of cottage cheese 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 tomato ketchup or green chutney.
It gives gorgeous taste. The ingredients are usually available at home so won't take much efforts. Shall we consider it as best easy indian food recipes?
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